Satellite Broadcast  Expanded Description

“Faith and Recovery: 

The Healing Role of Faith-Based Organizations” 

A Pre-Recorded Satellite &Webcast Program 

 Thursday 11 January, 2007
 1:00 – 2:00 PM  ET

A MCTFT/SAMHSA Broadcast 

Available on C Band Analog & GETN Digital Warrior Satellite Networks
 

 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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.  

b.  Availability:  This free, public domain, previously recorded broadcast will be available on the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior/MIST 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 Echostar systems.) 

Will this program be Video streamed:  Yes, it is expected that this program will be available as both a live and archived webcast for all registered sites.  Details and a webcast link will be sent in the final coordination message to all registered sites.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  Primary target audiences for this program will include drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, administrators, school drug counselors, 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 or Cable Access television distribution.    

d. Program Summary and Objectives:  Those who lean on their faith in difficult times may seek help for their addiction from clergy and faith-based organizations, but what help will they find?  This broadcast also contains personal stories about people in recovery and interviews from treatment providers and others in the field who help make recovery possible.

Key Questions:

·        Why is religion often overlooked as relevant to recovery?
·        What level of training do clergy have in regards to substance use disorders?
·        What do clergy need to know to effectively address substance use disorders?
·        How can clergy help members of their congregation with substance use disorders?
·        Are their substance use treatment options that incorporate spirituality as part of their process? How effective are they?
·        Who is the “paradoxical user”? How can clergy help these congregation members overcome the barrier of stigma?

e. Moderator and Panelists:  Join host Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and a panel of experts as they explore the spectrum of services and interventions offered by faith-based organizations and discuss their unique role in helping individuals walk the Road to Recovery.

Marcus M. McKinney, D.Min., LPC  -  Dr. McKinney is Director of Pastoral Counseling at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at UCONN School of Medicine.  In partnership with the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services under the Access to Recovery Grant Dr. McKinney provides pastoral training to faith based substance abuse treatment providers.  Before the State of Connecticut received the ATR Grant Dr. McKinney had already trained more than 500 faith leaders in pastoral counseling regarding issues around substance abuse.  He has taught at Hartford Seminary and Golden Gate Seminary in California in the area of Spirituality and Psychology.  His doctorate is from Andover Newton in Jungian Psychology.  He serves as a Governor’s appointee to the Connecticut Mental Health Board.  He has served at Saint Francis Hospital for the past 22 years.  He has studied with Thomas Moore, noted author of Care of the Soul, and James Hillman.  

Thomas J. Johnson, Ph.D.  -  Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Psychology at Indiana State University and the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Health, Religion, and Spirituality.  He teaches courses in Theories of Addiction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment of Addictions, Research on College Student Drinking, and History of Psychology.  Dr. Johnson has done part time clinical work in community mental health and correctional settings.  One of Dr. Johnson's lines of research has focused on establishing ways that religiousness and spirituality might plausibly have a causal effect on alcohol use and problems.  Dr. Johnson has contributed to the Clergy Training Project (sponsored by the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, the Johnson Institute, NIAAA, and the Fetzer Institute) and served as a panel member for the conference:  So Help Me God (II) Substance Abuse, Religion, and Spirituality (sponsored by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University).  He was the organizer of an international conference on Addiction and Spirituality:  Scientific, Theological, & Clinical Perspectives, held in March of 2005 and supported largely through a donation from the Fetzer Institute.  He also serves on the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Indiana Addiction Planning Council. 

Margie Smith, D.Min, LPC  -  Margie Smith is an ordained minister with the National Baptist Convention, USA.  She obtained her M.Div. and D.Min. from Samuel D. Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA.  Her doctoral project was on the impact of pastoral counseling as a specialized ministry in the church.  She also has a M. Ed. from Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA.  Her counseling specialties include brief solution-focused counseling, grief/loss issues and substance abuse issues.  She is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, and a Licensed Professional Counselor. 

The Rev. Jo Campe  -  Dr. Campe is currently pastor of "The Recovery Church" which is a United Methodist congregation in St. Paul, MN.  The Recovery Church has grown in the short five years of its existence from a dozen faithful souls keeping the church open to now one of largest gathering of people in recovery in the state.  The church currently has over 1,500 people in recovery who either attend 12 step meetings, speakers or worship per week.  Dr. Campe who is in recovery from alcoholism himself, is the founding pastor and brings an experience of ministry from serving both large and small churches in the United Methodist tradition for over 30 years.  Dr. Campe lives in Saint Paul himself and travels extensively promoting recovery and the 12 step program. 

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

g.  Videotape Availability:  MCTFT has altered its previous policy of providing free videotapes to those requesting them.  Depending on the co-sponsor of each program, some tapes are still free, but others are available for a small $10-15 shipping and handling fee.  See details here: MCTFT Videotape Order Site. 

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 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 email 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.  Double check your coordinates in the latest message vs. your original confirmation, they have been known to change.  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: MCTFT Calendar.  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit.)   

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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