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Faith In the News
Mid-America ATTC has developed a 2008 version of the Alcohol Awareness Month (April) faith community bulletin insert. This product can be easily downloaded and used by churches, temples and mosques for their Sunday/Sabbath-day bulletins, newsletters or bulletin boards. The 5½" X 8½" double-sided informational sheet provides:
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information about the disease of alcoholism
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effectiveness of evidence-based treatment in bringing about recovery
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what persons can do to become more informed about this disease
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what persons can do to help others suffering from alcohol addiction
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what faith communities can do to provide support services
The bulletin insert in pdf is available in both color and black & white. Both can be downloaded here:
Faith Insert Black and White
Faith Insert Color
SAMHSA has a free kit, Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Essential Partners, which features step-by-step recommendations for incorporating drug prevention activities into youth programs.
The kit is geared towards community and spiritual leaders, community activists and anyone interested in the role that spirituality and religion play in substance use prevention.
To order by phone
call NCADI at (800) 729-6686 and ask for the special feature kit, inventory number FBKIT
or visit
www.ncadi.samhsa.gov/
Understanding the Impact and of Addiction and Supporting Recovery:
Strategies and Tools for Clergy and other
Congregational Leaders
Monday April 21, 2008
8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Student Center Ballroom
Hampton University, Hampton VA
Download Flyer Here
FREEVIBE.COM
How much do you really know about drugs and the risks when using them? Test yourself and then send the quiz to a friend. Arming yourself with the true facts is the first step in making healthy decisions.
http://www.freevibe.com/stepup/friendquiz2.asp
Certificate Program
The School of Christian Ministry
As part of the Mid-Atlantic Faith-based and Community Initiatives effort, we established an educational partnership with Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond in the School of Christian Ministry. This Christian leadership certificate program is designed for persons working in congregations who do not have a theological advanced degree, but who desire to deepen their knowledge and to apply it to their paid or volunteer ministry within their congregations. This is a web-based program that offers students the opportunity to choose individual courses that meet their goals, or complete a program of study in a concentration area. Courses run in 5 week intensive formats for a total of 20 contact hours each. Our ATTC provides the instructional design and course instructors for concentration areas related to substance use disorders. Visit BTSR for more information.
Phone: 888-339-2877
Online/Correspondence Course:
Living Life on Life's Terms: Integrating Spirituality into the Therapeutic Process with Addicted Adults
Certificate in Spiritual Caregiving to Help Addicted Persons and Families
NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals in conjunction with NACoA, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, have created a certificate program to enhance the ability for individuals to help congregants and faith-community deal with the devastating impact of addiction. This certificate is designed to provide basic knowledge about addiction, provide opportunities to learn about treatment and recovery resources in the community, enhance skills in recognizing alcoholism and drug addiction and provide a framework to help hurting children living in families with addicted parents.
naadac.org/documents/display.php?DocumentID=198
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