1 Hour Webinar Training 

with Joanne McKenna, ANP, MA, HNC

PRESENTATION: This one-day workshop will include a discussion of the broad benefits and application of Mindfulness across the continuum of care for Substance Use Disorders beginning with prevention and including recovery and relapse prevention. The participants will have the opportunity to experience Sitting, Walking, Eating, Body Scan and Loving Kindness Meditation. A guide for use in practice will be provided as well as resources for deepening practice. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and shoes for both inside and outside practice. As a result of attending this training participants will be able to:

1. Identify how Mindfulness could be beneficial when applied across the continuum of care
2. Describe current research
3. Experience each of 5 practices of Mindfulness
4. Be familiar with resources for continued practice
5. Apply knowledge across the continuum of substance use disorders

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Joanne McKenna ANP, MA, HNC is a Nurse Practitioner retiring from 40 years of practice, 30 of which specialized in Addictive and Co-Occurring Disorders. In addition, she taught Psychopharmacology for the ACE program in MA., is an instructor of Mindfulness-Based-Stress Reduction, is Certified by the Neuroscience Educational Institute in Psychopharmacology., and currently offers a course on-line on the Basis and Treatment of Depression as part of a series with McKenna Recovery Associates.

REGISTRATION FEE: *NHADACA Members: Free, *Non-Members $15.  For registration information contact: 603-225-7060 or training@nhadaca.org

1 Contact Hour Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 6, 7, 15, 18
CPS Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)  NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.