Hello all,
Welcome to the:
AAPNY COMMUNICATOR
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
August 2005, Volume I
These emails and Newsletters are going out to all members of the
Association for Addiction Professionals of New York (AAPNY).
AAPNY is the New York state affiliate of
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals.
Membership information can be found at:
www.naadac.org or www.aapnycounselor.org
You can make local contact with AAPNY by emailing or calling us at: AAPNY@MSN.COM or 1-877-862-2769.
If you have information you want to share with AAPNY addiction professionals send it to AAPNY@MSN.COM and we'll include it in these upcoming newsletters and/or informational emails sent out on a regular basis. If you want an email address added or deleted from this network just let us know.
Here are the topics for this Newsletter.
1. Letter from the President.
2. Board Members and contact information.
3. Save the Dates! listing of upcoming AAPNY and NAADAC events.
4. NAADAC and IC&RC Propose Credential Consolidation.
5. Workforce Development: What is AAPNY doing?
6. Rochester Annual Membership Meeting and Conference.
7. NCADI Update - SAMHSA's NCADI is the Nation's one-stop
resource for information
about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
8. 16th Annual National Recovery Month: Faces and Voices of Recovery
9. NeATTC News
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Letter from the President:
Greetings everyone:
During our Annual Membership Meeting and Conference which was held in Rochester, New York I had the honor of being elected the new President of AAPNY. It will be my pleasure and honor to serve the professionals of this fine organization.
I have worked in the profession of addictions treatment for over 10 years. For 8 years I have worked as a line counselor and Clinical Supervisor under the direction of Claire Olsen for an inpatient treatment facility at St. Charles Hospital on Long Island. For the last 2 ½ years I have been the Program Manager for a Day Rehabilitation and Clinic level program, manage a 22-bed male community residence and supervise a seasonal homeless shelter all under the direction of St. Peter’s Hospital located in Albany, New York. I have served on the one time NYFAC and now AAPNY Boards for the last 9 years. For the last 5 years I have served and continue to serve as the Political Action Committee Chairman and sit on the Public Policy Committee for NAADAC.
My predecessors, John Pietropaolo and Ed Olsen, have worked extremely hard over the last four years. John worked very hard at saving our organization from financial difficulties we faced four years ago. These difficulties Through his leadership we have become a solvent and financially strong organization. Over the last two years under the leadership of Ed Olsen, AAPNY has gained name recognition as the ONLY counselor’s organization in New York State. Radio interviews, press releases and newspaper articles quoting Ed on behalf of our organization has led to statewide recognition of AAPNY. I can not thank both John and Ed for their commitment and dedication to raising the name recognition of our association.
Like John and Ed, I hope to maintain an aggressive agenda over the next two years.
I am looking forward to improving communications with our membership. One such way is with the quarterly, if not more frequent, emailing of our AAPNY COMMUNICATOR. This will keep membership informed of upcoming events throughout the state, where AAPNY stands on political agendas, both state and nationally which effect our profession, and keeping our membership apprised of breaking advances/changes in technology and treatment.
I am also looking forward to the development of a state Political Action Committee which will give AAPNY more of a voice in our State Capital where legislative changes are needed to end the discriminatory practices of managed care companies (HMO’s) against those who suffer from alcohol and drug addiction as well as in other areas.
I am also looking forward to working with the board in revisiting the issue of CASAC Licensure. Ed Olsen has graciously accepted to work on this issue and see what we need to do to get this at least looked at by our representatives here in Albany.
Finally, I am excited about working with the Conference Committee in the preparation of our 30th Anniversary Celebration this year. As this develops I will keep you all informed. I am anticipating this to be our best conference ever. We, AAPNY and the profession of Addiction Counseling, have come a long way in 30 years. I look forward to celebrating our growth with nationally known speakers examining the growth in treatment over the last 30 years and presenting the most up to date evidenced based treatment that we use today, exhibitors from both state and national organizations, as well as special guest speakers, presentations of our archives, and of course entertainment.
