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Session Descriptions and Speaker BIOs
The Spiritual Platform: A Clinical Response
Part 1
Jeff Georgi, M.Div., MAH, LCAS, CGP, Consulting Associate
Thursday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
In the treatment of addictive disease, spirituality has been seen as an important aspect to be
addressed. First coming out of the Twelve Step community and then finding its way into more
clinically grounded treatment interventions, spirituality and its importance had been recognized, but
its definition has been unclear. Furthermore, the confusion between religion and spirituality has
often pushed the college age student away from engaging the issue. This presentation will give a
clinical definition of spirituality which appeals to the college students need for novelty. Utilizing the
Spiritual Platform™ as a foundation, participants will examine a working definition for spirituality
grounded in the actions we take in recovery. Also, spirituality will be given contextual frame within
the bio-psycho-social-spiritual experiential definition addictive disease.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
The first day will introduce the role of spirituality in the disease of addiction and delineate the
difference between religion and spirituality. The first and second pillars of the Spiritual Platform will
be introduced.
1) Provide a clinical definition of spirituality within the framework of the bio-psycho-social-spiritual
frame of reference defining addictive disease;
2) Create a clear differentiation between spirituality and religion, allowing the clinician to support
the college student’s spiritual growth independent of religious commitment;
4) Examine the role of spirituality for the college student in determining an over-all approach to
health and well-being.
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SPEAKER BIO
Jeff Georgi, M.Div., MAH, LCAS, LPC, CCS, CGP, Clinical Director Georgi Educational &
Counseling Services, LLC, Consulting Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and the Division on
Addiction Research and Translation at Duke University Medical Center.
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We built it and they are coming
Carol Rose, M.A., Marketing Specialist, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Debbie Insley, MS, LCAS.
Chelsea Schmidt, undergraduate CRC student.
Thursday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION The presentation will help each participant gain an understanding of how to begin a Collegiate Recovery Program on their campus. Participants will review a timeline of development and will be asked to identify key campus partners to contact for initial and continued support. The presentation will also engage attendees to brainstorm community partners to reach out to for referrals, grants for funding a CRC, programming and forming an advisory board. In addition, the presentation will provide marketing strategies on a cost effective budget for the purpose of bringing awareness and growth of a collegiate recovery program to any given campus. Participants will create an interactive game on recovery to use with students on their given campus in order to bring awareness of recovery services offered through the CRC.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
1. Participants will receive guidelines for starting a CRC and understand the services a CRC can offer; 2. Participants will write a mission statement for their CRC; 3. Participants will list the resources on their campus and identify potential team members to develop support for the CRC; 4. Participants will receive guidelines on accessing potential funding sources; 5. Participants will develop cost effective marketing strategies for their CRC. SPEAKER BIOs
Carol Rose was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio but currently lives in Cornelius, NC. She attended
Bowling Green State University as an undergraduate in the Education Department with a
concentration in Deaf Education. She received her Master of Human Development and Learning
from UNC Charlotte with a concentration in Agency Counseling. She worked in the field of non-
profit providing individual and family counseling and later owned two small businesses which
focused on sales and marketing. She is currently employed at UNC Charlotte Center for Wellness
Promotion where she is the Marketing Specialist for the Collegiate Recovery Community.
Debra Insley is a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and provides individual counseling sessions
to students who have violated the university’s drug and alcohol policy, as well as overseeing the
alcohol sanctions program. She is a member of the UNC Charlotte Wellness Matrix, as well as the
Chair of the Substance Abuse subcommittee. She manages the department’s grants.
Chelsea Schmidt is an undergraduate CRC student.
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“Do you see what I see?” A View from the Classroom: College
Students in Recovery from Faculty Perspectives
Scott Washburn, EdD Candidate, LADC, Assistant Director, StepUP Program,
and Faculty Panel, Augsburg College
Thursday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION This session will consist of a panel of college faculty members discussing their experiences and perspectives on what students in recovery bring to the learning environment, common challenges these students face as learners, and, strategies to support their academic success.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
This session is designed to help participants: 1. Describe the distinctive perspectives and qualities which students in recovery bring to classroom settings and discussions; 2. Recognize the specific challenges which students in recovery may face as learners in the college environment; 3. Apply practical strategies and referrals to facilitate students’ academic success. SPEAKER BIO
Scott Washburn is the Assistant Director of the StepUP Program, a leading Collegiate Recovery
program, at Augsburg College where he has worked since 2008. He is also a Psychology Instructor
at Augsburg where he teaches courses on addiction and recovery related topics. In addition to being
a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, he has a M.A. in Counseling Psychology and is an Ed.D.
Candidate (expected completion 2015 - University of St. Thomas) with specialty emphases in
Educational Leadership and Critical Pedagogy. He has worked in the fields of mental health and
chemical health counseling, prevention and treatment for over 25 years.
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Parents’ experience of their emerging adult child
In Collegiate Recovery Programs
Thomas Kimball, Ph.D., LMFT, Associate Professor and Director, CSAR Program, Texas Tech
University.
Sterling T. Shumway, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Community Family and Addictive
Services, Texas Tech University.
Kitty S. Harris-Wilkes, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Community Family and Addictive Services,
Texas Tech University.
