Bridges to Breakthroughs: Adolescent SUD Treatment Summit

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Join us for a FREE two-day in-person summit (including 6 hour of ethics), provided via collaboration between UAMS Health Six Bridges and UALR MidSOUTH. Provider attendees will learn: practical prevention strategies, screening and early intervention that supports youth and families, treatment approaches that reduce stigma and support abstinence, and the impact of ethical considerations on youth substance use.

Continuing Education Credit

NAADAC

Up to 12 hours of NAADAC approved continuing education credit is available from UA Little Rock MidSOUTH.

AMA and ANCC

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Event Agenda

• Thursday, June 25th - Six Bridges Day
• 7:45 AM to 8:15 AM: Registration
• 8:00 AM to 8:15 AM: State Welcome and Housekeeping
• 8:15 AM to 8:30 AM: Welcome / Opening Remarks by Dr. Jason Williams, PsyD
• 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM: Session 1 — Keynote: The Impact of Substance Use on the Developing Adolescent Brain by Dr. Sharon Levy, MD, MPH
• 9:30 AM to 9:45 AM: Break
• 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM: Session 2 — Local Presenter: Screening Adolescents for Substance Use: Early Identification and Referral to Care by Dr. Srinivasa Gokarakonda, MD, MPH
• 10:45 AM to 11:00 AM: Break
• 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Session 3 — Keynote 2: The PreVenture Program: Building the Bridge Between Personality Science and Adolescent Substance Use Prevention by Alison Orford, RSW
• 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM: Lunch / Networking
• 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM: Session 4 — Local Presenter: Adolescent Prescription Misuse: Recognizing and Responding to an Emerging Crisis by Dr. Michael Mancino, MD
• 1:45 PM to 2:00 PM: Break
• 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM: Session 5 — Local Presenter: A Modern Systems Perspective to Adolescent Addiction Treatment by Renee Watson, LAC
• 3:00 PM to 3:15 PM: Break
• 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM: Session 6 — Practice Panel by Dr. Laura Dunn, MD
• Friday, June 26th
• 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM: SUD Treatment Ethics by Carrie Carr, MA, LCPC, LPC-S, LPC-MSHP

If you have any questions about this event, please email learn@midsouth.ualr.edu.

This event is subject to priority registration. If you have a code, you may register yourself now. If you do not have a registration code, please add yourself to the waitlist. Any registration spots avilable after the priority registration period is over will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis for those on the waitlist.

This course has been approved by UA-Little Rock MidSOUTH as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #226778. UA-Little Rock MidSOUTH is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Fee Breakdown

Category	Description	Amount
Course Fee (Basic)	In-Person - No Fee	$ 0.00