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This Weeks Highlights: 
1.  Ethics, Values and Morals in Chemical Dependency Counseling
Training
2.   NWIAS Summer Institute
3.   Funding Announcement:  Substance Abuse Treatment
4.   EAST project to receive $2 million
 
1.  Ethics, Values and Morals in Chemical Dependency Counseling
Training
All Chemical Dependency and Mental Health Professionals are invited to
participate in this interactive two-day program of lectures, discussions
and small group exercises where we will explore the foundation of 
ethics, the effects of values and morals on ethics, and the roles of
society, medicine politics, media, family, religion, twelve-steps, and
more.

Trainer: Jeannette B. Murray-Steiner, MS, MAC, CADC III
Dates of Training:  May 10-11, 2007
Location:  760 Henderson Road, Hood River, Oregon 97031
Hours:  8:30-5:00 both days
Fee:  $125.
CEH: ACCBO accredited, 14 Contact Education Hours
Contact: Jeannette Murray-Steiner, MS, MAC, CADC III
(541) 386-6178
seminarsplus at earthlink.net 

Registration: Send registration information and fee to:
                        Jeannette Murray-Steiner, MS, MAC, CADC III
                        PO Box 1250
                        Hood River, OR 97031

 
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2.   NWIAS Summer Institute
 
Register Now for the 33rd Annual NWIAS Summer Institute at Lewis &
Clark College in Portland, July 25-27, 2007
 