Thursday 10:15-11:30 (Research Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
As a recovery field, we better understand the nature of collegiate recovery programs and the
students who attend them. An important player in the mission and support collegiate recovery
programs provide is the parents of our students. This workshop explores the experience of parents
who have a child participating in a collegiate recovery program. Their experience of addiction,
recovery, and CRPs is explored and discussed. In addition, parent’s advice and concerns to CRP
professionals are presented. The wisdom of incorporating their feedback will be deliberated in this
workshop.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn how parents of emerging adults who participate in Collegiate Recovery
Programs experience addiction and recovery. Participants will be able to articulate how these
parents experience Collegiate Recovery Programs and how to incorporate their experience to help
students. Participants will be able to explain the advice and concerns Collegiate Recovery Program
parents had for faculty/director/staff who oversee Collegiate Recovery Programs.
SPEAKER BIOs
Thomas Kimball is the Director and George C. Miller Family Regents Professor for the Center for the
Study of Addiction and Recovery, College of Human Sciences, Department of Applied Professional
Studies, Addiction & Recovery Studies Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Sterling Shumway, Ph.D., is a Teaching Academy Member and Program Director for ADRS for the
Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University.
Kitty S. Harris, Ph.D., is the Director for the National Institute of Recovery Research and the
Research Institute for Recovery Sciences, Professor in the Department of Community and Family
Addiction Studies at Texas Tech University as well as Executive Director of The Ranch at Dove Tree
in Lubbock, TX.
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Collegiate Addiction Recovery in the Rural South:
Using PhotoVoice as a Mechanism for change Emily Eisenhart, M.S.Sc., B.A.J, Director, Center for Addiction Recovery, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University Moya Alfonso, PhD, MSPH. Ashley Walker, PhD, CHES.
Thursday 10:15-11:30 (Research Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION Collegiate recovery communities are thriving across the nation, however research conducted with CRCs is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify campus- and community-based factors that support and hinder continued recovery among members of a CRC in the rural Southeast using PhotoVoice. Findings from the analysis of photographs, interviews, focus groups, and community forum emerged as tools possessing the power to provoke change among campus and community stakeholders and policy makers. Conference attendees may glean valuable insight as to how to adapt this evidence-based research method and use it as a mechanism for change among other CRCs.
SESSION OBJECTIVES At the end of this presentation, learners will be able to explain what barriers and facilitators emerged as themes impacting students recovering from substance use disorders in a rural environment and to apply PhotoVoice methods to addiction recovery. Implications from this study allow learners to be able to take what this research team gleaned and design a study that can expound upon rural factors identified as either barriers or facilitators that affected perceived recovery outcomes. Learners should also be able to discuss how the action items that were developed during the forum in this study may be adapted and tested among similar populations, thus giving learners a starting point for designing or growing a similar recovery program on their campus. SPEAKER BIO
Emily Eisenhart is the Director of the Center for Addiction Recovery in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College
of Public Health at Georgia Southern University and a full-time clinical faculty member in the
Department of Community Health Education and Behavior. Emily received graduated magna cum
laude with a bachelor's degree in print journalism from The University of Georgia, and went on to
receive a Master's in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Georgia Southern University. She has been
the Director of GSU's CRC since 2011, and considers herself supremely blessed with being able to
experience the beauty of learning and interacting everyday with her inspiring students in long term
recovery from substance-use disorders. GSU's CRC currently has 41 students who boast an average
GPA of a 3.69 and has been in operation for 6 years. Emily is pursuing a Doctorate in Public Health
Practice from Georgia Southern University and has research interests in: Emerging adults with
substance use disorders, addiction recovery science (specifically rural, underserved, emerging adult,
and global populations), global alcohol and drug policy, substance abuse stigma, evaluation of
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addiction treatment, access to recovery support among racially diverse populations, as well as
recovery and mental health community-based prevention and advocacy.
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Against All Odds John Shiflet, B.S., LCDCI, Community, Family & Addiction Services, University of Houston Thursday 1:00-2:15 (Student Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION The presentation will focus on the difficulties of balancing recovery, school, work, and family. I will share my experience, strength and hope about how I maintained these four areas of my life while working to achieve a degree. I will discuss how these struggles carried over into my professional career and how I balance them out through recovery, spirituality, exercise and service work. I will discuss how being a part of a Collegiate Recovery Community and my passion for helping others has helped me flourish in my recovery.
SESSION OBJECTIVES 1. Overcoming Adversity; 2. Understanding the Impact of Support through Collegiate Recovery Communities; 3. Progressive Growth through Recovery; 4. Living Your Passion; 5. Balancing it all. SPEAKER BIO
John Shiflet is an alumnus of the Collegiate Recovery Community at the “Center for the Study of
Addiction and Recovery” at Texas Tech University. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Community,
Family, & Addiction Services from Texas Tech. He is now the program director of the Collegiate
Recovery Community, “Cougars in Recovery”, at the University of Houston.
