NADA’s 19th Annual Conference and Pre-Conference Events
• April 21 - 26 – NADA Full Certificate Training (45 CE credits)*
• April 24 – Administrators and Directors Workshop (5 CE credits)*
• April 24, 7 – 9 PM Registration / Reception with snacks and live music. (1 CE credit)*
• April 25 - 26 Main Conference – Friday and Saturday (Including Luncheon), April 25-26, 2008 (15 CE credits)*
Main Conference Highlights Friday and Saturday

• European Psychiatric Hospitals Embracing Acu Detox
• Frontier Mental Health Medicine: Colorado State Hospital acu detox experience
• Easing Emotional Trauma: Trauma Readiness ala NADA. Lessons learned from disaster response efforts around the world.
• Waco Revisited: Psychiatric halfway house successes remembered
• Program Profiles: Solid programs shine
• Drug Courts: ADS Judges laud acu detox
• Border Behavioral Health: Acu detox outposts in Mexico and the US
• First Hand Accounts: Acu detox clients with co-occurring diagnoses tell their stories.
• NADA Networking Luncheon: (Saturday) Featuring entertainment, networking, conversation and education.
*CE credits (including Thursday evening and both conference days) pending for addiction counselors (NAADAC) and acupuncturists (NCCAOM, TX, CA, FL).

Entertainment
Plan to come early Thursday for an opening Registration/Reception with live music by Lee Edwards, PhD & Claudia Voyles, LAc: “Feelings Gotta Flow: Music for Recovery and Mental Health,” register, enjoy refreshments and start the flow of CE’s and fun.
Music Pilgrimage
Friday night to Billy Bob’s, the World’s Largest Honky Tonk, in nearby Ft. Worth. Built in 1910 as a cattle barn, Billy Bob’s features live country music, dancing, dining, casino/arcade gaming, and live bull riding on site.
Historic Magnolia Hotel
In the heart of Downtown Dallas with Pegasus on top, this iconic hotel offers Southern hospitality and modern amenities. Named one of the “Top 4 places to stay in Dallas” by Travel and Leisure Magazine. Reserve early as we have a limited block of special discount rate rooms. Click Here for Registration Form
Special Travel Discounts
Air Travel: Save 5% on your air ticket to Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport (DFW) from American Airlines by booking on line (www.aa.com) and giving the promotional code A5948AL. (Or book by phone for an extra $10 fee at 1-800-433-1790) Allowed travel dates are April 19-28.
Car Rental: Avis offers attendees a minimum of a 5% discount for car rentals during the period April 11-May 2.with unlimited free mileage. Use this code number G028119 when calling Avis directly at 1-888-754-8878. Or go online http://tinyurl.com/2za5o6

Want to share a room and save money? Call the NADA office (888) 765-NADA.
Pre-Conference Training Events
FOR CLINICIANS – 8 am, Monday, April 21 to 5 PM, Saturday, April 26.

Earn an ADS certificate (and a total of 45 CE credits)*
Attend this pre-conference session, AND the main NADA conference (you must attend both to qualify) and earn your Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist certificate of completion all in one six-day period. This low cost, time-efficient ADS training and conference combination comes just once a year. From NADA’s top trainers, learn the simple ear needling technique and how to integrate it into addiction treatment settings. Practice it at Homeward Bound, Inc, a premier NADA-based treatment clinic and training site in Dallas. Homeward Bound offers a broad spectrum of behavioral health care in which all clients have access to acu detox and full body acupuncture services. Register early – This event always sells out.
Who can be trained?

Addiction treatment professionals
If you work in the addiction treatment or related fields, i.e., as a counselor, social worker, nurse, corrections officer, psychologist, medical doctor, case manager, mentor, etc., you may be able to add acu detox to your skill base. Many states have licensing or specialized exemptions that allow addiction professionals to learn and utilize the ear acupuncture for addictions protocol. To be sure, check your state laws and regulations. NADA records show these states and provinces allowing some type of ADS practice: Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas**, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

(**Texas only allows licensed nurses, social workers, psychologists, and LCDC & LPC counselors).

Licensed acupuncturists
Join in the exciting integration of Chinese medicine within traditional Western treatment settings. Collaborate with allopathic providers, criminal justice systems and community organizations. Become an advocate for acupuncture in addiction treatment. Enjoy the rich experience of opening doors for acupuncture.

Training Schedule
Trainees undergo a six-day, intensive sequence, beginning with a four days of didactic and practicum training at Homeward Bound, Inc. Homework assignments include some to be completed PRIOR to the training. Trainees finish final two days by attendance at the NADA 19th Annual Conference at the Magnolia Hotel. Attendance is required at all sessions – from 8 am Monday, April 21 through 5 pm, Saturday, April 26, so make your travel arrangements accordingly!

Travel and Accommodations
Besides the registration fee, trainees will be responsible for the costs of transportation, lodging and food throughout the training period. (Trainees from the local area may be able to commute.) After you register, you will receive details of training sites and arrangements.
FOR DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, Thursday April 24, 9 AM – 3 PM.

Integrating acu detox into your program (5 CE credits)*
Learn how to maximize the benefits of acu detox from the original experts: Michael O. Smith, MD, DAc, NADA co-founder and director of the Lincoln Recovery Center, and other NADA experts.

Topics
• Since acupuncture primarily helps patients to focus, to be less impulsive and self-conscious, they listen and participate better in treatment activities.
• The treatment milieu benefits by a reduction in interpersonal tension and aggression – even in difficult prison settings violent incidents drop virtually to zero.
• These factors produce improved retention and program efficiency. In treatment sites around the globe, the result is improved patient outcomes that in turn bolster the program’s financial strength without special funding.
• In many jurisdictions, existing program staff can readily learn the NADA protocol under existing laws and regulations. Agencies can acquire a NADA capability at very low cost.
• The NADA protocol readily fits into existing treatment regimes. The addition of acupuncture offers program managers yet another way to show accreditation officials an improvement in quality.

*CE credits pending for acupuncturists and counselors.

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