IIAR 2013 Workshops

Family Meeting Approach Intervention Training

Phil Scherer, CAADC, PCGC, MISA II, BRI II

Thursday, June 20; Friday, June 21; Saturday, June 22 (on the campus of Proctor Hospital)

Registration begins at 8:15am; Training begins at 8:30am-4:30pm

Refreshments provided, lunch on your own

Workshop costs $500.00

21 CEU’s (must attend all days)

This workshop will:

• Describe the underlying philosophy and principles of the Family Meeting Approach to Intervention and how to utilize this approach to assist families in addressing issues related to Addiction and other problems impacting upon the family system
• Review the Johnson, Systemic and the ARISE Models of Family Interventions
• Increase familiarity for coaching “Concerned Other” through the process of developing a support system in order to facilitate the Intervention
• Provide practical information in order to implement Intervention techniques within a clinician’s practice
• Educate participants on becoming certified as an Interventionist
• Address how to determine what Intervention approach or Model to use
• Learn how to assess for “Safety Issues”
• Provide Intervention techniques to address Process Addictions, such as gambling, food, sex, Internet, compulsive shopping/spending

Didactic lecture, video case vignettes, role-plays, and interactive group discussion will be utilized to facilitate the learning process.

About the speaker:

Phil Scherer is the Director for the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery. Mr. Scherer is certified through the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association at the supervisor level. Mr. Scherer is a certified Problem and Compulsive Gambling Counselor as well as a Mental Illness and Substance Abuse II professional. Mr. Scherer is also certified through the American Compulsive Gambling Counselor Certification Board and the National Council on Problem Gambling as a counselor of problem gamblers. Mr. Scherer is a trained Board-Registered interventionist and a member of the Association of Intervention Specialists.

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To register, download forms below or call: 1-800-522-3784