Spring Conference Agenda

Patient Brokering: The New Human Trafficking
Amy Upham, MPH

1.5 SS/EBT

Whose Gender Is It Anyway?: How Gender Affirming Care and Interactions Save Lives
Kye Gardner, SHRM-CP

1.5 GSB

“Up the Creek Without a Paddle:” How to Navigate Peer Support in the Criminal Justice System
Khrecia Holley, NCCPSS, WRAP Facilitator

1.5 SS/EBT

Utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework Across the Continuum
Kym Laube

*credits pending

Managing Change in Behavioral Health Organizations
Mindy Klowden, MNM

1.5 GSB

Supporting Individuals with FASD: Strategies for Substance Use Treatment Professionals
Beth Young, DSW, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CCS

1.5 SS/EBT

Faith, Religion, and Spirituality: Help or Hindrance in Recovery
James Campbell, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC

1.5 SS/EBT

Beyond Cigarettes: Youth and Tobacco in the Current Age
Anna Stein, JD, MPH and Carleen Crawford

1.5 SS (ND)

Cultural Humility and Relationship Building: The Uphill Climb
Suzanne Mizsur-Porter and Philip Cooper

1.5 GSB

Catching Them Upstream: Intervening in Adolescent Use to Prevent Addiction and Overdose
Kriya Lendzion, LCMHC, LCAS, CPS

1.5 SS/EBT

Cultivating Resilience and Recovering Authenticity on the Journey to Long-Term Recovery
Garrett Biss, CPRC, MRED

1.5 SS/EBT

An Invisible Addiction: Fighting the Stigma Around Cannabis Use Disorder
Jordan Davidson

1.5 SS

Join us for an evening of networking out by the lake!

State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers: An Update
Jenny Wood, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS, NCC, MAC; Ben Gregory, MS, MBA; Erin Bowman, LCAS, LCSW, CCS; Sue Angelo, MA, MBA

1.5 SS/EBT

Moving Toward Whole Person Care
Mindy Klowden, MNM

1.5 SS/EBT

How Perfectionism Leads to Self-Sabotage: Building a Solid Foundation
Dr. Kimarie Machinga, MscD

1.5 GSB

Substance Use & Spirituality: Finding Redemption and Recovery in the Black Church
Dr. Simone McIntyre, NCC, LCAS, LCMHC(NC)/LPC/LAC(SC), CCM, MAC

1.5 SS/EBT

What’s Happening in Raleigh?: North Carolina Policy Update
Julia Adams-Scheurich

*credits pending

Introduction to Religious Trauma
Anna Marchese, LCSW and Danaan Yo, MSW, LCSW

1.5 GSB

Mitigation as a Pathway to Recovery
Charlton Roberson, BA, QMHP, CADC, ICADC

1.5 SS/EBT

Progressing Forward in Relapse Prevention: Dealing with Stigma
Samson Teklemariam, LPC, CPTM

1.5 SS/EBT

We Gotta Be There: How Harm Reduction, Outreach, and Access are Changing Lives in Wake County
Justin Garrity

1.5 SS/EBT

Peers & Recovery: Where No One Walks Alone
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Michael Roberts
Michael Hooper, CPRS, CLPLC; Maia Hughes; Devin Lyall; Gene Ettison, CPSS, CHW

1.5 SS/EBT

Best Practices For Building a Content and Loyal Workforce
Mike Lifshotz

1.5 GSB

Fireside Chat with the Director
Kelly Crosbie, MSW, LCSW, Director of DMH/DD/SAS

1.25 SS/EBT