NHADACA Annual Meeting
including a 2 hour training event with Samuel MacMaster, PhD
Working with Individuals Who Use Stimulants: Current Issues & Best Practices
8:30am to 1:30pm, November 18, 2022
*This meeting/training will be hybrid with the option of in-person or virtual via zoom*
Please select the in-person or virtual on your price point for payment
The NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association will meet for their annual membership and business meeting. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Association business will include updates and exciting changes within NHADACA, introductions to our new staff, professional and community recognition awards and board of director election results.
Award recipients are both nominated and chosen by vote of the NHADACA membership. Nominations are listed below. Please join use in honoring all of our nominees and award recipients. The categories that will be awarded include:
Nominees: Lucille Buteau, LADC, LCS; Ella Driscoll, LCMHC, MLADC; and Margot Walker, LADC
- Thomas McTague Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominees: Annette Escalante, MLADC; Robert Lang, MLADC; and Niki Miller
Nominees: Kelly Luedtke, MLADC; and Suzanne Thistle, MLADC
- Kathleen Taylor Legislator Award
Nominees: Congresswoman Annie Kuster; and David Mara
Meeting Agenda
8:30 am President’s Welcome --- Alex Hamel
8:40 am Roll Call --- Christine McKenna, Secretary
8:45 am Annual Meeting Minutes, November 19, 2021
8:50 am Treasurer’s Report --- Christopher Foster
8:55 am Executive Director’s Report --- Dianne Castrucci
9:05 am Guest Speaker --- Patrick Tufts, NH Governor's Commission
9:20 am Guest Speaker --- Jill Burke, NH Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services
9:35 am Annual Award Presentations--- Diane Fontneau
9:55 am Board Member Election Results --- Alex Hamel
Plaques/Acknowledgment of Board Members leaving the Board
Announcement of New Board Members
10:30 am Adjourn Business Meeting and enjoy Brunch and Networking
11:30 am Presentation - Working with Individuals Who Use Stimulants: Current Issues & Best Practices
1:30 pm Adjourn
Working with Individuals Who Use Stimulants: Current Issues & Best Practices with Samuel MacMaster, PhD
PRESENTATION: Effective services for people who use substances are individually tailored to a client or patient’s specific needs, which are often dictated by the type of substance being used. For over a decade, discussions of substance use treatment have focused primarily on opiate use due to the devastation the epidemic has created across the country. Yet, the use of stimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine, and other stimulants) has been steadily increasing. This presentation will provide an overview of stimulant use and what we know to be best practice approaches in working with individuals who use cocaine, methamphetamines, and other stimulants with or without opiate use. Approaches for both out of treatment and in treatment services will be presented.
Presentation Objectives: Upon completion of this session participants will:
- recognize the current state of stimulant use and where we are in current drug use trends;
- be able to describe best practice approaches for individuals who use stimulants;
- be able to classify the differences and similarities in approaches to individuals who use other types of substances; and
- be able to discuss the application of best practices in their individual practice settings.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Samuel MacMaster, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College and serves as the Executive Director of the Elam Mental Health Center, the primary indigent care behavioral health provider for the city of Nashville. He previously held academic positions within the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. For the past three decades, Dr. MacMaster has worked with numerous organizations to design and implement addiction treatment programs throughout the country. He has produced three books and over seventy-five peer-reviewed publications related to substance use; and has significant clinical experience working with people who use drugs.
REGISTRATION FEES: It is free to attend the Business Meeting which is available both virtually and in-person. A complimentary brunch is included with educational component for in-person attendees. *NHADACA Members: $30; *Non-Members $50; *NBCC no additional fee. For more information contact: 603-225-7060 or training@nhadaca.org
2 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 3, 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 2, 5, 6, 14-18
CPS Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category 1) & 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.