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Recovery Housing in Collegiate Recovery Programs:
Augsburg and Rutgers
Lisa Laitman, MSEd, LCADC, Director, Alcohol and Other Drug assistance Program/CAPS, Rutgers University. Patrice Salmeri, M.A., LADC, Director, StepUP Program, Augsburg College. Thursday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION Augsburg College and Rutgers University are hosts to two Collegiate Recovery Programs with long standing Recovery Housing programs. Augsburg’s Step Up began in 1997. The Rutgers Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program began in 1983 and the Rutgers Recovery House was opened in 1988. Our presentation will offer participants who are contemplating beginning Recovery Housing, a discussion of some of the benefits and challenges of starting and administering these programs. Presenters will provide participants with data about recovery rates and academic achievement for students in recovery who live in recovery supportive housing during college.
SESSION OBJECTIVES 1. Participants will be able to describe the issues involved in preparation and implementation of on-campus Recovery Housing. 2. Presenters will delineate “lessons learned” with their experiences sustaining Recovery Housing including specifics such as housing rules, guidelines and community building activities. 3. Participants will experience the student experience of living in Recovery Housing through a variety of media. SPEAKER BIOs Lisa Laitman, M.S.Ed., LCADC, is the Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Programs and the CAPS program at Rutgers University where she has been since 1983.
Patrice Salmeri, M.A., LADC, is the Director of Augsburg College’s StepUP® Program. As Director
of the StepUP Program, Salmeri has implemented grant funded expansion of the program, including
the hiring of additional staff, the development of a peer mentor program, and a formal recording of
the program’s history and practices. In 2006 StepUP received a state grant to bring their collegiate
recovery community model to other colleges in MN. This led to the development of collegiate
recovery programs at Saint Scholastica and St. Cloud State University. For thirty years, Salmeri has
been involved in the treatment and counseling of women and young adults. Her past clinical
experiences include serving as an Associate Clinical Director, Unit Supervisor, and Chemical
Dependency Counselor. She often called upon to speak or teach about trauma, addictive disorders,
family systems, adolescent development, resilience and the continuum of care. Additionally, she has
worked as an instructor and residence life administrator on various college campuses. In 2011, The
U.S. Department of Education appointed Salmeri a Fellow for the United States Department of
Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention. In 2013,
The Association for Recovery in Higher Education presented Patrice with The Kitty Harris Lifetime
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Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Collegiate Recovery. Patrice views her
vocation as serving others as they learn to fully live and thrive.
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Self-harm and Collegiate Recovery Centers
Tiffany Brown, Ph.D., LMFT, Director, University of Oregon Collegiate Recovery Center Dr. Tom Kimball, Ph.D., LMFT, Director, Texas Tech Collegiate Recovery
Thursday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION Self-harm is certainly not a new clinical topic; clinicians would agree that the concept of self-harm has existed for decades. However, despite growing prevalence rates, the extant literature has yet to adequately address the treatment needs of those engaging in the behavior. By reviewing the research to date, and discussing the combined clinical experiences of the presenters, participants will be prepared to work closely with those struggling with self-harm behaviors in their CRPs.
SESSION OBJECTIVES Participants will learn about the current research of self-harm what are best practices when helping those who are at risk for self-harm in recovery. Participants will learn the best ways to integrate those who self-harm into their CRCs. Participants will learn about the common pitfalls of providers when working with those who self-harm. SPEAKER BIOs Tiffany Brown, Ph.D., LMFT, is the Director of the University of Oregon’s Collegiate Recovery Center and Lecturer in the Couples and Family Therapy Program at the University of Oregon.
Thomas Kimball, Ph.D., LMFT, is the Director and George C. Miller Family Regents Professor for the
Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery, College of Human Sciences, Department of Applied
Professional Studies, Addiction & Recovery Studies Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas.
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Recovery Leadership, Adventure and Wellness:
An innovative program supporting long-term recovery
Todd Maison, MSW, AADC, WFR, Research Associate, Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery, Texas Tech University. Cynthia Dsauza, Ph.D., LMFT, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Community, Family and Addiction Services, Texas Tech University. Thursday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION A specialized program called Recovery, Leadership, Adventure and Wellness Seminar has been created at the Center for the Study for Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University in collaboration with the Recreational Sports and Outdoor Pursuits Center. This program gives students the opportunity to explore holistic recovery and wellness through topics such as nutrition, spirituality, stress relief and social support. Physical wellness is explored through activities such as yoga, rock-climbing, hiking and racquet-ball. Helping students master new skills, nurtures the development of personal recovery and professional leadership. Leadership skills are also advanced through in-class presentations, peer feedback and experiential activities.
SESSION OBJECTIVES Participants will be able to identify the components of recovery leadership, adventure support and wellness. Participants will be able to gain a better understanding of a recovery wellness oriented lifestyle. Participants will learn about the diversity in adventure activities. Participants will learn about leadership principles that foster lifetime recovery and wellness. SPEAKER BIOs Todd Maison, MSW, AADC, WFR, is a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery, Texas Tech University.
Dr. Cynthia D’Sauza is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the department of Community,
Family and Addiction Services at Texas Tech University. She received her Ph.D. from the Marriage
and Family Therapy program at Texas Tech University, where her main area of research was Binge
Eating Disorder and Food Addiction. Dr. D’Sauza is also a therapist who specializes in addictions
and has been co-facilitating an eating disorder recovery support group for the last two years. She
recently began her foray into researching alternative methods of recovery support and maintenance
by collaborating with friend and colleague, Todd Maison. She currently resides in Lubbock, TX.
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Early stage capacity building for residential collegiate recovery
communities: Essential assets and campus examples
Jennifer Sell Matzke, M.A., Assistant Dean of Students, St. Cloud State University.
