The Council on Chemical Abuse is pleased to announces its 17th annual conference – A Crisis in Berks: Our Response. Addiction is all around us. We see it every day, be it in our neighborhoods, workplace, and through electronic and print of media. As much as treatment can be a clinically based interruption, sustained recovery provides a long term solution. Through sustained recovery, people no longer need to suffer, families can mend and heal and an overburdened criminal justice and social service system can unburden itself of clients involved due to an untreated addiction. Our crisis is real and deadly, our response is sustained recovery.
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Keynote Speaker – John Shinholser, President of the McShin Foundation
John Shinholser is a respected voice in the field of recovery, as well as a strong advocate of recovery messaging. He will mix in a generous amount of seriousness and humor as he keeps all of us mindful of promoting and passing on the message of recovery. In addition to his inspiring presentation, attendees will also be offered workshops on various aspects of addiction and recovery. Topics will include; current drug trends, pathways to recovery, how to support clients in their healing process, achieving balance, recovery messaging and recovery for the family.
All workshops are offered in the morning and again in the afternoon. Attendees are asked to indicate a preference for both an AM and PM workshop. Workshop preference will be selected on registration form.
Workshop One RECOVERY MESSAGING
Workshop Two PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY
Workshop Three CURRENT DRUG TRENDS
Workshop Four SUPPORTING OUR CLIENTS: HOW CAN I HELP?
Workshop Five THE SUM OF OUR PARTS: LIVING WELL
Workshop Six THE FORGOTTEN CASUALTIES OF ADDICTION – FAMILIES!
Conference Sponsors
Council on Chemical Abuse
The Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/HealthChoices Program of Berks County
Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
Berks County Children and Youth Services
Substance Abuse Service Providers Association of Berks County
Conference Registration
Online conference registration is now closed. Download a conference brochure and register by mail or fax
Exhibitor Registration
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Annual Conference Awards
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