If you have any comments, ideas or suggestions for AAPNY, the Membership Meeting and Conference/Celebration, or for my agenda, please do not hesitate to contact me at AAPNY@MSN.COM.
Respectfully,
Frank A. Naccarato, President
Association for Addiction Professionals of New York
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Your Executive Board and Contact Information:
Frank A. Naccarato, President Roberta Taggart, 1st Vice President
Frankajn-1@msn.com Prizm@iinc.comFhaverly@nycap.rr.com
John Pietropaolo, 2nd Vice President Ferd Haverly, Secretary
Foxtail2@Juno.com Fhaverly@nycap.rr.com
Claire Olsen, Treasurer
The Board at Work:
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Save the Date!
If your region has any upcoming training sessions or meetings that you would like posted here, please contact me at AAPNY@MSN.Com.
2005/06 AAPNY events
*** June 2006 AAPNY will CELEBRATE its 30th Anniversary as the ONLY Counselors Association in New York State. The anniversary will coincide with our Annual Membership Meeting and Conference which will be held in Albany, New York. ***
August 27, 2005 the Conference Committee will meet to begin its preparation for our upcoming celebration and conference.
September 16 – 17 Addiction Medicine with Albany Medical Center
September 20, 2005 is National Addictions Counselor Day. Tell us how you or your organization is planning to honor our profession and professionals.
2006 NAADAC events
March 2006 NAADAC will hold its annual Leadership Summit and Advocacy Day. Information will be sent via email as more information is obtained. You can also review NAADAC upcoming events at their website: www.naadac.org.
September 2006 NAADAC will hold its annual membership meeting in Burbank, California.
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NAADAC and IC&RC Propose Credential Consolidation
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA -
The National Certification Commission (NCC) of NAADAC, The Association for
Addiction Professionals, the International Certification and Reciprocity
Consortium (IC&RC) and the Society of Credentialed Addiction Professionals
(S.CAP) announced a proposal to unify their independent credentials for
addiction counselors into a series of credentials that will be available at the
local, national and international level. This proposal will be submitted to the
IC&RC Board of Directors in April 2005 and the NAADAC Board of Directors in
July 2005. If accepted the consolidation will affect 45,000 credentialed
addiction counselors.
The committee, made up of equal numbers of NAADAC and IC&RC
representatives, decided on six essential components for any addiction
credential:
1. The need for strong local credentialing boards;
2. Local, national and international credentialing for the profession;
3. Valid and legally defensible examinations;
4. The purpose, foundation and scope of practice for each credential;
5. Portability of credentials from state to state; and
6. Appropriate levels of credentialing based on the needs of local and
international credentialing boards.
The proposal being presented to the IC&RC and NAADAC Boards will suggest
the establishment of a new addictions treatment and prevention credentialing
board that will incorporate the current credentials of IC&RC and
NAADAC. The new organization, and its credentials, is intended to be
local, national and international in scope. The joint NAADAC/IC&RC committee
proposes that all current IC&RC and NAADAC credentialed professionals will
have their qualifications unified by December 31st, 2005.
The co-chairs of the workgroup recommending the changes, William Cote, APRN,
LADC, MAC, NAADAC National Certification Chair, and Jim Scarborough, IC&RC
Chair, stated: "We are excited by the positive and frank discussion that
NAADAC and IC&RC have had. Unifying the addiction profession will benefit
everyone who works in addiction prevention, intervention and treatment and the
clients they serve. Instrumental to this process was Dr. H. Westley Clark,
Director of CSAT and Dr. Karl White, CSAT's Team Leader for Workforce
Development. Without their support these discussions would not have taken
place. We would like to thank Dr. Clark and Dr. White on behalf of the 80,000
people throughout the US who work in the addiction profession"
CONTACT:
Donovan Kuehn
703-741-7686, ext. 125
dkuehn@naadac.org
NAADAC, The Association for
Addiction Professionals, is the largest organization for addiction-focused
health care professionals. Founded in 1972, NAADAC is committed to the
professional development of individuals who treat and prevent addiction. NAADAC
also works to improve the provision of treatment services through education and
advocacy programs.