Dr. Robert Reff, PhD, Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, OSU.
Cristina Hunter, Collegiate Program Manager, Transforming Youth in Recovery.
Thursday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Growing numbers of institutions of higher education across the nation are looking to provide
support for their students in recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. Attendees will hear from
two different campuses about their experiences in the early stages of developing residential
collegiate recovery communities. They will also learn about essential assets for serving and
supporting students in recovery in a residential setting, and how to apply a capacity building
approach back on their home campuses to either initiate or expand upon existing services.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
The goals of the presentation are to provide participants with:
•Examples of two different applications of the capacity building model in establishing residential
recovery community programs and their approaches to supporting students in recovery.
•An opportunity to examine their own institutions’ current level and potential for providing
recovery support.
•Information and tools to bring back to their home campuses to either initiate or enhance recovery
support services.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the need for recovery support on a college campus.
2. Understand the benefits of utilizing a capacity building approach.
3. Recognize assets that are critical when starting a residential collegiate recovery effort.
SPEAKER BIOs
Jennifer Sell Matzke, MA, currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Students at St. Cloud State
University where she coordinates campus AOD prevention programs as well as the University’s
recovery community. She also serves as co-project director for the St. Cloud Community Alliance; a
community coalition focused on the reduction of high-risk drinking and the associated negative
impacts in the city of St. Cloud, MN. She has over seventeen years of professional experience in
higher education working in areas such as Residential Life, Academic Advising, and Student
Orientation.
Robert C. Reff, Ph.D. has focused on alcohol and drug prevention in higher education over the past
twelve years. He currently serves as the Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator at Oregon State
University. This spring he will co-chair the NASPA AOD KC. He has focused on collegiate recovery
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work over the past four years and has helped start Collegiate Recovery Communities on two
different campuses.
Cristina Hunter, is the Collegiate Program Manager at Transforming Youth Recovery. She works
with institutions of higher education across the country that apply for funding to initiate collegiate
recovery capacity building efforts on their campuses. Cristina has worked in higher education
administration and research as well as with non-profits providing operations and program
development support.
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Staying in the Life you Have Without “Hitting the Reset Button”
Jason Whitney, PhD, Program Coordinator, Penn State Collegiate Recovery Community Friday 10:15-11:30 (Student Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION
I got sober at 19 while a sophomore at The University of Colorado at Boulder. Here I am 22 years
later, my life full of commitments and responsibilities. I’ve got a solid program, three degrees, a
great career, a strong marriage and terrific kids. My life today is based on spiritual principles,
integrity, and service to others, but I resisted living my life on that basis, and in fact had trouble
“settling” for every part of the life I now enjoy. This session is about learning how to face growth
opportunities in long-term recovery.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
The audience will understand why it is essential for addicts and alcoholics to live by spiritual
principles and develop integrity to build a stable sense of self-esteem.
The audience will examine attitudes and dispositions that will help them with their college careers,
and later, how to approach increasingly complex responsibilities (such as job-hunting, starting a
career, getting married, having kids) that are difficult in ordinary circumstances but extremely
difficult for recovering addicts and alcoholics. The audience will gain perspective on the presenter's
experience as someone who got sober at 19 in College, and who has remained sober for 22 years, and
the experience, strength and hope of a long-term perspective, and how to build one's life without
""hitting the reset button"" and self-sabotaging.
SPEAKER BIO
Jason Whitney works in Student Affairs as Program Coordinator of the Penn State Collegiate
Recovery Community and serves on the faculty as an Instructor in the College of Education. His
recovery began in 1991 when he was a sophomore at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Common Thread: Dialogue as a model for educating students
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About compulsions, addictions, and collegiate recovery
Greg Liotta, MSW, Program Coordinator, Center for Students in Recovery, UT Austin.
Friday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
“Common Thread” is designed to create safe spaces for students of all ages to explore how we hide,
escape, and numb out from emotions through the use of drugs, alcohol, and other behaviors. We
provide an arena for exploring the continuum of compulsive behaviors, addictions, and coping
skills. We offer education on the nature of addiction, trending research in brain science, and present
healthy solutions for recovery. The modality we use is educational dialogue between students,
recovering addicts/alcoholics, and a facilitator.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Leave with a clear grasp of how to integrate an inclusive model for collegiate recovery on a college
campus. Learn skills for addressing Pre-Contemplators and Early-Contemplators to reflect more
deeply on harmful behaviors and substance use/abuse. Learn how to measure the impact of
intergroup dialogue on students at large as well as recovering students.
SPEAKER BIO
Gregory Liotta, MSW, has +25 years’ post-Masters experience in multicultural facilitation, clinical
counseling, addictions counseling, education, and community group work. He is the Program
Coordinator, Center for Students in Recovery, UT Austin.
Developing Student Leaders and Mentoring at the Edge of Chaos
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Scott Washburn, Ed.D. Candidate, LADC, Assistant Director, StepUP Program, Augsburg College.
Student Panel: Ashley Campion, Brad Campbell, Saul Clayman, and Jay Jartue.
