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Sponsored in part by SAMHSA
This conference is supported, in part by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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2006 Conference Presentations
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H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM, is director of CSAT under the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Service.
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Robert Ladouceur, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Université Laval in Quebec City. After his doctoral studies, he completed a post-doctoral fellow at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. His work on gambling is internationally known.
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Ron Willis, Ed. Spec. is founder of GREEN PORCH SWING PRODUCTIONS and mental health consultant to the medical community and its many organizations across the midlands of America.
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Laurie Barger Sutter, serves as the Behavioral Health Prevention manager for the state of Nebraska, where she is responsible for administering the Nebraska Behavioral Health Prevention System for substance abuse and mental health.
Katrina Ondracek, MA,is currently the Gamblers Assistance Program manager for the state of Nebraska.
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Renee M. Cunnigham-Williams, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical social worker and visiting associate professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University.
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Carol Falkowski, director of research communications at the Hazelden Foundation, has monitored drug abuse trends at the local and national level for 20 years as part of an ongoing, drug abuse-monitoring network of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Anne Helene Skinstad, Ph.D. provides training for health professionals as the program director of the Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center and as assistant professor of public health at the University of Iowa.
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Melissa Stephens, problem gambling program administrator, Missouri Gaming Commission
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Ernest M. Raub has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Administration and served 27 years with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, where he worked field assignments for his first 14 years.
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Duane Mackey
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Arlene C. Miller, L. C. S.W.is a social worker in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri. Arlene was initially trained as a community mental health counselor and is a certified Gestalt Therapist.
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Tom Workman, Ph.D., has focused his research and practical work in the area of college high-risk drinking for seven years.
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Deb Hammond, CCGC, Director of Choices Treatment Center, is a State Certified Compulsive Gambling Counselor who has extensive experience in financial and legal workshop trainings.
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Kate Speck, Ph.D., MAC, LADC, has had over 28 years of working in the field of addiction, including a master's in Addiction Counseling.
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Duane Olberding, LSCSW, KCGC, CADC III, is currently clinical director at St Francis, "private practice" and teaches at Washburn University.
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Dawn Billings, M.A., LPC travels internationally speaking on the ravages of entitlement.
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David Carter, Ph.D. is the past president of the Nebraska Counseling Association and a professional counselor of 30 years.
Patricia Walburn
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Sue M. Self, LCSW, CCGC, is an experienced mental health professional with extensive background in crisis intervention, related services and therapy, including: agency management, suicide intervention, critical incident stress, individual therapy, teaching/training, gambling, group therapy, HIV/AIDS and program management.
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Kevin Smith is Chief Warrant Officer for the Iowa National Guard Counterdrug Task Force and is currently assigned to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Prevention Division.
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Ingrid Gillespie, MCED, has worked for over 20 years in the human services field in urban and rural communities.
Jordyn Paradis, MSW
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| Maya Chilese, MA, PLMHP, CCGC, is the program coordinator for Nebraska's first Women's Gambling Project.
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Conference Planning Consortium
- Iowa Members -
Iowa Gambling Treatment Program
Prairielands ATTC
Division of Health Promotion, Prevention and Addictive Behaviors
Training Resources, A Division of ISAPDA
- Kansas Members -
Addiction and Prevention Services SRS/Addiction and Prevention Services (AAPS)
Eisenbarth & Associates
Kansas Association of Addiction Professionals
Kansas Coalition on Problem Gambling
- Missouri Members -
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Mid-America ATTC
Missouri Gaming Association
Missouri Council on Problem Gambling Concerns, Inc.
Missouri Lottery
Missouri Gaming Commission
- Nebraska Members –
Division of Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Nebraska Council on Compulsive Gambling
Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services Systems
Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PATTC) at Doane College
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Roads to Recovery
Aug. 12–14, 2009
Hilton St. Louis Frontenac
1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, MO
Check out handouts and session materials from the 2008 Midwest Conference.
Check out information on the exciting new conference bookstore includes option to place special orders and pre-purchase items.
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