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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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Tamitha Price, A.C.S.W., L.B.S.W.-I.P., B.S.B.A., is the executive director of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) – Missouri chapter. NASW is the largest organization statewide of professional social workers with more than 2,700 members. The Missouri chapter is an affiliate of the National Association of Social Workers in Washington, D.C., serving more than 160,000 members nationwide and internationally. In addition to promoting, developing and protecting the practice of social work and social workers, NASW has a strong social justice and advocacy mission.
During her career, Price has gained valuable knowledge and practice skills to serve in the executive director's capacity for the association. Her previous professional experience includes direct service to a variety of populations from the elderly to children while serving in numerous capacities including social service director for a nursing center and client services director for legal services. Price has acquired undergraduate teaching experience as adjunct faculty for Missouri Western State College where she instructed philosophy and policy for the social work program; Missouri Baptist University, St. Louis, Mo., instructing the Introduction to Human Services for the four-year Human Services and Organizational Behavior for the Business Administration degrees; and Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Mo., instructing Social Welfare Policy and Human Service Administration for their undergraduate Human Services program. She is a registered lobbyist with the state for the organization and has successfully advocated for the passage of numerous bills affecting the social work profession. She was selected by her peers as the 2008 Outstanding Executive Director for the Year for the National Association of Social Workers. In 2009, she was awarded the Mark Moses Distinguished Management Award from the National Network of Social Work Managers Association and the Outstanding Alumni Award from St. Louis University, School of Social Work.
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| Paul Sanford, L.B.S.W., P.K.C.G.C.-I., is a licensed social worker. Currently, he is a family assistance specialist for the Kansas Army National Guard, where raises awareness about problem gambling in the military. He is the sole Kansas-certified gambling counselor in Kansas for the National Guard. He works with families of deployed soldiers, assisting them with emergency needs. |
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| AKit Sang Leung, Ph.D., M.P.E., is a post-doctoral research scholar in the epidemiology and prevention research group. His research interests include psychopharmacology, applied cognitive methods in addiction research and the epidemiologic study of addictive behaviors. He has been a part of the research team on many of Dr. Cottler’s studies in drug addiction, problem gambling and nonmedical prescription drug use. He prepared a semi-structured diagnostic instrument for clinicians, used in the US and Taiwan to diagnose addictions. His responsibilities include data analysis and data management. |
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Sarah Shelton, Psy.D., M.S., M.P.H., is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the mind and body connection. She served as chief resident at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine before completing two post-doctoral fellowships in behavioural medicine at the Medical College of Georgia. Currently, she serves as the director of training and education at Hope House, a residential substance abuse treatment facility. She is also the owner of Psychological Wellness Group, a private practice with locations in Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky. |
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| Catherine Striley, Ph.D., M.S.W. M.P.E., has been a Missouri-licensed clinical social worker since 1992. She has presented for clinicians and administrators in India and Mongolia on research ethics. She has hosted two national conferences on research ethics and the responsible conduct of research for the United States Office of Research Integrity. As a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis, she has delivered numerous presentations on research ethics. Additionally, she was a member of the faculty committee who developed the research ethics training mandated by the University for its researchers. She has research partnerships with a variety of agencies nationally and locally and works to ensure that practice-based knowledge contributes to scholarship.
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Cathy R. of Topeka, Kan., is a member of the recovery community. She has been sober since January 2001, and prior to that, from July 1990 to February 1999. In addition, she has been sober from gambling since November 2009, and prior to that, from December 2003 to October 2009. She is an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous and Gamblers Anonymous. She has taken a leadership role in her position as Work Service Representative for Topeka Gamblers Anonymous. She also serves on the Kansas Citizens Committee. She worked as a freelance court reporter for more than 26 years. Currently, she works as a caregiver and creative photographer.
Cathy states, “My recovery IS my way of life, and I want to pass it along. As we say, ‘I am responsible. When anyone anywhere reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA/GA to be there, and for that I am responsible.’”
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Roads to Recovery
July 28 - 30, 2010
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
2345 McGee St.
Kansas City, MO
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