Friday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
This session will review key leadership themes relevant developing student leaders in recovery
school and collegiate recovery program communities. The format will consist of a facilitated panel
presentation by students who will discuss their challenges, successes, and lessons learned from
working with recovery high school student leaders as leadership mentors. The session will include a
question and answer period as well as small group discussion on how to apply these themes and
experiences to various participant settings.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
This session is designed to help participants to:
1. Describe key themes in leadership development relevant to students in recovery school and
Collegiate Recovery Program communities;
2. Recognize common challenges which student leaders and leadership mentors may encounter
while developing as leaders;
3. Apply “lessons learned” from a recovery school leadership mentorship project to their own
settings in student leadership development.
SPEAKER BIOs
Scott Washburn is the Assistant Director of the StepUP Program, a leading Collegiate Recovery
program, at Augsburg College where he has worked since 2008. He is also a Psychology Instructor
at Augsburg where he teaches courses on addiction and recovery related topics. In addition to being
a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, he has a M.A. in Counseling Psychology and is an Ed.D.
Candidate (expected completion 2015 - University of St. Thomas) with specialty emphases in
Educational Leadership and Critical Pedagogy. He has worked in the fields of mental health and
chemical health counseling, prevention and treatment for over 25 years.
Ashely Campion is a graduate of Augsburg College with a B.A. (2014) in Communications.
Bradley Campbell is a graduate of Augsburg College with a B.A. (2014) in Sociology.
Saul Clayman a graduate of Augsburg College with a B.A. (2014) in Psychology.
Jay Jartue is a senior at Augsburg College completing her B.A. in Psychology.
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An Alternative: Collaborative Collegiate Recovery
Janet DeMars, MS, CHES, LADC, Director, Jaywalker U. Craig Farnum, Ph.D. Candidate, Counselor, Colorado Mountain College.
Friday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION Janet DeMars, Director of Jaywalker U, and Crain Farnum of Colorado Mountain College, will present an alternative to the traditional collegiate recovery program. Not all colleges are in support of launching a college recovery program on their campuses and they may not have the resources to start such a program. DeMars and Farnum will provide an alternative, discuss the benefits of an alternative program, address the similarities and differences between the two, and will also provide the information necessary to start such a program.
SESSION OBJECTIVES The participants will: 1. Know the benefits of collaborative collegiate recovery; 2. Identify differences between traditional, on campus recovery programs and collaborative collegiate recovery; 3. Know how to develop an alternative college recovery program. SPEAKER BIOs
Janet DeMars is the director of Jaywalker U, a transitional and collaborative collegiate recovery
program in Carbondale, CO. Janet is a Certified Health Education Specialist, Licensed Alcohol and
Drug Counselor, and has a multi-disciplinary Master’s Degree from Minnesota State-Mankato with
emphasis in higher education, health, and counseling/student personnel. She has worked in various
capacities within the collegiate population since 1993.
Craig Farnum has lived in Colorado for two years and is the full-time college counselor at CMC site
in Carbondale. He also serves as an adjunct instructor for the Psychology Department as well as an
instructor for a U.S. Citizenship course. Craig earned his degree in Psychology and Spanish from St.
Michael’s College in Vermont. He is currently ABD (all but dissertation) for a P.h.D in Counseling at
the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to landing at CMC, he was a middle school counselor, high
school counselor, and department chair in Reno for nearly 10 years. Craig, his wife, Colleen, and
their dog, Rambo, now call Carbondale home.
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Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) Seminar Curriculum
Teresa Johnston, M.A., LPC. Director Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery, Kennesaw
State University.
Elizabeth Lang, M.A., Assistant Coordinator, Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery,
Kennesaw State University.
Friday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
After six years of gathering qualitative data from CRC students in seminar regarding their goals and
objectives in an academic, spiritual and recovery category, Kennesaw State University’s Center for
Young Adult Addiction and Recovery has outlined six nominal categories for growth and
progression in a CRP. Seminar, the weekly CRC group meeting provides an avenue for each student
in the program to connect to the greater community, receive information and check in.
Features of the presentation include:
- Utilize a learning rubric to help students set their goals in a weekly seminar group.
- focus on student goals semester by semester
- identify group needs semester by semester
- outline topics and activities to support student goals
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) Domains
1. Identify six domains and objectives for seminar in a collegiate recovery program.
2. Examine activities and related tasks for six domains of growth in a CRP
3. Utilize a domain rubric for tracking and assessing student growth and development.
SPEAKER BIOs
Teresa Johnston, M.A., LPC is the Director Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery,
Kennesaw State University.
Elizabeth Lang, M.A. is the Assistant Coordinator, Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery,
Kennesaw State University.
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Maintaining Positive Recovery Practices during Graduate School
Melissa Hensley, MSW, MHA, PhD, LGSW, Assistant Professor, Augsburg College
Thursday 10:15-11:30 (Student Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Many students in recovery are choosing to pursue advanced degrees, and they bring with them
many academic and personal strengths. However, the stress of graduate school can present new
challenges to individuals in recovery. In this workshop, we will explore strengths and resources of
students in recovery, and together we will brainstorm wellness and self-help strategies to foster
simultaneous academic achievement and mental well-being.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
1. Participants will explore the strengths and capabilities that students in recovery bring to the
graduate school setting.
2. Participants will learn how to manage the stressors associated with graduate school in ways that
support mental health and chemical health recovery.
