SCOTTISH-AMERICAN CONGRESS - FINAL REMINDER
Who said there was no such thing as a free lunch???!!! The following details are a final reminder of the third Scottish-American Congress to be held at University of Stirling. Attendance is FREE and teas, coffees and a light buffet lunch are provided. The Scottish-American Congress has been a huge success in the past and offers a probably unrivalled opportunity for practitioners and researchers from either side of the Atlantic to discuss the differences and commonalities of their approaches in a relaxed and committed atmosphere.
A copy of the programme is attached as a PDF - please feel free to distribute this to other colleagues who may be interested in this event. PLEASE NOTE - There are some changes to the programme from the provisional programme circulated last week.
Please note, it is assumed that some delegates will choose to attend particular days and will not wish to commit to the whole three days. Day delegates are more than welcome to this exciting event.
Full details available on the Congress Website at:
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/old-site/DRUGS/scot-am-congress/index2.html
MONDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER 2008 - SCOTTISH & AMERICAN POLICY
An Introductory Day providing a detailed analysis of the Scottish and American policy context on drug and alcohol misuse with an opportunity to discuss and explore the differences and similarities.
09.30 - Dr. Douglas Robertson: Welcome from the Head of Department
09.40 - Rowdy Yates: Introduction to the Congress
09.45 - Rowdy Yates: Possession by Devils: A brief history of the demonisation of drugs and drug users
10.15 - Questions and discussion
10.20 - Bill Mock: Conflicts in Drugs/Alcohol Policy in the US.
10.50 - Questions and discussion
11.00 - Coffee-break
11.30 - Denise Adams: US Policy on Drug & Alcohol Misuse: Current Trends in Workforce Development
12.15 - Questions and discussion
12.30 - Lunch-break
01.30 - Charles Lind: Scottish Policy on Drug & Alcohol Misuse: The current context.
02.15 - Questions and discussion
02.30 - Coffee-break
03.00 - Workshop papers - Case management for substance abusers: evidence-based practice or practice-based evidence? - Wouter Vanderplasschen: Second presenter to be confirmed.
04.00 - Plenary
TUESDAY, 23RD SEPTEMBER 2008 -AMERICAN TREATMENT & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Day 2 offers an opportunity to examine the American approach to treatment and prevention and to the positioning of treatment interventions along the interface between drug misuse and the criminal justice system.
09.30 - Rowdy Yates: An analysis of a selection of cost-benefit studies of treatment interventions
10.00 - Questions and discussion
10.15 - Bill Mock: U. S. Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules: Overview
10.45 - Questions and discussion
11.00 - Coffee-break
11.30 - Carol Bowman: Drug & Alcohol Misuse Treatment and the Criminal Justice System
12.15 - Questions and discussion
12.30 - Lunch-break
01.30 - James Fleming: Approaches to treating drug and alcohol misuse in residential settings.
02.15 - Questions and discussion
02.30 - Coffee-break
03.00 - Workshop papers - Return on investment...strategically training your workforce - Denise Adams; Second presenter to be confirmed.
04.00 - Plenary
WEDNESDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER 2008 - SCOTTISH TREATMENT & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Day 3 offers an opportunity to examine the Scottish approach to treatment and prevention and to the positioning of treatment interventions along the interface between drug misuse and the criminal justice system.
09.30 - Rowdy Yates: Bad mouthing, bad habits and bad, bad boys: Dyslexia and drug dependence
10.00 - Questions and discussion
10.15 - Bill Mock: Trends in Co-occuring Disorders Treatment in the U.S.
10.45 - Questions and discussion
11.00 - Coffee-break
11.30 - Gill McIvor: Drug & Alcohol Misuse Treatment and the Criminal Justice System in Scotland
12.15 - Questions and discussion
12.30 - Lunch-break
01.30 - Marion Logan: Scottish Approaches to Treating and Preventing Drug and Alcohol Misuse
02.15 - Questions and discussion
02.30 - Coffee-break
03.00 - Workshop papers - Delivering services on the road to recovery - Jackie Johnson; Our responsibilities to our children - Christine McIlquham
04.00 - Plenary
SPEAKER DETAILS
Denise Adams - (Policy & Policy Direction): Assistant Director of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies, Inc.
Carol Bowman - (The Criminal Justice Interface): Former Head of Probation Department, Detroit, Michigan.
James Fleming - (Treatment & Prevention): Executive Director, Jefferson House, Detroit, Michigan and Member, Board of Directors, Tom Foley Associates Inc. Training Services.
Marion Logan - (Treatment & Prevention): Operations Manager at STRADA, formerly Scottish Govt. officer responsible for the National Quality Standards for Substance Misuse Services.
Charles Lind - (Policy & Policy Direction): Associate Medical Director, National Health Service Ayrshire and Arran; Member, Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse.
Gill McIvor - (The Criminal Justice Interface): Professor of Criminology at University of Stirling, co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
Bill Mock - (Extra-Mural Presentation): Executive Director of the Center for Interpersonal Development and the Chief Trainer for the Ohio Institute for Addiction Studies in Lakewood, Ohio.
Rowdy Yates - (Extra-Mural Presentation): Senior Research Fellow, Scottish Addiction Studies network, University of Stirling. Vice President of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities.
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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