GACA Professional Development

 Virtual Only

Information and Updates About Georgia’s DUI Intervention Program  


Wednesday, November 18, 2026


11:45 AM Check-In  

12:00 PM Workshop Begins

1:00 PM  Workshop Concludes

Location:  Online

1.0 CE Hours Approved by GACA and NAADAC. 

Description: 

Georgia’s DUI Intervention Program plays an important role in addressing substance use among individuals convicted of DUI by connecting them with clinical evaluations and appropriate treatment services. This presentation will provide an overview of the program, including its purpose, current requirements, and updates affecting clinical evaluators and treatment providers. Participants will gain a better understanding of opportunities to become involved in this statewide initiative, expand their professional services, and help ensure that individuals impacted by DUI receive appropriate assessment, referrals, and treatment.

Presenters:   John "Steve" Cooksey, CADC and Russell Proctor, LMSW, SAP, LADAC-II CAC-II, CCS 

A Tifton native with deep community roots through his family’s business, Cooksey Steel Co. Steve Cooksey serves as the Clinical Director for Solutions Counseling. His unique background bridges structural engineering studies at Southern Technical Institute and a degree in Ministry (magna cum laude) from Andersonville Theological Seminary, leading to specialized practice in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) counseling. In addition to his ministry degree, he is an internationally certified substance abuse professional, a credentialed anger management specialist, as well as a Georgia State approved clinical evaluator and treatment provider, He brings extensive clinical experience from psychiatric hospitals, detox facilities, therapy centers, and the Georgia DBHDD Office of Addictive Diseases. In his work with the DUI Intervention Program (DUIIP), he collaborates directly with state legislators to advance measures impacting prevention, intervention, and treatment, as well as policy development for driver's license reinstatement. In addition to his regional policy work, Steve maintains a small private practice, serves on the Board of Directors of Georgia School of Addiction Studies, the Board of Directors of Oasis Recovery Community Organization, and actively volunteers with several local agencies right here in Tifton. He is married to Melanie Brogden Cooksey, Chief Assistant District Attorney. They are proud parents to their daughter, Kelly, and son-in-law, Cody, and love spending time with their two precious grandchildren, Olivia and Shepard. 

Russell has been in the substance abuse field since 2007. Currently, Russell works as a program regulatory consultant, mobile crisis clinician, and as a clinical supervisor/trainer in Georgia and Tennessee. Personal experience with addiction and recovery, combined with his education and work experience have equipped Russell with empathy, clinical skills, and professionalism to serve the substance abuse and mental health treatment fields.

 

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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

  • 1.0 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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