3. Participants will share wellness tools and self-help skills that they have used to support academic
success and personal recovery.
SPEAKER BIO
Melissa A. Hensley, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Augsburg College.
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Personal and Policy Perspectives on the Collegiate Recovery
Movement: What it means to a Person in Long-term Recovery and
Its Implications for the Future
Peter Gaumond, Chief, Recovery Branch at Office of National Drug Control
Policy
Friday 10:15-11:30 (Policy Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
SESSION OBJECTIVES SPEAKER BIO
Peter Gaumond is responsible for leading the activities of the White House Office on National Drug
Control Policy’s Recovery Branch. Mr. Gaumond has more than 20 years of experience in the
treatment and recovery field. Prior to joining ONDCP, he served as a Senior Associate at Altarum
Institute, where he provided technical assistance to states and tribes under the SAMHSA/CSAT
Access to Recovery Program, and at Abt Associates, where he served as Project Manager for the
SAMSHA/CSAT Partners for Recovery Initiative. Before that, Mr. Gaumond served as the
Administrator of Program Development for the Illinois Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. In
that role, he was charged with improving systems and services, and overseeing a wide range of
initiatives, programs, and projects budgeted at approximately $30 million annually. Before joining
the State of Illinois, he served as program director, family educator, and counselor in the addictions
treatment field; as an English and French instructor; and, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina-
Faso, West Africa. Mr. Gaumond holds an MA from the University of Chicago, School of Social
Service Administration and a BA in English from Marquette University. He also studied at the
Université de Paris V and at the Université de Paris IV.
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How to Start a Collegiate Recovery Program from Scratch
Kevin Doyle, EdD, LPC, LSATP, Assistant Professor, Longwood University
Friday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION Thinking of starting a collegiate recovery community on your campus? Learned valuable lessons during your start-up at your college/university? This presentation will consist of an overview of strategies, resources, and obstacles in starting a CRC, and will include opportunities for discussion and sharing of strategies that attendees have utilized on their campuses.
SESSION OBJECTIVES 1. Attendees will learn steps to take in getting a collegiate recovery off the ground 2. Participants will be able to identify potential sources of support on the college campus for collegiate recovery programming 3. Participants will be able to identify potential obstacles to starting a collegiate recovery community and strategies for overcoming them. SPEAKER BIO
Kevin Doyle, Ed.D., LPC, LSATP, has served as an Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education
program at Longwood University since 2012. Previously he was the Vice-President and Director of
Enhancement for Phoenix Houses of the Mid-Atlantic (formerly Vanguard Services Unlimited), a
non–profit, substance abuse treatment agency based in Arlington (Va.). He was also an adjunct
professor at the University of Virginia for 14 years, where he taught in the College of Arts and
Sciences and at the Curry School of Education.
In 2013, Doyle founded the "Longwood Recovers" program for students, faculty, and staff in
recovery from substance abuse and addiction, and previously, in 2007, he facilitated the founding of
“Hoos in Recovery,” a support network over 60 strong for students, faculty, and staff in recovery
from alcoholism or other addictions at the University of Virginia. He is currently in his second
tenure on the Virginia Board of Counseling, to which he has been appointed by the past three
governors.
He lives with his family and maintains a small private counseling practice in Charlottesville, VA.
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A Mom Speaks - What Recovery has Taught Me
And how Parents can play a role in a CRC
Kathryn Hayes, B.S., Parent Volunteer, University of Alabama
Friday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
This presentation will focus on recovery from addiction through the eyes of a mom. In this case, the
son is the addict in recovery and the mom while walking the road of recovery with him discovered
her own new mission and calling. The presentation will focus on the impact of recovery and
Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRP & CRC’s) on families’ lives.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
1. How Addiction is a family disease and Recovery is a family process
2. In the Collegiate Recovery Community, descriptions and examples of how we “see” our sons and
daughters – in the failures, the successes and the hope
3. Understanding that the path is not one we dream, hope for or expect but it’s one we must choose
to walk, embrace and enhance.
4. Why Collegiate Recovery Communities need parent support
SPEAKER BIO
Kathryn Hayes is currently a Parent Volunteer with the University of Alabama’s Collegiate Recovery
Center.
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Addressing Co-Occurring Disorders in College Students
Victor Chang, M.A., LPC, Director of Counseling, Southern Oregon University.
Friday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Although integrated treatment strategies for co-occurring (or dual diagnosis) disorders have been
around for a while, their implementation and best practices have been slow to disseminate. Take a
look at how one health and counseling center and their affiliated collegiate recovery program
addresses co-occurring disorders among their student population. Informed by the multiple
perspectives of the presenter as a college student, person in recovery, licensed counselor and
director of counseling, and coordinator for CORE - Community of Recovery in Education, this
presentation applies multiple perspectives to the phenomena of co-occurring disorders in higher
education.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Learning objectives:
By the end of the presentation, participants will:
1. Describe the shortcomings of siloed treatment for co-occurring disorders and the benefits of
collaborative and integrated treatment.
2. List three practical strategies to move towards integrated treatment in college counseling settings.
3. Synthesize knowledge and think critically about the implications for collegiate recovery programs.
4. Leave with practical strategies to consider for implementation and an enhanced commitment
towards action.
