Iowa’s Annual Governor’s Conference on Substance Abuse

Conference Mission

The purpose of this conference is to establish a meaningful dialogue among health professionals by focusing on trending topics, best practices and strategies for addressing barriers in behavioral health.

To access the brochure with the conference agenda for your records, click here.

Conference Scope:

  • Provide education to enhance the knowledge of the behavioral health workforce.
  • Develop strength within each system discipline and increase collaboration between system partners for coordinated response to substance use and problem gambling.

Tue
Apr 26
1:00-4:00pm Prevention Ethics Recertification

Jodee Goche

Approved for 3.0 Ethics continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1:00-4:00pm Do No Harm: Ethics in Substance Use Disorder Practice

Krista Lindholm

Approved for 3.0 Ethics continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

Wed
Apr 27
8:30-9:00am Welcome to Day 1 of the Governor’s Conference on Substance Abuse

Kelly Garcia, Director, Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Department of Public Health (Interim)

DeAnn Decker, Bureau Chief of Substance Abuse, Division of Behavioral Health, Iowa Department of Public Health

9:00-10:00am Pills & Thrills: What's Trending?

Linda B. Kalin, RN, BS, CSPI

Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

10:00-10:15am Break

10:15-11:15am Federal Regulatory and Policy Landscape

Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH

Approved for 1.0 Generic continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

11:15-12:15pm Racial Health Inequities in Course of Illness and Recovery: Implications for Structural Competencies

Corrie L. Vilsaint, PhD

Approved for 1.0 Racial/Ethnic continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

12:15-12:45pm Lunch Break

12:45-1:45pm Breakout Session 1

1A: Still looking for Normal?
Renee Schulte, MA, LMHC & Jason Haglund, MS, CADC
Approved for 1.0 Counseling Theories & Techniques continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1B: LGBTQ 101 and Care Best Practices
Max Mowlitz, BA, CCHW
Approved for 1.0 Special Populations continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1C: 2021 Iowa Health, Wellbeing, Use of Substances, and Gambling Survey
Kyle Endres PhD, MA
Approved for 1.0 Generic continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1D: Perinatal Substance Use Disorders: Screening & Clinic Model
Sarah Hambright, BA & Meagan Thompson, DNP, ARNP, CNM
Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1:45-2:00pm Break

2:00-3:00pm Breakout Session 2

2A: Welcome Home
Bobbi Jo Reed, CPSS, MARS, Chair of KC Recovery Coalition
Approved for 1.0 Generic continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

2B: U of Iowa Peer Support
Kellee McCrory, LMSW, MPH
Approved for 1.0 Generic continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

2C: Stress Management for Helpers
Monica Goedken, MPA
Approved for 1.0 Counseling Theories & Techniques continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

2D: Drugs, and How They Get That Way
Denise Denton, MS, CPS
Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

3:00-4:00pm High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

Tiffany Jenkins

Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

Thu
Apr 28
8:30-9:00am Welcome to Day 2 of the Governor’s Conference on Substance Abuse

Kimberly Nelson, LAC, MPA, Regional Administrator, SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Eric M. Preuss, M.A., IAADC, CCS, LICDC is the Your Life Iowa (YLI) Project Director for the Bureau of Substance Abuse at the Iowa Department of Public Health

 

9:00-10:00am Breaking the Stigma of Addiction

Tony Hoffman

Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

10:00-10:15am Break

10:15-11:15am Addressing Youth Suicide in the Black Community

Brandon Johnson, MHS, MCHES

Approved for 1.0 Counseling Theories & Techniques continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

11:15-12:15pm Reality-Based Leadership – Building a Drama Free Culture and Calling Our Teams to Greatness

Alex Dorr, MA, BSC

Approved for 1.0 Generic continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

12:15-12:45pm Lunch Break

12:45-1:45pm Breakout Session 1

1A: Fish and Chips: All-Inclusive Collegiate Problem Gambling Programming 
Michael Buzzelli, MA, MPH
Approved for 1.0 Special Populations continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1B: Opioid Antagonist: Past, Present and Future
Mohan K. Sindhwani, M.D., Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Emergent BioSolutions
Non-CME

1C: PWLE (people with lived experience) in SSP/harm reduction services and HIV/HCV elimination strategies
Nick Voyles
Approved for 1.0 Special Populations continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1D: Prevention Focused on Special Populations
Chuck Klevgaard, BSW, CSPS
Approved for 1.0 Special Populations continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

1:45-2:00pm Break

2:00-3:00pm Breakout Session 2

2A: Community Reinforcement Approach- An Overview
Anita Bradley, MSW, LSW, LICDC-CS
Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

2B: A Patient-centered Approach to Supporting Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT) in Pregnancy and Beyond
LeeAnn Albright, MSN, FP-C & Sarah Fett
Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

2C: Intersection of Substance Use and Sexually Transmitted Infections
George Walton, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM
Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific or Special Populations continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

2D: Foundation 2 Law Enforcement Co-Response Model
Drew Martel, LISW, CADC
Approved for 1.0 Special Populations continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification

3:00-4:00pm Living in Recovery

Michelle L. Malkin, JD, PhD

Approved for 1.0 Alcohol & Drug Specific continuing education hours by the Iowa Board of Certification