The Art and Science of Addiction Treatment:  Energizing Your Practice
Registration has begun for the Summer Institute at Lewis & Clark
College Portland.  We are very pleased to bring back to the Institute
leaders in addiction prevention and treatment.  This year's plenary
speakers include Stephanie Covington, PhD; Allen Marlatt, PhD and Darryl
Inaba, Pharm.D.  NWIAS is also pleased to partner again this year with
the Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and to host the
Institute at the beautiful Lewis & Clark campus.  Registration is
convenient and fast.  Just click on www.lclark.edu/dept/ccps. Look at
the July calendar for the NWIAS Summer Institute on the right side of
the CCPS home page and then click NWIAS Summer Institute.  This year's
registration fee is only $225.00 for three days and includes lunch and
19.5 CEUS.  Don't dely, register
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  Funding Announcement:  Substance Abuse Treatment
Access to Recovery:  Approximately $96 million is available to fund up
to 18 grants in FY 2007.  Award amounts will range from $1 million to $7
million in year one (for up to a 3-year grant period).  Access to
Recovery grants will give States, Tribes, and tribal organizations broad
discretion to implement voucher programs to pay for a range of
effective, community-based substance abuse clinical treatment and
recovery support services.  Application due date: June 7, 2007. 
Application information is available at:
http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/TI_07_005.aspx. 
For questions on program issues, contact: Andrea Kopstein: Practice
Improvement Branch, Division of Service Improvement
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, (240) 276-1570, andrea.kopstein at samhsa.hhs.gov.
 For questions on grants management issues, contact: Kimberly Pendleton,
Office of Program Services, Division of Grants Management, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, (240) 276-1421,
kimberly.pendleton at samhsa.hhs.gov.Targeted Capacity
Expansion:Approximately $8 million is available to fund up to 16 grants
in FY 2007, with an average grant amount of $500,000 per year for up to
three years. The purpose of the Targeted Capacity Expansion grants is to
expand and or/enhance the community's ability to provide a
comprehensive, integrated, and community-based response to a targeted,
well-documented substance abuse treatment capacity problem and/or
improve the quality and intensity of services.  Applications are being
accepted under four categories: 1) Native American/Alaska Native/Asian
American/Pacific Islander Populations; 2) E-Therapy; 3) Grassroots
Partnerships; and 4) Other Populations or Emerging Substance Abuse
Issues.  Tribes are eligible to apply under all four categories. 
Application due date: May 25, 2007.  Application information is
available at: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/TI_07_008.aspx.For
questions on program issues, contact: Love Foster-Horton, Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment, Division of Services Improvement, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, (240) 276-1653,
love.foster-horton at samhsa.hhs.gov.  For questions on grants
management issues, contact: Kimberly Pendleton, Office of Program
Services, Division of Grants Management, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, (240) 276-1421,
kimberly.pendleton at samhsa.hhs.gov.A complete list of SAMHSA's FY 2007
Grant Opportunities is located
at:http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/fy2007.aspxFor Further Information
Contact: Ginny Gorman-GippSenior Advisor for Tribal Affairs(240)
276-2204Ginny.gorman at samhsa.hhs.gov
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4.   EAST project to receive $2 million
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network, in
Partnership with Oregon Health & Science University, Receives $2 Million
Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Join New National Program
for Preventing Psychotic Illness in Youth Salem, Oregon The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced that Mid-Valley Behavioral
Care Network (MVBCN), partnering with Oregon Health & Science
University, has been selected to participate in a pioneering national
initiative to reduce the terrible toll of psychotic illnesses on young
people and their families through early detection and intervention.  The
Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis Program
(EDIPPP) will provide MVBCN up to $2 million over four years to be part
of a national effectiveness study aimed at averting the onset of serious
mental illness among young people showing early symptoms of psychosis.  
MVBCN was one of only four sites selected from a small number of
organizations across the country that are qualified to do this type of
work.  MVBCN's Early Assessment and Support Team (EAST) has more than
six years of experience demonstrating the value of early detection and
intervention among young people with early symptoms of psychosis, and
will implement the local EDIPPP program. "I'm delighted that Mid-Valley
Behavioral Care Network has been selected to participate in EDIPPP,"
said MVBCN Executive Manager Jim Russell. "Through this new national
program, we can expand resources such as community education, vocational
supports, and occupational therapy.  We are also excited about
connecting with the research community to help demonstrate the
effectiveness of this innovative approach to preventing psychotic
illness." EDIPPP builds on the promising work of the Portland
Identification and Early Referral Services (PIER) in Cumberland County,
Maine.  By providing community education, early identification,
individualized treatment, and intensive supports following the most
current evidence-based approaches, PIER has made a dramatic, positive
impact on young people referred for early symptoms of psychosis.   The
goal of EDIPPP is to demonstrate the impact of making these services
more broadly available.  EDIPPP has convened an oversight committee of
national experts to work with all four program sites. "Mid-Valley
Behavioral Care Network is now a partner in an exciting endeavor to
protect young people from the tremendous anguish and devastation of
psychotic illness," said Jane Isaacs Lowe, Ph.D., senior program officer
at RWJF.  "In selecting MVBCN to participate in this program, we were
particularly impressed by the high level of community involvement for
the project.  That will be a key element to the project's success." EAST
currently serves 100 young people in Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook and
Yamhill counties, and accepts referrals from anyone in the community. 
The program will reach out to teachers, social workers, doctors,
students, parents, clergy,  and others who interact regularly with young
people and educate them on how to identify possible early signs of
psychotic illness so that they can get help quickly.  The program works
with young people ages 12 to 25 who show early symptoms of psychotic
illness before those symptoms become severe and disabling. "Young people
often tell us that they've had symptoms a long time before getting help,"
said EAST Program Coordinator Tamara Sale.  "By waiting, many of these
bright young people suffer significant consequences, like school
failure, drug use, and hospitalization.  We hope to avoid trauma and
help young people stay in control of their lives.  By being part of a
national effectiveness study, we can also help pave the way for other
communities to do the same."  "Oregon Health & Science University is
pleased to work with Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network on this
important project," said Bentson McFarland, M.D., Ph.D., professor of
psychiatry, public health and preventive medicine at OHSU.  "Research
and program evaluation are key components of the University's mission to
improve Oregonians' health and health care.  The University looks
forward to the EDIPP project as a natural extension of its longstanding
partnership with Oregon's public sector behavioral health agencies."
Approximately 2 to 3 percent of youth and young adults develop
schizophrenia or a severe, psychotic mood disorder, with most cases
developing after age 12.  Psychotic illness is crippling:  75 percent of
people who have schizophrenia go on to develop a disability and only a
small percentage are gainfully employed.  An estimated 12 to 15 percent
of people who suffer from psychosis commit suicide. "Psychotic illness
destroys lives, but we hope to save many of those lives through
prevention," said EDIPPP National Program Office Director William R.
McFarlane, M.D.  "Through this program, the entire community will play
an active role helping vulnerable young people stay healthy and lead
productive lives." Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network is an
intergovernmental managed mental health care organization serving Linn,
Marion, Polk, Tillamook and Yamhill counties in Oregon.  EAST is the
only early intervention program for psychosis in Oregon, and one of only
a few such programs in the United States.    The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing
our country.  As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively
to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation
works with diverse groups of organizations and individuals to identify
solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change.  For
more than 30 years, the Foundation has brought experience, commitment
and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health
and health care of those it serves.  When it comes to helping Americans
lead healthier lives and get the care they need, the Foundation expects
to make a difference in your lifetime.
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TRAININGS
 