SPEAKER BIO
Victor Chang, M.A., LPC, is the Director of Counseling and Co-Director of Student Health and
Wellness at Southern Oregon University.
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The Creation of Cougars in Recovery at the University of Houston
Barbara Dwyer, M.Ed., Program Coordinator, Cougars in Recovery/University of Houston.
Friday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Creating Cougars in Recovery has been an amazing and rewarding experience! Throughout this
journey, many obstacles have been overcome. Some of these include fundraising, space, staffing,
recruiting, and meeting the unique needs of young people in recovery in Houston. The immense
support received from the Division of Student Affairs, including Health and Wellness and Student
Housing and Residential Life, has allowed our program to offer services that are unheard of in new
collegiate recovery programs. Our volunteer founder is eager to share details on the development
and impending growth of this critically needed program.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Participants will:
1. Learn how one specific collegiate recovery program was created
2. Learn how Cougars in Recovery overcame challenges including working with the administration,
fundraising, recruiting students, partnering with other university agencies and meeting the unique
needs of Houston's recovery population
3. Learn how Cougars in Recovery supports students at the University of Houston and fills a much
needed gap in the Houston recovery community.
SPEAKER BIO
Barbara Dwyer is the Founder and Program Coordinator for Cougars in Recovery at the University
of Houston. She became focused on supporting families living with the disease of addiction as a
result of watching how this disease affected members of her own family. Barbara serves on the
Board of Directors for Archway Academy and The Center for Success and Independence. She has a
Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s Degree in Learning Disabilities. She
taught elementary school for nineteen years in both NJ and TX.
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Recovery Messaging
Robert Ashford, PRSS, PRC, President and Founder, Collegiate Recovery Program at the University of North Texas. Devin Reaves, MSW, CRS. Friday 1:00-2:15 (Policy Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION Recovery messaging is a person-centered approach to the language used by those students and individuals in long-term recovery, but must go a step further and be utilized by supporters of those in recovery programming as well. This includes administrators, faculty, program coordinators, as well as clinical staff. This workshop will entail, utilizing an approach emerging from evidence-based research, the tools and theories behind this practical approach to recovery messaging; an approach that allows empowerment of those in long-term recovery, and stigma reduction in their respective communities.
SESSION OBJECTIVES Create a culture and messaging focus that centers on person-first language. Educate attendees on the benefits inherent with a recovery messaging curriculum. Provide best practices implementation to provide recovery messaging curriculum on all varieties of universities and programs. SPEAKER BIOs
Born in North Texas, raised in North-eastern Pennsylvania, Robert Ashford is a young advocate for
all individuals seeking long-term recovery. Robert is President and Founder of the UNT Collegiate
Recovery Program, Eagle Peer Recovery, and Chair of Young People in Recovery - Texas, the Texas
state chapter of the national advocacy organization, Young People in Recovery. Robert, along with a
small core group of students, created the CRP at UNT in 2013, and has grown the program to
include over 500 student and faculty members at the university. Robert has a background in
corporate broadcasting management and event promotions, but is currently pursuing a double
Bachelors of Social Work and Psychology with a minor in Addiction Studies. Robert also serves on
multiple non-profit organizations board of directors in the North Texas community, the Council for
Advising and Planning for The Texas Department of State Health Services, and is a current National
Planning Partner with SAMHSA. Robert, now in long-term recovery himself, hopes to turn his first-
hand experience with substance use disorders and mental health disorders into a valuable tool set in
helping students in their personal journeys into long-term recovery.
Devin Reaves is a proud native of Philadelphia, currently serving as the YPR Philadelphia Chapter
Lead. Devin earned a Masters of Social Work from The University of Pennsylvania School of Social
Policy and Practice. As a gifted community organizer and grassroots advocate, Devin regularly
speaks locally about substance use disorders and recovery, and is highly visible within the
Philadelphia recovery community. Devin is the owner and current program director of Brotherly
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Love House a recovery residence in Philadelphia, PA and the Community Outreach Coordinator at
Destination Hope.
The Spiritual Platform: A Clinical Response
Part 2
Jeff Georgi, M.Div, MAH, LCAS, CGP, Consulting Associate
Friday 1:00-2:15 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
In the treatment of addictive disease, spirituality has been seen as an important aspect to be
addressed. First coming out of the Twelve Step community and then finding its way into more
clinically grounded treatment interventions, spirituality and its importance had been recognized, but
its definition has been unclear. Furthermore, the confusion between religion and spirituality has
often pushed the college age student away from engaging the issue. This presentation will give a
clinical definition of spirituality which appeals to the college students need for novelty. Utilizing the
Spiritual Platform™ as a foundation, participants will examine a working definition for spirituality
grounded in the actions we take in recovery. Also, spirituality will be given contextual frame within
the bio-psycho-social-spiritual experiential definition addictive disease.
SESSION OBJECTIVES The third and fourth pillars of the Spiritual Platform will be introduced and the role of spirituality in recovery will be discussed.
1. Discuss the third and fourth pillars of spirituality and their integration into the recovery.
2. Review the role of relationship in defining spirituality.
3. Examine the role of spirituality for the college student in determining an over-all approach to
health.
SPEAKER BIO
Jeff Georgi, M.Div., MAH, LCAS, LPC, CCS, CGP, Clinical Director Georgi Educational &
Counseling Services, LLC, Consulting Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and the Division on
Addiction Research and Translation at Duke University Medical Center.
