Welcome to our October newsletter. Wisconsin CONNECT is a collaborative. We seek to provide technical assistance and training opportunities for substance use prevention and treatment grantees, providers, clinicians, social workers, and support staff.
We draw on local and national academic and community resources to reduce and prevent substance use and improve overall health and wellness in Wisconsin.
To that end, we want to help you connect the dots with this newsletter. It is a tool to support our efforts to promote new research, share tools and trainings that aim to help you engage in different communities, enhance practice and improve the health of your clients and program participants.
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Overloaded: Understanding Neglect
a new podcast series from the Institute for Child and Family Well-being
Neglect is a complex and wicked problem, but it’s one that we believe is preventable if we work together to reimagine how we support families overloaded by stress. Neglect is a public health crisis, as it’s the most common reason that children are separated from their families by the government.
- 1 in 3 of all children in the United States experience a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation.
- 1 in 10 of all children in the United States have experienced confirmed allegation of maltreatment.
- 7 in 10 of all children in the foster care system are separated from their families due to neglect.
- And children of color are disproportionately represented in foster care.
The Overloaded: Understanding Neglect podcast represents the important first step of building a shared understanding of the problem and will serve as a foundation for future innovations in practice, policy, and systems change. Join host Luke Waldo, Director of Program Design and Community Engagement at the Institute for Child and Family Well-being, as he explores these issues with research and policy experts Tim Grove (Wellpoint Care Network), Jennifer Jones (Prevent Child Abuse America), Bryan Samuels (Chapin Hall), and Dr. Kristi Slack (University of Wisconsin), Lived Experience expert Bregetta Wilson (Wisconsin Department of Children and Families) and five of his colleagues from Children’s Wisconsin’s child welfare and child maltreatment prevention programs. Through these conversations, we developed a compelling narrative that seeks to build a shared understanding of the realities of overloaded families, so that we might find solutions that reduce family separations for reasons of neglect.
Subscribe to the trailer wherever you listen to your podcasts:
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The Center for Urban Population Health is partnered with Washington State University to bring Contingency Management trainings to Wisconsin. To learn more about their work click here.
The Nuts and Bolts of Contingency Management
Join this virtual meeting to learn more about upcoming Wisconsin Contingency Management training and when the Washington State University will visit your community.
Week of November 7
Milwaukee
Madison
Green Bay
For updates on times and locations, keep an eye on this page.
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The new Mental Health Emergency Center is a joint venture between Milwaukee County and the area’s four health systems: Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Wisconsin, Children’s Wisconsin and Froedtert Health. Just one component in the broader array of mental health services in Milwaukee County, the center will serve as a national model for emergency crisis care that is patient-centered, recovery-oriented, and culturally informed.
For more information on the services they offer and career opportunities, click the title to visit their website.
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Dose of Reality: Opioid Settlement Funds
On February 25, 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced final approval of an agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors (Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen) and Johnson & Johnson. Wisconsin is due to receive more than $400 million in total funding.
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Wisconsin CONNECT Social Media |
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Go follow the new Wisconsin CONNECT social media pages for regular updates on training opportunities as well as to connect and network with other professionals. |
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Regional Stimulant Use Disorder Training
Addressing Stimulant Use in Wisconsin: A Day Long Agenda
Richard Rawson and Albert Hasson
This training will focus on stimulant use disorders, including Methamphetamine, and Cocaine.
- Stimulants 2022: Epidemiology, Effects on the Body & Brain, and Clinical Challenges
- Evidence-based Treatments for Individuals with Stimulant Use Disorder
- Treatment for individuals who use stimulants (TRUST) protocols and approaches
- Curriculums such as Matrix, and Living in Balance
- An overview of Contingency Management
- Contingency Management: An Essential Treatment Approach for Individuals with Stimulant Use Disorder
You will leave with an increase knowledge, ideas, and resources for addressing Stimulant Use in your community.
Lunch on your own
Coffee and water stations will be provided
This training is free to attend!
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Madison
Tuesday, November 1
8:30am-4:30pm CST
Sheraton Madison Hotel
706 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53713
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Milwaukee
Thursday, November 3
8:30am-4:30pm CST
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Golda Meir Library, 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Conference Center 4th Floor
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ECHO is an opportunity for women’s substance use treatment providers to come together with clinicians who provide care to women with substance use disorders to learn and share information and strategies to improve the lives of women, their children, and their families.
The ECHO is conducted monthly for 1 hour and includes a brief educational presentation on a topic of interest, a case presentation by a collaborator, and a discussion on strategies that can help the provider offer the best possible care for the client/patient.
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Upcoming Dates for 2022
No October ECHO
November 11
December 9
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4th Edition of The ASAM Criteria® – October Public Comment
R. Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM
Editor-in-Chief, The ASAM Criteria 4th Edition
The Next Chapter of The ASAM Criteria – Public Comment Requested by Nov 11th
If you walk into any emergency department in the United States and complain of chest pain, you will set off a cascade of events that are specially constructed to ensure you are placed in the right level of care, for the shortest amount of time, and with the correct array of services. These protocols weren’t developed by mistake or happenstance but by utilizing all available evidence to determine the best course of treatment given the severity of the illness identified.
Over the past 30 years, ASAM has led the establishment and expansion of such a system with The ASAM Criteria. This framework has provided invaluable guidance for the treatment of addiction in the context of the American healthcare system.
In February of this year, the proposed major updates to the 4th Edition of The ASAM Criteria were shared for public comment. These updates were designed to decrease ambiguity and improve the implementation of The ASAM Criteria. The feedback we received during that time has been critical for guiding our work developing detailed standards over the last seven months. This work has included the convening of 17 writing groups comprised of a multidisciplinary set of expert volunteers representing different levels of care and patient subpopulations. Each expert group has been guided by a streamlined methodology, including structured literature searches, facilitated consensus development meetings, and a modified Delphi process.
Through their dedicated and collaborative work, these groups have generated core standards that reflect the basic elements of the 4th Edition of The ASAM Criteria. As such, we are again requesting public feedback from diverse stakeholders on these standards from Monday, October 3rd to Friday, November 11th.
While the varied levels of care and treatment challenges associated with addiction may seem daunting, so is the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Yet we have managed to build systems of care that allow for access to high-quality specialty level care for the latter.
We owe it to those suffering from addiction to develop nothing less sophisticated and predictable.
Please join us in making this vision a reality by sharing your views today.
R. Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM
Editor-in-Chief, The ASAM Criteria 4th Edition
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Save the Date
October 13-14
October 19
Pre-conference: October 19
Conference: October 20-21
Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit
May 15, 16, and 17 2023
Hybrid. In-person in the Wisconsin Dells.
Harm Reduction Conference
June 28 and 29, 2023
Hybrid.
Prevention Conference
September 13 and 14, 2023
In-person in the Wisconsin Dells.
Drop off any unused medications at a collection site near you.
October 29, 2022
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Check out our video archive to find a session you might have missed.
You can also go back to the training session webpage to find other resources, slides and handouts.
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Click here below to see all the upcoming trainings and events across topics. |
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Have a training interest? Looking for technical assistance? Simply fill out this online form with what you are seeking and we will follow up to further explore your needs. |
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Reading recommendations to further your understanding and develop new ideas in your field.
Books:
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American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It by Ryan Hampton
Articles:
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We do this in partnership with the Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery within the Wisconsin Department of Health Service's Division of Care and Treatment Services, UW-Milwaukee, and our network of training providers. |
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