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Moving Toward Accessibility:
Acknowledging the Needs of People With Disabilities
in Addiction and Treatment Services
When: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, October 30, 2008
Where: New Jersey Hospital Association Conference Center, Alexander Road, Princeton
Registration: $40 (Scholarships are available)
Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey will host a one-day conference,
Moving Toward Accessibility: Acknowledging the Needs of
People with Disabilities in Addiction Treatment and Prevention Services,
from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2008, at the New Jersey Hospital Association
Conference Center in Princeton. Directions
The conference will feature keynote speaker Dennis Moore, Ed.D, Director
of Substance Abuse and Disability Related Issues at Wright State University,
School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio.
Sign language interpreters and CART will be provided for the conference
and workshop sessions. Additional accommodations will be available upon request. Requests for accommodations must be made by Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The registration fee is $40 and includes lunch. Scholarships are available.
Conference Schedule:
8:30 a.m. Registration, Coffee, Pre-test*
9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks, Keynote Address
10:45 a.m. Break
11 a.m. AM Breakout Sessions
12:15 p.m. Lunch, Comments from Ruby Neville
1:30 p.m. PM Breakout Sessions
2:45 to 3 p.m Post-test*, Certificates
* Shane Koch, RhD, CRC, CASDC, Department of Rehabilitation, Southern Illinios University, Carbondale will be conducting an external evalution of the effectiveness of the conference.
Keynote address:
Past Promises Can Inform Future Practices: Considerations about substance abuse prevention and treatment for persons with disabilities
Examining national trends in substance abuse prevention and treatment for individuals with disabilities, this talk. looks at what has been available, what changes are underway and what needs to happen in the future.
Dennis Moore, Ed.D.
Director of Substance Abuse and Disability Resource Issues
Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
AM Break-out Sessions
A) Substance Abuse and Developmental Disabilities: System and Individual Perspective
This workshop will explore the coinciding conditions of substance abuse and cognitive intellectual disabilities. It examines the current service delivery systems and the barriers/ enhancers for effective recovery and treatment of the dually diagnosed. It will discuss strategies for treatment advocacy, development of creative interventions and Individual Relapse Prevention Planning.
Roni Zarbiv, MSW, LCSW
Cerebral Palsy Association of New York
B) Accommodating for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired
This program will cover what the common preconceived barriers to providing services to individuals with vision loss are and what kinds of accommondations are available for people with vision loss.
Lorraine Clark, Coordinator, Independent Living Skills Services, CBVI
John Walsh, MED, CRC, Supervising Program Development Specialist, CBVI
Sandy Deitel- Supervisor of Training, CBVI
Edwin Montanez, Technology Services Specialist, CBVI
C)Brain Injury and Substance Use: Integrating Resources to Overcome Barrier
This workshop provides a brief overview on brain injury and on the integration of the resources to work toward prevention and treatment.
Carl E. Bradford, PhD, ABPN, CBIT
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Drucker Brain Injury Center, Moss Rehab at Woodbury
PM Break-out Sessions
A) Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability and Substance Abuse
This workshop addresses employment issues faced by individuals with disabilities and addictions and explores the benefits of having a vocational rehabilitation component to a treatment program.
Dennis Moore, Ed.D.
B) Accommodating Individuals with Hearing Loss
This workshop will cover the different types of accommodations available for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or late deafened, including sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices and CART. It will also cover programs and organizations in the state providing substance abuse treatment and prevention services for this population.
Jason Weiland, Field Representative
NJ Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Steve Shevlin, MSW, CCS
Executive Director, Signs of Sobriety
C) State of the State: A Panel Discussion of Resources Available
A Panel Discussion of Available Resources in New Jersey. This panel will include individual from state and private substance abuse treatment agencies around the state who are currently serving people with disabilities.
Facilitator Debbie Aidelman, MS, CPS
Exhibit Space is available for $50. This does not include admission to the conference. For more information contact Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey at 888-322-1918.
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