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The Difference Belonging Makes: CRP Students and Programs
Meri Shadley, PhD, MFT, LCADC, Project Director, Nevada's Recovery and Prevention Community. Daniel Fred, M.S., Program Coordinator, Nevada's Recovery and Prevention Community Peer Support Specialist. Saturday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION For students and collegiate recovery program to connect, grow, and thrive, they must keep belonging as their central tenet. This workshop addresses how to support a culture of acceptance and relationships that engage the students with each other and their campus while assisting programs to establish a presence and belonging within their University and the community at large.
SESSION OBJECTIVES 1. Creating an atmosphere that allows students to connect, grow, and thrive. 2. Discovering how new and emerging CRPs can create a bond within its University home. 3. Fostering a culture of wellness among students and the program 4. Developing community acceptance and relationships. SPEAKER BIO Meri Shadley, Ph.D., MFT, LCADC, is the Project Director of University of Nevada – Reno, Recovery and Prevention Community. Daniel Fred, M.S., is the Program Coordinator and Community Peer Support Specialist for University of Nevada – Reno, Recovery and Prevention Community.
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Roots and Wings: How to Integrate a Collegiate Recovery Program
into the Greater Community through Grass Roots, Leadership and
Research-Based Strategies for Change
Nancy Marcus Newman, Esq., CRS, President, The Bridge Foundation.
Saturday 10:15-11:30 (Policy Track) SESSION DESCRIPTION
From the Perspective of an Advocate and Founder of a Community Nonprofit formed to support
Young People and Students in Recovery, a discussion of how to form collaborative partnerships
with organizations and individuals in the surrounding Community for Grass Roots and Leadership
support for a Collegiate Recovery Program, and Strategies for how Collegiate Recovery Programs
can contribute to and promote change in the greater recovery community. This Presentation will
explore how a Community-based collaborative Model was Developed in Philadelphia ("The
Philadelphia Model") to support Young People in Recovery across the Community and integrate
Collegiate Recovery Programs and Collegiate Residential Recovery Communities into the fabric of
the city, nonprofit sector, philanthropic avenues, government, and social circles to create Spiritual,
Emotional, Physical, Fiscal and Programmatic Support for Students in Recovery.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Discussion will include:
Understanding of Horizontal Integration of Collegiate Recovery Programs into a Community-Based
Comprehensive Continuum of Care to Support Long Term Recovery for Young People: On Campus
and in the Greater Community; Creating Bridges of Collaboration with Local and National
Community-Based and Grass Roots Programs, and Developing a Framework of Systems and
Community Mapping to Recruit, fund raise and Partner with local and National Coalitions,
Community Organizations and Leaders; Strategies for building a Community-Based Collaborative and network to Support Students and Young People
in Recovery and The Art of Creating Bridges of Collaboration with Local and National Community-Based and
Grass Roots Programs.
SPEAKER BIO
Founder of the Bridge Foundation, Nancy Marcus Newman, Esquire is an Attorney, Youth and
Family Advocate, non-profit Consultant, and Certified Recovery Specialist in the Philadelphia area.
She is current Recovery Advocate for Pro-Act and the Council for Southeast PA, and is currently
serving as East Coast Director and Parent Support Coordinator of the Haven at College, helping to
develop Collegiate Recovery Communities on college campuses.
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The Brass Ring- Starting up a CRC
Rick Berger, M.Ed., M.A.-C and CAGS, Founder, The Brass Ring.
Saturday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Recognizing the need for truly sober housing and recovery communities for undergraduate students
in recovery, the presenter has begun a mission to start a CRC called The Brass Ring for students that
will attend MCLA in North Adams, MA. Rick will share the process of his starting of the program,
the steps taken so far and the steps yet to come. MCLA is a state college that is ranked 10th in the
nation among state liberal arts colleges. How has the idea become actionable and what steps
remain?
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Discuss my present experience with setting up my CRC and the successes and roadblocks along the
way.
Explain the process of starting this program and inspire others to do the same.
Discuss institutional acceptance of the program and avenues of fundraising.
SPEAKER BIO
Rick Berger, M.Ed., M.A.-C and CAGS, is the Founder of The Brass Ring, a CRC designed to serve
students attending MCLA in North Adams, MA.
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New uses for old tools: Aids to promote individual development
in Collegiate Recovery Centers
Patrick Moore, M.A., LPC, AOD Education Coordinator Center for Young Adult Addiction and
Recovery, Kennesaw State University.
Saturday 10:15-11:30 (Clinical Track)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
How many tools in your bag for identity development? This presentation highlights the use of
some familiar tool used in new ways. We will present several therapeutic interventions adapted for
use in a Collegiate Recovery Center, (CRC), and environment to promote identity development for
any student. We will share resources and research. There will be demonstrations and practical
application.
SESSION OBJECTIVES
1. Assess and use personality types to build on strengths and manage weakness.
2. Assess and illustrate archetypes for change and traction in CRC students’ journey.
3. Another inventory: search and destroy Self Defeating Beliefs.
SPEAKER BIO
Patrick N. Moore M.A., LPC, is the AOD Education Coordinator at the Center for Young Adult
Addiction and Recovery at Kennesaw State University.
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