Statewide and some national trainings are listed on the training
calendar on the AMH Website located at
http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/training/main.shtml.  Please
review this site occasionally for available trainings.  Each week, the
Listserv will highlight the most recent trainings that have been listed
for your convenience.  
 
Newest Listings to the AMH Training Calendar
 
New listings in April: 
(http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/training/main.shtml#April)
Mentor and Volunteer Program (Marion County BOC) 5th Las Vegas
Conference on Adolescents (Hazelden) Collaborative Evaluation &
Medication (CEM Training for Custody and Parenting Disputes (Oregon
Family Institute) Spirituality and Healing in Clinical Practice (NASW)
Death and Dying Workshop (AnamCara Foundation for Living and Dying) The
African American Experience (Cascadia) Level One Voice Dialogue Training
Program (Voice Dialogue Center)New Listings in May: 
(http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/training/main.shtml#May)
Interpersonal Neurobiology Application:  Mental Health and Addictions
(PSU) Risk and Resiliency in Children of Separation and Divorce (Child
Centered Solutions)  Exploring the Iceberg:  The Complexity of Latino
Culture (NASW) Pathways to Solutions: Collaborative Strengths-based
Family Therapy with Difficult Adolescents (Lane County HHS, Dept of
Youth Services, and LaneCare) Supervision II: Developmental Foundations
Skills & Practice, 2nd of a 3-part series (PSU) LCSW Exam Preparation
Workshop (NASW) Alcohol and Drug & Mental Health Client Process
Monitoring System (CPMS) Training (AMH) Graduated Sanctions in Juvenile
Justice (Brooklyn, NY) New Connections: 2nd Annual Southern Oregon
Education Conference (Genesis) Seminar:  Substance Abuse (PSU)
Supporting Children Through Transition (Central Oregon community College
& Hospice Center) Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Anxiety Disorders:  Research, Diagnosis and Treatment (Cross Country
Education) Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (Malheur County) Basic
Counseling Skills Training ( CPMS Statewide Training Clinical Debate:
Are Some Antipyschotics More Effective Than Others (On-line) Supervision
III (PSU) Collaborative Supervision (NASW)New Listings in June: 
(http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/training/main.shtml#June)
Group Counseling Skills Training CPMS Training (AMH) Psychological
Assessment & Management of Pain (OPA) 21st Annual Conference on Problem
Gambling (Kansas City, MO) 13th Annual Drug Court Training Conference
(Washington DC) CPMS Training (AMH) National Law-Related Education
Institute for Secondary Educators (Chicago, IL) Basic Counseling Skills
Training  
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