| Help Create a Prevention Mailing List |
Do you forward this newsletter to your colleagues, elected officials, or certificants? We can save you that time, while helping to promote IC&RC in prevention circles. Send your prevention mailing list to Kay Glass (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, and CSV formats are all acceptable), so she can build a national mailing list for this newsletter. |
| Thanks for Prevention Award Nominations | |
The Prevention Committee is excited to announce the nominations of:
Alison Rose - ArkansasAri Russell - GeorgiaTawni Basden - MississippiFrank Magourilos - New MexicoYoung Onuorah - OklahomaBrenda Amodei - Rhode IslandWade Bishop - South CarolinaMary Mattingly - TexasPaul Moro - U.S. NavyLori Gates-Addison - VirginiaWe look forward to revealing the winner in the new year. |
| Why I Became Certified |
The North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board has posted a great video answering this question on their website. |
| Upcoming Conference |
IC&RC will be represented at the 21st Annual CADCA National Leadership Forum, "Coalitions Moving Forward: Mapping the Future," which will take place in National Harbor, MD from February 7 to 10, 2011. Will we see you there? |
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| Focus on: Prevention | |
 | | Julie Stevens, Prevention Chair |
Prevention rocks! That was my rallying cry at the Scottsdale meeting, and it continues to be my motto. How's this for rocking? We welcomed two new boards as members of IC&RC - Prevention Credentialing Consortium of Georgia and Tennessee Certification Board; and Hawaii and Delaware took on the Prevention Specialist credential. With these new additions, IC&RC now represents more than 50 prevention boards, indicating the rapid growth in this professional certification. We're also rocking our relationship with the National Prevention Network (NPN), which has committed to sending a representative to each of our meetings. This time, we were pleased to welcome Ruth Satterfield of Ohio.
In this newsletter, you're going to read exciting news of our Position Paper, initiatives in New Mexico, not to mention a cool video from North Carolina. After reading, I think you'll say it with me: Prevention rocks!
Sincerely,
Julie Stevens, LCDC, ICPS, ACPS
Prevention Chair |
| Prevention Credentialing & Health Care Reform | |
Sparked by the discussion in Scottsdale on changes in national health care policy and funding, Celenda Perry spearheaded an effort to develop a Position Paper for IC&RC. This well-researched document lays out the case for IC&RC as a resource to policy leaders, provider organizations, and professionals as they seek to navigate the changing landscape. |
| Member Board Highlight: New Mexico | | |
By Frank G. Magourilos, SCPS, Executive Director
These are very exciting times for workforce development, and the New Mexico Credentialing Board is taking a leadership role to assure and provide the best, most up-to-date, and most needed credentialing and certification for all behavioral health professionals in New Mexico.
In addition to our IC&RC credentials, we are now offering a Certified Peer Specialist Worker (CPSW) credential, available to individuals that work through the NM Health Services Department (HSD). We also have started implementing a Certified Family Specialist (CFS) credential for the NM Children Youth and Families Department.
We also have several current projects that I believe our IC&RC colleagues will be interested in.
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| Ethical Fitness | |
by Linda Verst
As you may recall, our Ethical Fitness column in September referred to a situation in which Bob, a prevention specialist, meets weekly with a group of at-risk teens in a rural county high school. These students had been caught smoking or drinking, and Bob has Judge Jones speak to them about underage drinking and driving laws, explaining the trouble they can incur. The Judge is stopped by police in a nearby town and arrested for drunken driving. Our dilemma: What to do about having the Judge continue to speak with this intervention-oriented group?
Serendipitously, I was able to combine a group of eight workshop participants who needed six hours of prevention ethics by year's end with a need to resolve Bob's ethical dilemma. One captive audience plus one applicable case study discussion equals a vibrant multiple exchange of ideas!
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| Sample Test Questions | |
1. Therapeutically, which sedative hypnotics are used to produce sedation, induce sleep, relieve anxiety, and muscle spasms? A. Barbiturates.
B. Benzodiazepines.
D. Morphine.
D. GHB.
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