**Conference**
EMBRACING THE FUTURE
OF ADDICTIONS TREATMENT:
An International Conference on
Addictions and Mental Health
The Salvation Army Harbour Light Addictions Conference
APRIL 23 – 24, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Who Should Attend?
Addiction Counsellors, Social Workers, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Detox Workers, Concurrent Disorder Workers, ACT Team Members, Community Housing Workers
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Charles O’Brien
Professor of Psychiatry – Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Terrence Gorski
President – CENAPS Corporation, Spring Hill, Florida
Dr. Graeme Cunningham
Director of Addiction Services – Homewood Health Services, Guelph
Dr. Peter Selby
Clinical Director – Addictions Program, C.A.M.H. Toronto
Commissioner M. Christine MacMillan
The Salvation Army – International Director for Social Justice
Registration
Limited to 250 participants maximum
Registration ONLY $100 if received BEFORE February 23, 2009
Between February 24 – March 23 registration is $125.00
AFTER March 23 registration is $150.00
Click Here to download the registration form.
Conference Venue
160 Jarvis Street, Toronto Ontario (Jarvis & Shuter intersection)
- Held at the newly completed Salvation Army Harbour Light.
- The Facility includes a Residential Addiction Treatment Program for 85 men, Transitional Housing apartments, a Church and other Social Services.
- During the conference, tours of the new facility will be provided and presentations by Program Staff will conducted to give insight to our specific addictions program.
Interactive Workshops
There will be 8 interactive workshops offered over the 2 day conference. These will be conducted by the keynote speakers as well as experts in the respective fields.
Workshop presentations will include the following topics:
- Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Its Place in Addiction Medicine
- Facilitation of 12 Step Recovery Concepts into Addiction Treatment: Including Clients with Concurrent Disorders
- Implementing Current Principles and Techniques of Addiction Treatment into Daily Practice
- Psychotherapy: Defining a Place for this Tool in Addiction Treatment
- Sleep and Substance Use: What You Need To Know
- Relapse Prevention: Use of the CENAPS Model in Addiction Treatment
- Detox and Daytox in the GTA: What You Need to Know
- Integration of Methadone Maintenance Clients and Smoking Cessation into a Residential Addiction Treatment Program
- Setting up and Integrating a Concurrent Disorder Services within General Hospital and Addiction Treatment Settings
Continuing Education Credits
These will be offered by the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation
Accommodation (at special corporate rates)
The Grand Hotel & Suites - 225 Jarvis Street, Toronto
1-877-324-7263 www.grandhoteltoronto.com
The Bond Place Hotel – 65 Dundas Street East, Toronto
416-362-6061
The Holiday Inn Express – 111 Lombard Street, Toronto
416-367-5555 – overnight = $119.00, breakfast included, parking $20/day
