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!
Agenda
1. An overview of gambling disorder, prevalence, who’s impacted
2. Identifying the similarities/differences in SUD and gambling disorder
3. Identifying current/emerging gambling trends (sports betting, online gambling, cryptocurrency) and what we all need to be paying attention to
4. Creating awareness of the challenges in prevention, treatment and research.The Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies, provider #1487, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period:11/22/2020-11/22/2023. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
Hosted by Council on Compulsive Gambling of PA
The 2023 CCGP Statewide East Conference will focus on:
– Problem gambling among the LGBTQ+ community and why this community be at a higher risk of developing gambling related issues
– The scope of online gambling in Pennsylvania, and the impact that it’s having in terms of participation and development of problematic behaviors
– Bringing awareness to the presence and severity of gambling disorder among military service members and veterans and to provide a personal story of addiction.
– Applying the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework to problem gambling among the general, as well as specific, populations
– Resources for help in Pennsylvania
CEs available: 6
Register here.
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.