The Problem of Workforce Development in the Addictions Field In 2017, I remember hearing Dr. Kim Johnson speak about the issues in behavioral health workforce and how we would not have enough practitioners for the expected growth in demand for counselors in the addiction fields. By Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, CAP, June 2020
Supporting University Students During COVID-19 It has been a challenge to switch from walking into a classroom and seeing my students’ faces and teaching them in ways I am used to. I am going to talk about how it is difficult for students and how we can support them. By Cary Hopkins Eyles, May 2020
Going Online, Part 2 I don’t know about you, but the past few weeks of teaching have been really hard for me. I have done more webinars than I can count using pretty much every platform that exists. But this past month has been a completely different experience. By Kim Johnson, April 2020
Why I love the learning collaborative model for writing skill development The learning collaborative uses webinars about how to publish the research and papers you may write on the subjects associated with substance use and addiction. By Richard Pates, April 2020
Going Online With COVID 19 now a worldwide pandemic, many of us have had to move our live classes online. We have compiled a few tips and resources for those of you that are new to working in this environment. By Kim Johnson, March 2020
Improving Student Engagement - Guest Blog Guest blog post from Igor Koutsenok, MD, with tips on handling student questions, along with additional suggestions to make your next question-and- answer session go more smoothly. By Igor Koutsenok, MD, February 2020
Welcome to our new website! We moved our site onto a different platform so that we could integrate several databases that will make our website more dynamic. Read on to learn more. By Kim Johnson, January 2020 Cooperative Learning OpportunityWant to participate in a learning collaborative? Let us know. We will be starting two in November. Read on to learn more. By Kim Johnson, August 2019 ICUDDR Conference in Peru If you can't join us in Peru, join us electronically! By Kim Johnson, July 2019 Engaging Students in the Classroom How do you engage students in the classroom? By Kim Johnson, June 2019 Addiction is a Disease Over the weekend, I was talking to a physician who didn’t believe that addiction was a disease. It is a frustrating fact of our profession that we need to have this debate over and over again despite the long historical Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Why is it so hard to implement evidence based practices? When I was getting my first graduate degree to become a child and family therapist, I took a class in addiction studies and completed my internship in an addiction treatment program. When I was hired for my first job as Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! We will be posting weekly. Our goal is to provide information about current research that might be of interest to you and your students, to provide tips for new program or curriculum development, Read more… By administrator, March 2019
Cooperative Learning OpportunityWant to participate in a learning collaborative? Let us know. We will be starting two in November. Read on to learn more. By Kim Johnson, August 2019 ICUDDR Conference in Peru If you can't join us in Peru, join us electronically! By Kim Johnson, July 2019 Engaging Students in the Classroom How do you engage students in the classroom? By Kim Johnson, June 2019 Addiction is a Disease Over the weekend, I was talking to a physician who didn’t believe that addiction was a disease. It is a frustrating fact of our profession that we need to have this debate over and over again despite the long historical Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Why is it so hard to implement evidence based practices? When I was getting my first graduate degree to become a child and family therapist, I took a class in addiction studies and completed my internship in an addiction treatment program. When I was hired for my first job as Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019 Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! We will be posting weekly. Our goal is to provide information about current research that might be of interest to you and your students, to provide tips for new program or curriculum development, Read more… By administrator, March 2019
ICUDDR Conference in Peru If you can't join us in Peru, join us electronically! By Kim Johnson, July 2019
Engaging Students in the Classroom How do you engage students in the classroom? By Kim Johnson, June 2019
Addiction is a Disease Over the weekend, I was talking to a physician who didn’t believe that addiction was a disease. It is a frustrating fact of our profession that we need to have this debate over and over again despite the long historical Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019
Why is it so hard to implement evidence based practices? When I was getting my first graduate degree to become a child and family therapist, I took a class in addiction studies and completed my internship in an addiction treatment program. When I was hired for my first job as Read more… By Kim Johnson, April 2019
Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! Welcome to the first ICUDDR blog post! We will be posting weekly. Our goal is to provide information about current research that might be of interest to you and your students, to provide tips for new program or curriculum development, Read more… By administrator, March 2019