"We help people recover their lives."
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Workforce Issues:
OASAS sponsored workgroup to examines paperwork concerns. Capital Region AAPNY was there.
The OASAS sponsored Steering Committee on Workforce Development meets quarterly to explore and promote strategies to recruit and retain quality addiction treatment and prevention professionals. AAPNY representatives have been active participants in this process.
A subgroup of this Steering Committee, the Administrative Relief Workgroup, has taken on the task of examining ways to reduce paperwork for frontline clinicians. Capital Region AAPNY was represented at this meeting.
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AAPNY Conference and Membership Meeting; Rochester 2005
This year AAPNY held it's Annual Conference and Membership at Rochester, New York. We would like to thank John Walsh and the members of his region for the fine job they did with producing Region II Day.
This year we had some fine workshops and presenters and AAPNY presented it’s Annual Awards which included: Dr. John Imhof, Commissioner for Nassau County Department of Drug and Alcohol Addiction, who was presented the President's Award by outgoing AAPNY President ED Olsen, John Walsh, President of Region II, Counselor Of The Year, and Advocate of the Year was presented to Richard Buckman of Long Island Recovery Advocates for his work on Parity Legislation, "Timothy's Law".
APPNY also put on a "1950's Rock and Roll Night", an ice cream social which raised $750.00 for the NAADAC Political Action Committee.
APPNY would also like to thank NAADAC for their help in making this conference a success! A big THANK YOU to Mary Woods, NAADAC President for coming to the conference and being a presenter!
We hope to see you next year in Albany for
AAPNY's 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!
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National Recovery Month:
Faces and Voices of Recovery:
The 16th annual
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
(Recovery Month) in September will recognize the collective effort that
goes into achieving recovery from substance use disorders. The 2005
theme,
Join the Voices for Recovery: Healing Lives, Families, and Communities,
raises year-round awareness about issues related to substance use
disorders and their impact on the family members of people with these
disorders.
An important element of Recovery Month is the interactive Web site at
http://www.recoverymonth.gov/. The 2005 site is rich with resources,
including multiple links and searchable databases as well as audio,
streaming video, and print information. Visitors easily can access all
2005 offerings as well as materials from the seven previous celebrations.
The 2005 Recovery Month kit and materials, as well as other SAMHSA
publications, easily can be ordered online.
You will find everything you need to prepare for your events and
activities in the Recovery Month planning toolkit. The kit includes
materials tailored to key constituent groups with steps to improve
treatment and recovery programs, templates of media outreach materials
that you can customize to publicize your events, and suggestions for
educating your community about addiction treatment and recovery. Using
these materials, you can plan and launch an effective Recovery Month
campaign.
The Recovery Month Web site contains resources and referral information,
the online Recovery Month kit for planning events, online submission of
Recovery Month events and activities, online ordering of publications,
public service announcements, and a multimedia component featuring
monthly
live Webcasts and an Ask the Expert feature with a wide range of experts
in the substance abuse field. State and local Government entities and
national treatment organizations and associations use the Recovery Month
kit as a tool for planning events to educate the public that substance
abuse is a national health crisis, that addiction is a treatable disease,
and that recovery is possible.
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NeATTC
Addiction Medicine with Albany Medical:
OASAS is co-sponsoring an Addiction Medicine Weekend with Albany Medical College, September 16-17, 2005. See the attached brochure. The target audience is Physicians and other healthcare providers. Several surveys have shown that physicians are not adequately trained to recognize and treat addicted patients and are not trained to identify at risk populations and prevent addiction. The course is designed to help address these issues.
Lisa M. Howard
NeATTC Information Specialist
IPDA
125 Wolf Rd., Suite 505
Albany, NY 12205
518-435-0620
FAX 518-435-0463
Unifying Research, Education
& Practice to Transform Lives
www.neattc.org and www.ipdany.org