Catalyst for CARE Training - Special Issues in Women's Substance Abuse Treatment  - July 17, 2009

Time - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location - 34 Peachtree Street NW Suite 1710; Atlanta, GA 30303

Cost - $110.00

CEUs - 5 hours

About the Training

As a clinical psychologist I have watched women caught in the revolving door of drug treatment and child welfare. Court orders demand that women “get clean” before their children can be returned to their care; DFCS demands they get jobs and stable homes before they can be released from intensive scrutiny.  After watching woman after woman fail in traditional programs, I wondered what would happen if a program was designed to treat women, instead of addicts?  Thus was launched PARTNERS.

In this workshop participants will learn:

·         What drives women to addiction

·         What maintains addiction and makes recovery so difficult

·         Why men's programs colored pink don't work

·         What women really need in a treatment program

·         The role of trauma in addiction and recovery

·         A user friendly model for helping women that can be used within the structure of a traditional treatment program

How to prevent direct service staff from becoming cynical and burned out while helping them to encourage and empower women

About the Trainer

Sunaina R. Jain, PhD is a clinical psychologist who has been working on understanding the most effective ways to serve underserved and poorly understood populations, especially women and children whose lives have been shaped by poverty and trauma. She founded Pathways Transition Programs, Inc. in 1991 and the agency has grown to serve children and families in over 15 Georgia counties. Dr. Jain has been working on a framework for treating the effects of trauma and family instability that is directed towards those who provide frontline services.

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