Continuing Education Presents Drug Treatment Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2003
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Continuing Education Presents Drug Treatment Conference
California State University, Chico Continuing Education, in an ongoing partnership with the Butte County Superior Court Family Services, announces Drug Treatment: What Communities Need to Know about Drug Addictions Conference, featuring Dr. Alex Stalcup, a nationally recognized expert and practitioner in the field.
This one-day professional development conference is designed to provide physicians, nurses, marriage and family therapists, licensed clinical social workers, psychologists, behavioral health professionals, educators, attorneys, law enforcement officers and interested community members a continuing education opportunity to learn about the bio-psycho-social model of addiction, new strategies for outpatient treatment, craving management, relapse prevention and community-based solutions that address these challenges.
Drug Treatment: What Communities Need to Know about Drug Addictions Conference will be presented Friday, Oct. 3, 2003, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Chico Family Masonic Center, 1110 West East Avenue in Chico. The conference will provide 6.5 hours of continuing education credit. Registration is $99 and includes lunch. Organizations with four or more attending may enroll at a group rate of $79 per individual. To enroll, or for more information, please visit the website or call 530-898-6105.
Dr. Alex Stalcup is a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics, certified in addiction medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (A.S.A.M.) and certified as a medical review officer by A.S.A.M., And the Medical Review Officers Certifying Council (M.R.O.C.C.). In 1990, after three years at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco, Dr. Stalcup opened a private practice in addiction medicine. Since 1996, he has served as the medical director of the New Leaf Treatment Center in Lafayette, California.
Drug Treatment: What Communities Need to Know about Drug Addictions Conference is the 12th conference presented in the ongoing In Service conference series. Established in 1999, in cooperation with Butte County Family Court Services and Butte County Behavioral Health, In Service to Families, Children and the Courts provides professional continuing education opportunities to community and family service providers.
CSU, Chico Center for Regional and Continuing Education extends the outreach of the university with a variety of educational opportunities and services that meet the lifelong learning needs of citizens throughout California, the country, and the world. For more information, please visit the website.
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