A 3 hour training event with Angela Thomas-Jones & Diane Fontneau

April 2, 2020

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (registration begins at 12:30 p.m.)

PRESENTATION:  Compassion Fatigue and Burnout are getting a lot of attention locally and nationally. In 2019, the World Health Organization updating its definition of burnout in its 2022 revised handbook of diseases; International Classification of Diseases and specifically ties burnout to "chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed." In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a report called To Err is Human that revealed many hospital deaths were due to medical error. This study identified the causal link between clinician well-being, patient care and safety. In 2017, the National Academy of Medicine launched a National Call to Action to address work culture issues that feed this cycle of clinician burnout. In 2018, NHADACA Board of Directors voted to update the Ethics Committee description to focus on the Ethical mandate for provider well-being and self-care. In 2019 NHADACA joined this national movement by publishing its Organizational Commitment Statement. This interactive workshop will briefly review this research and outline steps for becoming a Network Organization. Small group activity will be used as time for discussion and action plan development specific to your agency, group, or practice. Participants will leave with their own action plan specific to their group, agency, or organization needs.  As a result of attending this training, participants will:

1. Understand the the link between workplace culture and Provider well-being

2. Describe the Quadruple Aim as a model for a sustainable workforce

3. Be able to identify the steps for becoming a Network Organization

4. Create a plan for developing an Organizational Commitment statement

PRESENTER: Angela Thomas Jones, LCMHC, MLADC, LCS, RYT, CCFP; Motivated by lived experience, in 2018, Angela co-founded a grassroots effort to implement effective practices for clinician self-care as a means to also improve quality patient care. She is a member of the LADC Board Peer Review Committee and Chairperson for the NH Association for Addiction Professionals Ethics Committee. During her tenure on the NHADACA Board of Directors, she spearheaded re-defining the function and role of the Ethics Committee based on research from the American Psychological Association identifying the Stress-Distress Continuum (2006) and the National Academy of Medicine’s Call to Action for Clinician Well-being. NHADACA is now the first NH Network Organization to join the National Movement for Clinician Well-being. She is Certified as a Compassion Fatigue Professional and specializes in Trauma-sensitive Mind/Body practices and licensed in NH as a Mental Health Counselor and Addiction Professional as well as a Clinical Supervisor with 30 years of experience. Since 1991, she has contributed to the New England Institute of Addiction Studies, is an Adjunct Professor for Plymouth State University Counseling Program and travels nationally teaching on the topic of Clinician Well-being. In 2009, she published a literature review; Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Practice after completing Post-Graduate Certification in Traumatic Studies at The Trauma Center of the Justice Resource Institute formerly directed by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD.  Diane Fontneau, MS, LADC MS, LADC.  Ms. Fontneau has worked in the field of Substance Use Disorders for over 25 years in a variety of treatment settings, and currently manages the outpatient substance use disorder treatment program at Seacoast Mental Health Center. Ms. Fontneau holds a master’s degree in Human Services, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Diane was certified in California as an alcohol and drug counselor for many years prior to returning to practice as a LADC in New Hampshire. She is an active member of the Seacoast Public Health Network, and IDN Region 6 (Greater Seacoast) subcommittee addressing local gaps and needs of services. Diane is a founding member of the Rochester Bridging the Gaps Coalition and helped write the first SAMHSA grant for the coalition that funded prevention programs in the local schools, including hiring substance use disorder treatment and prevention staff. Ms. Fontneau strongly believes in NHADACA’s mission and the importance of participation and recruitment for those working in this specialized field. 

Registration Fee: $25; *NBCC add $5.  Lunch will be on your own.  For registration information contact:  603-225-7060, traininginstitute@nhadaca.org

3 Contact Hours Available
Certified Prevention Specialist Domain: 6
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence:  4, 15, 16, 17
CRSW Performance Domains:   3,  4
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). 

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY ONE REGISTRANT PER FORM. FOR MULTIPLE REGISTRANTS YOU MUST REGISTER EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. THANK YOU.