a.  Sponsors:  This program is made possible through a partnership with the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) Program at St. Petersburg College and the Florida National Guard and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA. 

 

b.  Availability:  This free, public domain broadcast will be available on the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks and on C-Band Analog satellite networks.  (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.)  Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider.  (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Dish systems.) 

Will this program be Video streamed:  Yes; Details will be sent in the final coordination message to all registered sites.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  Primary target audiences for this program will include law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, administrators, school drug counselors, high school athletic officials, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, criminal justice professionals, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested.  This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.   

 

d. Program Summary and Objectives:  All of us have stress in our lives, but stress means different things to different people and causes all sorts of reactions.  Some of us can handle things internally, while others look for something to make them feel better, often drugs and alcohol.  Scientific research has shown a strong link between stress and substance abuse.  It's also one of the most powerful triggers for relapse, even after long periods in recovery.  There are also links between substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.   During this hour-long broadcast, learn why stress often leads to substance abuse and how the brain responds.  See how rates of alcohol and drug abuse increase after traumatic events like military service, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters.  Here first-hand how many people struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are looking for stress relief, often in dangerous ways.  Find out how to identify who is at risk and see what treatment options work.

 

Learning Objectives:    

-         Learn how the brain responds to stress

-         See how stress and drug/alcohol abuse are often linked

-         Find out how rates of alcohol and drug abuse often increase after traumatic events

-         Hear what treatment options provide the best outcomes

 

e. Hosted By:  Mary Elizabeth Elliott, Vice President, Communications and Membership, CADCA

 

Content Providers Include:

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA - Nora D. Volkow, M.D., was appointed Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in May 2003.  She is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on drug addiction and brain imaging.  Dr. Volkow’s work has been pivotal in demonstrating that drug addiction is a disease of the brain.  She pioneered the use of brain imaging to investigate the toxic effects of drugs and the effects of drugs responsible for their addictive properties in the human brain.  In addition, she has made important contributions to the neurobiology of obesity, to the neurobiology of the behavioral changes that occur with aging, and to the treatment of ADHD.  Dr. Volkow was born in Mexico, attended the Modern American School, and earned her medical degree from the National University of Mexico in Mexico City where she earned the Laughlin Fellowship Award as one of the 10 Outstanding Psychiatric where she received the Premio Robins award for best medical student of her generation.  Her psychiatric residency was at New York University Residents in the USA.   

Bert Bauer, Pathways New Learning Center, Atlanta, GA - Bert Bauer is a licensed clinical social worker.  He is currently providing family services to emotionally and physically vulnerable parents and children.  Bert received his graduate training at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) in the late seventies.  His clinical training came with his 20 years of work with Emory-Grady  Department of Psychiatry  Atlanta Georgia a joint training program between the Emory School of Medicine and Henry Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.  LTC Bauer recently retired from the Army Reserve Command after forty years of military active and reserve duty.  Since 1990 he has been mobilized two times.  In 1990 for Desert Storm by providing behavior health services for mobilizing and de- mobilized Army Reserve and National Guard service members at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.  After 9/11 he was mobilized for 2 years serving  in the capacity of a senior behavior health clinician for the Army Central Command at Camp Doha Kuwait providing primary behavioral health services to the military task forces stationed  in Afghanistan and Kuwait.  2002 and 2003 he was the mental health operations planning officer with the Coalition Forces Land Component Command in Kuwait for the invasion of Iraq.  During times of being a “weekend warrior” at home he has been the Social Work Consultant for the 3^rd Medical Command.  His primary mission was the development and implementation of behavioral health policy for the medical component of the U.S. Army Reserve Command. 

 

Edward Carlson, Executive Director, Odyssey House Louisiana - Edward C. Carlson became executive director of Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. (OHL) in January 2005, bringing nearly 20 years experience in human services and substance abuse treatment to the position.  Prior to joining OHL, Ed was the substance abuse program officer for the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation in San Mateo, CA.  He also oversaw the research and development of The Need to Invest in Adolescent Treatment, a report and series of policy recommendations for the California State Legislature.  The report documented the crisis state of substance abuse treatment for children and teens in California with less than 10% of adolescents who need treatment receiving services.  Carlson also served on the advisory committee to the Little Hoover Commission in the development of the report For Our Health & Safety: Joining Forces to Defeat Addiction, which urged California’s state leaders to develop a strategy to reduce the cost and suffering of drug and alcohol addiction and expand the quality and quantity of treatment.  Ed also has significant experience in correctional facility substance abuse treatment and has opened over 20 treatment programs.  Ed is a graduate of John F. Kennedy University where he received a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in clinical psychology with a concentration in substance abuse, criminal justice population and cognitive behavioral science.  He is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT) and a member of the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Forensic Counselors and the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.  He is a native of New Orleans, where he currently resides.
 

John King, Executive Director, Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans - John King has worked in the field of alcohol/drug abuse prevention and treatment since 1972.  King has a BA in psychology from Baylor University, a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary and has done post-graduate work in alcohol/drug studies at the University of Utah, the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.  He is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor and currently serves as Executive Director of CADA and teaches as an adjunct professor at Our Lady of Holy Cross College, in New Orleans, LA.  King began the Missouri Teen Institute on Substance Abuse Prevention and was instrumental in forming the National Association of Teen Institutes.  Also, as an accomplished author, he has written five books and numerous articles on drug abuse and prevention.

 

f.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  There are no CEUs, CMEs, or completion certificates available for this program.

 

g.  Videotape Availability:  You can usually watch any of these programs plus many others from the past via a Webcast if you have hi-speed internet access, see: http://dlnets.com/mctft_webcasts.htm  …or you can order a tape...however...MCTFT has announced a change in their formerly free videotape policy.   Depending on the co-sponsor, some tapes are free, some are not...  more details here: http://www.mctft.com/telecasts/past_telecourses.shtml.

 

Note that they usually do not post tape/DVD availability for any given program until sometimes several weeks after its broadcast date.  If the program date you are interested in is not posted, please book mark the site and check back in a week or so.

 

h.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  No portion of this program may be used for commercial purposes or for-profit purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.   

 

i.  Web Site Support:  Support materials, if any, are expected to mounted on the Internet to support this program.  Final details will be sent via email to registered sites as part of the satellite coordinates message.   

 

j.  Satellite Coordinates:   If known at the time of your initial registration, a copy of the satellite Coordinates will be returned to you as part of your registration confirmation.   A second confirmed coordinates copy will be sent to all registered sites 5-7 working days prior to the broadcast.   This second copy is sent in blind group copies of 50 addressees each.  We know that some spam and military filters will block this message.  So Site coordinators and technicians whose sites are registered and who have not received the coordinates by the Monday preceding the broadcast date should contact our office immediately.   Please do not wait until the day before or the day of the program to confirm your coordinates.

 

k.  Registration:  All new and returning sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C/KU) or illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website.  Sites may register at: CounterDrug Registration or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.   

 

l.  Future Programs:  For future information on MCTFT satellite broadcasts (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: http://www.mctft.com/telecasts/upcoming_telecourses.shtml.  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit.)  Additional information may also be posted here: http://www.dlnets.com/mctft.htm.

 

A complete listing of available programs can be seen here, Interagency Schedule.  Note that some programs are available only to military and federal sites. 

 

m.  Email Controls:  Email from the CounterDrug Listserv may be adjusted (changed, deleted, or added) at this web site:  Email Controls 

 

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