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LEADERSHIP: Creating a Profession of ChoiceFocus On:
LEADERSHIP: Creating a Profession of Choice

• Leadership Development
• Creating a 'Profession of Choice' through Talent Management and Leadership Development
• Innovative Leadership Development Opportunity
• Commitment to Development and Support of New Leaders
• Leadership Institute Graduate Profiles

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• Candidates should possess the following work experience(s) and education: A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
• A Master’s degree in a human service discipline
• Clinical and management experience in a substance abuse treatment setting, therapeutic community is a plus.
• Travel required

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• The NeATTC is trying to find out how you use the Core competencies TAP 21 and TAP 21-A at your organization.
  Click here to take a very brief survey:
  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=r7gpBUkm0gpEP64V0_2b2_2fhw_3d_3d
  Thanks so much for taking time to complete this survey. Your responses help the NeATTC serve the field!
  
  
• Addiction Recovery Symposium - Aligning Concepts, Practice and Contexts to Promote Long Term Recovery: An Action Plan
  
  May 2, 2008
  Philadelphia, PA
  
  Join us for a day-long symposium devoted to improving the opportunities for people with addiction to get the help they need to enjoy long-term recovery. How can we transform our current systems to make them recovery-focused and recovery-oriented? What have we already learned? What are the next steps?
  
  The May 2 Symposium is Co-Sponsored by: IRETA, Northeast ATTC, Great Lakes ATTC, Faces & Voices of Recovery, Gateway Rehabilitation Center, and Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Mental Retardation Services.
  
  If you are interested in learning more about sponsoring this national event, please contact Kristine Pond at kris@ireta.org or (412) 258-8565.

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• Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents - The NeATTC has recently revised the Adolescent Co-occurring Curriculum. The curriculum format has been updated to include the power point within each module of the trainers manual. A participant manual was also developed. This Trainers' Manual for a two-day course entitled Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder in Adolescents: Integrating Approaches for Assessment and Treatment of the Individual Young Person. Available online at http://www.ireta.org
  
  
• Addictions Recovery: When Knowing the Facts Can Help - Individuals with substance use disorders require continuing care because of the nature and course of the illness. Drug addiction is a complex illness. It is characterized by compulsive-at times uncontrollable-drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. For many people, drug addiction becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence (NIDA, 1999). Available online at http://www.ireta.org
  
  
• Issues Facing Returning Veterans - "These are no ordinary times for the nation and its veterans and those who care for them. For that reason, this issue of Resource Links newsletter is dedicated to understanding the complexities that returning veterans and their families face. This issue, an update to our similar 2004 edition, will focus on the unique as well as the more fundamental issues facing our veterans today." Available online at http://www.ireta.org
  
  
• Linking Addiction Treatment and Communities of Recovery -- A Primer for Addiction Counselors, Recovery Coaches and the Recovery Community co-authored by William White, M.A., and Ernest Kurtz, Ph.D.
  The NeATTC and IRETA recently published this seminal piece that describes the emergence of a recovery paradigm as a new organizing concept for treatment and recovery support services. It summarizes the scientific evidence supporting post-treatment check-ups and assertive linkage to peer-based recovery support groups and describes the growing diversity of American communities of recovery.
  More then 2,000 free copies have been disseminated within the NeATTC region. The monograph, along with a compendium power point presentation, is available online and downloadable free of charge at http://www.ireta.org or call 1-866-246-5344. Bound copies can be ordered at $ 10 per copy plus shipping and handling. Quantity discounts are available.
  
  
• Imagine Who You Could Save is a workforce recruitment video promoting addictions career opportunities. The purpose of the video is to promote opportunities in the addiction career field on a national scale while dispelling preconceived notions and/or stereotypes typically associated with the addiction/substance use disorder field. NAADAC, in collaboration with the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), Northeast and Central East ATTC's have put together an excellent product. Your organization can add your name and logo on the trailer for a cost of $100.00. This will be your personal copy for your use in recruitment and awareness purposes. This also increases the visibility of your agency. You may also purchase a non-customized version of the video for $35.00. Contact the Northeast ATTC if you are interested in obtaining a personal copy of the recruitment video at (412) 391-4449 or http://www.ireta.org.
  
  

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CESAR PublicationCESAR Publication

• "Percentage of Positive Employee Drug Tests Containing Marijuana and Cocaine Decreases; Opiates and Amphetamines Increases Over Past 10 Years" - Available online at http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax.asp.

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IRETA administers the NeATTC, a federally funded program.