SAVE-THE-DATE
The Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program Office (SAMH) in conjunction with the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA) would like to invite you to a FREE training. Approximately 5.5 CEUs are available at no cost.
TITLE: Communicable Disease Control in Substance Abusing Populations
PRESENTERS: Philip O. Toal, Ed.D., LMHC, CET
Sr. Vice-President, Residential Services, ASPIRE Health Partners
Karen Farrell, RN, BSN, RM
Executive Community Nursing Services Director
Bureau of Communicable Disease, TB Control Section, Florida Department of Health
DATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2015
9:00 am – 4:00 pm, EST
LOCATION: Hyatt Place Lake Mary/Orlando-North
1255 S International Parkway
Lake Mary, FL 32746
407-995-5555
Call and mention “FADAA” to get a rate of $105.00 per night plus tax. The workshop will be held in the Oakmonte/Palm meeting rooms.
REGISTRATION: To register for the workshop, please click on this link http://www.fadaa.org/workshopInformation.php?id=76 or copy and paste into your browser.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This workshop is designed for substance abuse and mental health providers who are interested in learning more about tuberculosis (TB) services and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) early intervention services related to the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant.
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: A communicable disease is an illness caused by a specific infectious agent or its toxic products. It arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected person, animal, or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly. Using drugs is an important risk factor for communicable diseases because drug use is associated with risk behaviors such as sharing contaminated needles and other drug paraphernalia, and unsafe sexual practices. Because of this, communicable diseases are common among drug users. Throughout the past decade, drug use and the frequency of communicable diseases among this population have escalated. Individuals who are dependent on drugs are represented disproportionately in the population with HIV and AIDS; tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; syphilis; and hepatitis B and C. The AIDS epidemic and the resurgence of tuberculosis have magnified the need for the prompt recognition and treatment of these and other communicable diseases. Because patients who enter drug treatment programs are at risk of having one or more of these diseases, the federal government has determined that it is a priority to provide services related to TB and HIV. The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant requires the provision of TB services and HIV early intervention services. This workshop will discuss: 1) Prevalence, causes and symptoms of TB and HIV; 2) Universal precautions for TB and HIV; 3) Best practices in TB services and HIV early intervention services; and 4) Florida TB and HIV requirements.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Philip O. Toal graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology. He earned his doctorate in Clinical Sexology from The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. He is a Florida State Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has worked in the area of behavioral health care and substance abuse for over 35 years. Dr. Toal’s work has included stress management, pain management and biofeedback, behavioral medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, depression, HIV/AIDS; sex therapy and substance abuse. He helped to develop and conduct stress management for an inpatient cardiac unit. His work using relaxation and imagery with AIDS patients has been widely recognized. Dr. Toal has presented at several international behavioral medicine conferences and has contributed chapters to two books for professionals. He has worked with the Central Florida AIDS community since 1985. He is an adjunct Professor at Valencia College in the areas of Sex Therapy and Substance Abuse Disorders. Dr. Toal is the Senior Vice-President of Residential Services for Aspire Health Partners the largest Behavioral Health Care Provider in Florida. He is currently a member of the Florida Bureau of HIV and AIDS Prevention Planning Group as well as the chair of the Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council with the Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health office.
Karen Farrell RN, BSN, RM, is the Executive Community Services Nursing Director for the Bureau of Communicable Diseases, TB Control Section in the Florida Department of Health. Ms. Farrell, has been employed by the State of Florida working in Tuberculosis since 1994. Prior to this current appointment Ms. Farrell, was the Executive Nursing Director at A.G. Holley State Tuberculosis Hospital in Lantana, Florida, until its closure in 2012. She served as a Registered Nurse Consultant for the TB Control Section from 2012-2014. Ms. Farrell, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is currently working on her Master of Science degree in Nursing Education. Ms. Farrell has co-authored many TB articles and abstracts over the years, in addition to participation in review and rewriting of the AIDS Education and Training Center’s recommendations for Treatment of TB in HIV patients. She has served as an adjunct faculty and previously as the Education and Training Coordinator for the Southeastern National TB Center, University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida.
CEUs: 5.5 Continuing Education Units/Contact Hours are provided for this event
Florida Certification Board Provider #A-001, Exp. Date 12/31/2015
Florida Board of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #50-676, Exp. Date 3/31/2017
Florida Board of Nursing Provider #50-676, Exp. Date 10/31/2016
This product is supported by Florida Department of Children and Families
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program Office funding
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