Training Calendar
We believe it’s crucial to advance diverse perspectives on problem gambling. Here, you’ll find events hosted by leaders, researchers, clinicians and advocates from a wide range of communities and backgrounds. Many of our trainings also offer gambling-specific CEs!
In observance of March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month and March 12th as Gambling Disorder Screening Day, Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. will be hosting a virtual discussion via Zoom on March 12, 2024. The event aims to educate the public on problem gambling, provide information on available support services, and foster connections with organizations that can help.
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A one day screening event will be held at the largest department of correction halfway house located in New Haven, CT. The goal of the event is to increase DOC imates awareness of problem gambling and the availabilty of treatment services.
Coastal Recovery Community Center will be joined by AdCare for an evening of information surrounding gambling in Maine. Find out if your patterns are leading to risky behaviors and learn some helpful next steps.
The Nevada Council on Problem Gambling is celebrating 40 years and hosting this very special National Problem Gambling Awareness Month community event! “Problem Gambling Awareness – Every Story Matters” community event is open to the public and is part of our month-long focus on Recovery and all the Stories That Matter!
Join us to learn about the “human” side of problem gambling, as peers and professionals share how and why they became engaged in promoting awareness and taking action to address this important community health issue in Nevada.
Come mingle with people in recovery, professionals in the field, and many other people and community resources!
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), the Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania (CCGP), and the Pennsylvania Lottery will host a Problem Gambling Awareness Month informational table at the Pennsylvania State Capitol building on Monday, March 18, 2024, from 11 AM – 1 PM EST. The group aims to raise public awareness of PGAM, as well as provide educational resources on problem gambling and services available to those who may be suffering from gambling-related harms. The group will host the event in the East Wing of the Capitol’s Mini Rotunda.
Southeast Community College-Milford campus is hosting this informational table set and screening event between their dining hall and bookstore. Students are encouraged to find out more about problem gambling prevention and treatment services available in Nebraska.
Over the recent years, gambling has changed quite a bit in the New England states. If someone wants to gamble, all they need to do is simply take their phone out of their pocket. Although changes such as ease of access create new opportunities, they also create new risks for potential harm. This interactive workshop will provide participants with an overall understanding of the current gambling landscape and the impact experienced so far with expansions. We will review emerging trends and available data, share gambling-specific prevention strategies, and highlight ways to put ‘Prevention in Action’ when it comes to problem gambling.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Understand the landscape of gambling in the New England states and the impact of the new legalization expansions (online/sports betting).
- Discuss risk and protective factors including warning signs for problem gambling.
- Review emerging trends and current national, state, regional and local data that is available.
- Identify gambling-specific gambling prevention strategies and resources that can be utilized on the state, regional, and local level.
PRESENTERS
- Kelly Leppard, MPA, and Kaitlin Brown, LPC, LADC, ICGC II is the Primary Prevention Services Coordinator for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Problem Gambling Services Division. Kelly is a Certified Prevention Specialist and has been working in the prevention field on the local and state level since 2008. Prior to her current position, Kelly worked for the Town of Southington and is a Past–President of the Connecticut Association of Prevention Professionals
- Kaitlin Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LADC), Internationally Certified Gambling Counselor (ICGC II), holds an International Gaming Disorder Certificate (IGDC) and is a Board Approved Clinical Consultant (BACC) with the International Gambling Counselor Certification Board providing supervision to those seeking to obtain certification in working with Gambling & Gaming Disorders. Kaitlin is currently the Director of Programs & Services for the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Kaitlin oversees the statewide problem gambling helpline, education, prevention initiatives, and responsible gambling efforts.
In addition, Lori Manson, Maine Problem Gambling Services Coordinator, will provide a few brief comments about recent changes in Maine with the opening of sports betting this fall.
About the webinar: This webinar is planned and hosted by the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through a cooperative agreement from SAMHSA, in response to an identified need to provide education to the New England prevention workforce about gambling prevention.
Participants will receive a certificate of participation for 1 contact hour. This training is pre-approved by the Maine Prevention Certification Board, an IC&RC member board. This webinar will be recorded. Certificates are only available to those who participate in the live event.
Southeast Community College-Lincoln campus is hosting this informational table set and screening event in the main building hallway in front of the cafeteria. Students are encouraged to find out more about problem gambling prevention and treatment services available in Nebraska.
Problem Gambling Awareness & Screening at Farm Expo Booth with Sheridan County Behavioral Health Coalition.
Southeast Community College-Beatrice campus is hosting this informational table set and screening event in the dining hall lobby. Students are encouraged to find out more about problem gambling prevention and treatment services available in Nebraska.