GACA CAAC Track

 Virtual Only

Recovery: Uphill Journey/Relapse-

Downhill Run (help for 

adolescent methamphetamine & other 

stimulant users)

 Friday, August 11, 2023

8:45 AM Check-In  

9:00 AM Workshop Begins

12:15 PM  Lunch Break

1:00 PM   Workshop Continues

4:15  PM  Workshop Concludes

Location:  Online

6.0 CE Hours Approved by GACA, Applied for Approval GAFMT and GSCSW. 

Approved for 6.0 Clock Hours with NBCC.

Description: 

This training will give the professional tools to assist the client in an enhanced recovery experience 

as they seek recovery from methamphetamine & other stimulant addiction. User-friendly handouts 

will be provided to assist the client in the recognition of recovery and relapse as processes rather 

than events, thus identifying some of the principles of recovery and pitfalls associated with relapse.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Recognizing how methamphetamine impacts the body

2. Recognizing the impact of methamphetamine on the brain

3. Gleaning Hope for the Brain after in recovery from Meth

4. Understanding post-acute withdrawal syndrome

Presenter:   Pamela Morgan, MBA/BSHS/CADC/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.