Meeting Clients Where They’re At (and other fairy tales): The Industry’s Credibility Crisis
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Educational Goal
Participants will explore aspects of professional identity and ethics in the substance abuse field.
Description
The Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Industry struggles to move past the false narrative of being a paraprofessional entity, relying only on personal experience to aid those served. As we struggle for acceptance as professionals in the eyes of other behavioral health practitioners, this presentation takes a hard look at some of these issues and recognizes that most are of our own doing. This workshop will ask uncomfortable questions, challenge the status quo, and open up conversations about how those in the field can begin to reckon with these issues.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Jeffrey Quamme is the Executive Director at the Connecticut Certification Board. An alumnus of Eastern Connecticut State University, the University of Connecticut, and Charter Oak State College, he has over 30 years of diverse experience in the behavioral health space. Jeffrey is a sought after speaker and trainer nationally with a special interest in the application of evidence based practices, ethics, and confronting some of the credibility issues that plague the SUD prevention, treatment & recovery industry. He previously sat on the Executive Committee of the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, has been instrumental in international credential development, and currently is a member of the Mayor’s Opioid Commission in his city of Bristol, CT.