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!
Host: Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling
| Our 24th Annual Statewide Problem Gambling Conference is scheduled for March 16-17, 2023, at The Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Our goal for the conference is to bring together various groups from all areas of the state including tribal and state representatives, counselors, therapists, educators, and criminal justice personnel to strive as a unified community to lower the number of negative statistics associated with problem gambling. CEs available: 21 Register here. |
The WCPG’s 24th Annual Statewide Conference has been scheduled for March 16th – 17th, 2023! (pre-conference March 15th) It will be held at The Osthoff Resort.
“Celebrating 30 Years through Awareness, Education, and Prevention”
| Host: OAPGG As the opportunities for gambling continue to increase through avenues such as online gambling and gaming and sports betting, the risk that an individual will develop a gambling problem increases as well. As a care provider, you may be working with someone who is struggling with gambling. OAPGG offers a 4-day online 30-hour basic training for problem gambling twice per year. This evidence-based basic training course is designed to help counselors, peer support specialists, and others in building an understanding of gambling addiction. In this training, you will learn about gambling history, gambling technology, the theoretical basis for treatment, co-occurring disorders, multicultural issues, assessment tools, treatment modalities, and more. Training includes: 12 consultation sessions included at no cost CEs available: 30 |
Host: Nevada Council on Problem Gambling
The Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling is an annual professional education and networking event addressing this significant community health issue that affects as many as 6% of Nevada adults. The conference attracts addiction and mental health professionals and interested stakeholder groups including Prevention, Education, Research, Government, Gaming Industry and the Recovery Community.
Program Highlights Include
- Sports Betting and Treatment
- Financial Literacy for Therapists & Gamblers in Treatment
- Understanding the Pathway from Gambling Disorder to Gambling Motivated Crime
- Finding Recovery through Art – The Creative High Program
- Ethics and Confidentiality
CEs available: 12
Register here.
Hosted by: Nicasa Behavioral Health Services, Way Back Inn and Family Guidance Centers
Panel will be moderated by Dr. Sandra Adell. Learning Objectives are:
Inspire: To encourage other women to share their personal stories as part of their pathway to recovery in a safe and supportive community.
Educate: To provide research-based information about gambling problems and related mental health issues such as depression in the Black community.
Advocate: To promote advocacy at the personal, local and/or federal level.
Event is free and open to the public.
Hosted by Council on Compulsive Gambling of PA
| The 2023 CCGP Statewide West Conference will focus on: – How problematic gambling can progress to a point where criminal activity takes place – The importance of clinical reporting when providing testimony when as an expert witness – Problematic gambling and gaming among Latino/a/x/e communities – Establishing resources and programs aimed at addressing gambling disorder among military service members and veterans CEs available: 6 Register here. |
Hosted by MA Council on Gaming and Health
Dates: Nine Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday classes:
Time: 12pm-3:45pm EST; April 27 & 29; May 2, 3, 9, 11,16,18 &23, 2023
Description:
Hidden problems with gambling often derail recovery from mental health and substance use disorders as signs and symptoms are often missed. The goal of the MA Council on Compulsive Gambling’s Training Institute: Foundations in Gambling Disorder is to increase the number of trained service providers in the treatment and service of Gambling Disorders, increase community access to comprehensive and competent care, increase service & treatment delivery, and improve treatment outcomes. The 30.0 Clock Hours/Continuing Education Units provides foundational knowledge of gambling disorder for providers in behavioral health settings that can be applied towards the Gaming Health Specialist Certificate.
CEs available: 30
Register here.
Problem gambling and responsible gambling advocates from across the country will convene in Washington, D.C. for the National Council on Problem Gambling’s Advocacy Day. Problem Gambling Advocacy Day brings together key stakeholders in a grassroots effort to highlight the importance of developing strong public policies relating to problem gambling and appropriating the necessary funding for education, research, treatment and prevention.
FREE REGISTRATION
We make participating easy for you by pairing you with fellow advocates from your state and scheduling your congressional meetings.
Learn more about the National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling Pre-Conference Workshops at www.ncpgambling.org/national-conference/2023-preconference-program/
OAPGG is hosting an online, live basic training for counselors seeking certification for problem gambling. The training will take place over four days: October 6 and 13 and November 3 and 10, 2023. Each day will begin at 8:30 and end at 4:30, with a one-hour break for lunch.
Registration is free for those in the Midwest Conference on Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse region (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma), with funding from the Kansas City Port Authority Problem Gambling Fund Advisory Committee. For those outside the MCPGSA region, the cost of the training is $300.
Participants who complete the training will receive 30 hours of CEUs and will be eligible to join the case consultation group.
Register here.