The McLeod Institute on Substance Abuse is designed to provide educational experiences for both graduate/ certificate students and for counselors working in the professional community.  Targeted audiences also include school personnel, psychologist, psychiatrists, nurses, other health care professionals, social workers, and pharmacists. This year's theme is, "Trends for a New Decade," and the program includes the following presentations:

• Substance Abuse Counsleing with Middle Eastern Populations, Dr. Omar Manejwala
• Trends in Synthetic Drug Use, Dr. Omar Manejwala
• Group Counseling with Substance Abusers, Dr. Geri Miller
• HIV/STDs & Ethics in Substance Abuse Treatment, Ms. Katherine Norrins
• Opiod Addiction Treatment, Dr. Jana Burson
• Do you know what you're missing?  How to recognize and manage neuro-cognitive impariment in the context of addictions intervention, Dr. Carolyn Lemsky
• Using Creative Counseling Techniques with Substance Abuse Clients & The Supervisory Relationship: Beyond Knowing Yourself, Dr. Trish Murray

Topics and presenters vary each year based on the selected theme of the Institute. Examples of topics from previous years include addiction & the elderly, motivational interviewing, sex addiction, working with substance abusing athletes, family therapy with addicted clients. Approved training credit hours are applied for through the North Carolina Professional Practice Board. Topics such as Clinical Supervision, HIV/Hep C, and Ethics are offered as seminars for those interested in licensure as a substance abuse counselor. The Institute concludes with an awards luncheon featuring a keynote speaker and a mandatory student forum. Students who are registered for graduate credit are required to complete assignments in addition to attending the entire Institute. Students from other institutions may attend the McLeod Institute for graduate credit, but first must be admitted to the graduate school as a post-baccalaureate student.

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