Professional Development

 Virtual Only

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: A GATEWAY TO AOD USE AND LINK TO AOD RELAPSE 

(Adolescent & Adult Clients)


 Saturday, January 25, 2025


8:45 AM Check-In  

9:00 AM Workshop Begins

12:15 PM Lunch Break

12:45 PM Workshop Resumes

4:00 PM  Workshop Concludes

Location:  Online

6.0 CE Hours Approve by GACA and NAADAC. Applied with GAMFT and GSCSW.

Approved for 6.0 Clock Hours with NBCC.

Description: 

This (6) hour training for addiction professionals and service providers interested in improving their 

skills and increasing knowledge pertaining to the impact of Digital Technology Addiction (or DA - 

Digital Addiction) on the functionality of the brain as a gateway to AOD use as well as its link to AOD 

relapse.  Participants will gain insight regarding the emergence and rise of the digital era. The link 

between digital addiction and AOD will be highlighted, indicating the spiritual, mental and physical 

aspects of addiction. Participants will also receive insight and tools to enhance their ability to assist 

the client in their recovery from SUD & Digital Addiction (DA)simultaneously.


OBJECTIVES:

1. To provide an overview of the emergence & rise of the digital era as we know it.

2. To identify the link between Digital Addiction & the onset of AOD Addiction as well as AOD Relapse.

3. To lend insight and tools to enable recovery from Digital Addiction (DA) and SUD simultaneously.

Presenter: Pamela Morgan, MBA, BSHS, CADC-M, CPRM

 

Pamela Morgan, MBA/BSHS/CADC/CPRM is a nationally known trainer and substance abuse professional - providing services since 1993. She is the owner of KEY INSIGHTS, LLC., an approved professional development training provider with the Michigan Certification Board of Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) as well as other certification boards in other states.

Best known for her training Toxic Relationships: Another Addiction (Adolescents & Adults), Morgan develops and facilitates various topics including Addiction to Crime, Stages of Life: Adolescents’ Addictive Behaviors’ link to Adult Substance Use Disorders, Enhancing Motivation for Change, Recovery Relapse and the 12 Steps, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking and Substance Use Disorders (Adults and Adolescents), Ethics, Boundaries & Confidentiality Practices for Clinicians and Peer Specialists Providing Collaborative Services to Adults and Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder, Prevention Ethics, Venus and Mars: Gender Specific Treatment Issues and Treatment Strategies for Adults and Youth with Substance Use Disorders, A Journey of Healing: Group & Individual Rape / Incest Counseling and Addiction in the Church.

With more than 31 years of personal recovery, over 27 years of experience working with treatment, prevention, correctional and adolescent populations, and more than 22 years providing professional development training, Morgan offers a wealth of personal and professional experience. 


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The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals.


Georgia Addiction Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7302.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.  


Registration

  • 6.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • 6.0 CE Hours, Virtual Only

  • that Continuing Education is part of my professional and ethical responsibilities. This requirement is for my betterment and for the welfare of my clients. It is not simply a box to check, but for my professional growth and development as a clinician.

  • that I can not miss more than 15 minutes of a training/workshop in order to receive CE credit, as per the regulations governing CE approvals.

  • it is unethical and unprofessional to be working (engaged in work), shopping, at a restaurant, playing video games, watching tv, or engaged in any other activity that would cause me to be distracted from learning.

  • I may be required to have my camera turned on.

  • to type my name into the chat box at random times.

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