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RECOVERY CAREERS: THE QUALITY OF CARE & LIFE
12TH INTERNATIONAL EWODOR SYMPOSIUM
Call for Abstracts:
The scientific committee of the European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research (EWODOR) welcomes abstracts for it’s forthcoming Symposium on substance misuse treatment and recovery. Abstracts must be submitted on or before 28th August 2009 and should be completed using the appropriate forms which may be downloaded from the website at:
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/old-site/ewodor/
The symposium is now also taking registrations. Registrations may be completed online. Colleagues considering attending this years symposium are advised that places are limited. Brief details of the symposium are set out below. Further details are available via the website.
EWODOR (the European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research) was established in 1983 as the "scientific wing" of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC - http://www.eftc-europe.com/). Although it now has a much wider membership, it remains focused upon recovery and is probably one of the oldest and best established network of addiction researchers anywhere in Europe. Currently, there are around 100 members from most EC states. The network holds a small symposium every year with the intention of bringing together people from the research community and people from the practitioner community with an interest in recovery and self-help approaches to treatment (particularly but not exclusively, TCs). This is the first time in its 26 year history that EWODOR has held its symposium in the UK and it will be Scottish Addiction Studies' 25th birthday (there will be cake!!!).
Recovery Careers: the quality of care and life 12th International EWODOR Symposium University of Stirling, Scotland: 19th - 21st October 2009
In current substance abuse treatment, post-modern concepts such as quality of care and life after care, are clearly linked to recovery careers. Former and current users of treatment facilities depend for their recovery on the quality of the treatment system and ongoing support in the world around them. This symposium: Recovery Careers: the quality of care and life is the 12th initiative of the European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research (EWODOR), a network of addiction researchers closely aligned to the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC). The programme of the symposium will not only examine the story of the crisis and rejuvenation of the European therapeutic community movement but will also explore the ideological and methodological background to this remarkable development. More importantly, the symposium will consider the successful life careers of former users and examine what can be learnt from quality of care and life research in other fields. The symposium, will contain a mix of plenary presentations, panel discussions and and workshop sessions.
Invited Speakers
David Best (Scotland)
Eric Broekaert (Belgium - Flanders)
Bob Campbell (England)
Annemarie Ward (Scotland)
Martin Daumling (Germany)
Jessica De Mayer (Belgium - Flanders)
Mark Gilman (England)
Rex Haigh (England)
Hakan Jenner (Sweden)
Kamil Kalina (Czech Republic)
Jonas Larsson (Sweden)
Marion Logan (Scotland)
Tomas Ohlsson (Sweden)
Albert Sabates (Spain)
Vera Segraus (Sweden)
Karin Trulsson (Sweden)
Jos Van Loon (The Netherlands)
Rowdy Yates (Scotland)
Full details and registration at:
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/old-site/ewodor/
We are actively encouraging people from the practitioner and research communities (or both) to submit Abstracts. The sooner you submit them, the sooner we'll be able to work out the detailed programme!!
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
Section
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
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