ENGAGE – December Mid-Month Training

Virtual Mid-Month Training – December 14-16, 2020

NEW Training Track offered in partnership between ECPG and MACGH: Foundations in Gaming Disorder

Foundations in Gaming Disorder Track Schedule:

Monday, December 14

9:15 – 9:45 am: Welcome and Check-in

9:45 am – 10:45 pm: Are Video Games Safe and Do They Make a Good Gift? – Jeff Derevensky, PhD

10:45 – 11:00 am: Activity Break

11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Gaming Disorder Recovery Panel: Hilarie Cash

1:00 – 1:30 pm: Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Convergence of Gambling and Gaming – Sally Gainsbury

Treatment/Recovery Track Schedule:

Monday, December 14:

8:00-8:30 am: Welcome and Check-in

8:30-9:30 am: Treating Families Affected by Gambling Disorder – Denise Quirk, MA, MFT, LCADC, CPGC-S, ICGC-II, BACC

9:30-9:45 am: Activity Break

9:45 am-10:45: Family Gambling Recovery – Renee Siegel, MA, LISAC, MAC, ICGC-II, BACC, ACC

10:45-11:00 am: Activity Break

11:00-11:45 am: Telehealth Updates and Guidelines You Need to Know – David Luxton

11:45 am-12:15 pm: Activity Break – Out of the (lunch) Box: ECPG (Almost) LIVE!

12:15-1:00 pm: Tobacco and Problem Gambling (Part 1) – Tana Russell, SUDP, NCTTP, WSCGC-II

1:00-1:30 pm: Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

Tuesday, December 15

8:00-8:30 am: Welcome and Check-in

8:30-9:30 am: Behavioral Health Equity – David Dickinson

9:30-9:45 am: Activity break

9:45-10:45 am: Player Protection Tools to Block Online Gambling Sites – Melissa Etherington, Craig Johnson, LADC, and Susan Sheridan Tucker

10:45-11:00 am: Activity break

11:00 am-Noon: Families, Holidays, Stress, and Suicide Prevention – Ann Gray

12:00-12:30 pm: Activity Break – Out of the (lunch) Box: Trivia Time

12:30-1:30 pm: Tobacco and Problem Gambling (Part 2) – Tana Russell, SUDP, NCTTP, WSCGC-II

1:30-1:45 pm – Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

Wednesday, December 16

8:30-9 am: Welcome and Check-in

9-9:45 am: Breakout sessions

9:45-10 am: Activity Break

10-10:45 am: Breakout sessions

  • Family Issues (Part 2) – Renee Siegel and Judy Sugg
  • State of the States in Recovery Advocacy – Panel: Cheryl Wilcox, Brandy Hemsley, and Samantha Byers

10:45-11 am: Activity Break:

11-11:45 am: Breakout sessions

  • Family Issues (Part 3) – Renee Siegel and Judy Sugg
  • Voices of Recovery – Panel

11:45 am-12:15 pm: Activity Break – Out of the (lunch) Box: Meals á la Mo

12:15-1 pm: Breakout sessions

  • Family Issues (Part 4) – Renee Siegel and Judy Sugg
  • Recovery Residences: Standards, COVID Impacts, and the Future – Panel

1-1:30 pm – Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

Prevention Track Schedule:

Monday, December 14:

8:00-8:30 am: Welcome and Check-in

8:30 am-1 pm: Intro to Problem Gambling for Prevention Specialists (Parts 1-4) – Alison Drain

Stacked Deck training handouts 1

Stacked Deck training handouts 2

9:30-9:45 am: Activity Break

10:45-11:00 am: Activity Break

11:45 am-12:15 pm: Activity Break – Out of the (lunch) Box: ECPG (Almost) LIVE!

1:00-1:30 pm: Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

Tuesday, December 15

8:00-8:30 am: Welcome and Check-in

8:30 am-1:30 pm: Stacked Deck (Parts 1-4) – Alison Drain

9:30-9:45 am: Activity break

10:45-11:00 am: Activity break

12:00-12:30 pm: Activity Break – Out of the (lunch) Box: Trivia Time

1:30-1:45 pm – Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

Wednesday, December 16

8:30-9 am: Welcome and Check-in

9 am-1 pm: Stacked Deck (Parts 5-8) – Alison Drain

9:45-10 am: Activity Break

10:45-11 am: Activity Break:

11:45 am-12:15 pm: Activity Break – Out of the (lunch) Box: Meals à la Mo

1-1:30 pm – Networking Lounge – Chat and Feedback

Registration:

Foundations in Gaming Disorder track (December 14): $70

(Registration for Tues-Wed of the Treatment/Recovery Track also available)

Treatment/Recovery Track (December 14-16):

  • One day (December 14, 15, or 16): $70
  • Two days (December 14-15 or 15-16 or 14 and 16): $130
  • All three days (December 14-16): $175
  • Premium registration – attend all three days plus access to recordings of all sessions: $275

Prevention track (December 14-16):

  • All three days (December 14-16), including Stacked Deck manual: $220
  • Premium registration – attend all three days plus access to recordings of all sessions: $320

(ECPG members receive a 10% discount on registration rates)

Scholarships are available! Download the Scholarship Brochure, or apply online.

Download the Training Schedule-at-a-Glance

Download the Program (coming soon)

3-4 CE hours available per day; Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG). Our workshops have also been approved for continuing education by the Mental Health Addictions Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO), and the American Academy of Healthcare Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD). The Stacked Deck course has been approved for 10.5 hours of General Prevention Education by the Prevention Specialist Certification Board of Washington.