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NASPA Alcohol, Other Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention Conference

January 17-19, 2013
The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas

Online Registration is now OPEN!
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program description & Learning Outcomes

Alcohol and other drug abuse continues to be a serious problem facing college students throughout the country. Research and assessment shows that many college students are still binge drinking, abusing drugs (both legal and illegal), and the effects the abuse on student learning, persistence and completion can be staggering.  

This year, the AOD conference has added Violence Prevention to it's topics as evidence-based violence prevention programs are also an important part of keeping our campuses save to ensure student success.  Campuses are not, by nature, violent places. Any act of violence is unacceptable in the very places our nation's students should expect the greatest peace and security in order to be successful in their academic pursuits.

Administrators must be proactive and establish infrastructures that will form a tight weave of policies and procedures which will provide less room for error and more accountability to the process.
 

•  What systems, policies, and procedures are in place to sharpen institutional decision-making and policy development? 

•  What do the data truly show? And how can quality assessment and reporting improve the misconceptions of the data?

•  How can student affairs administrators create injury and violence free living in our communities?

•  How does the college/university communication system inform and involve senior administration and legal advisors during alcohol and/or drug abuse-related incidents?

•  How do we ensure that alcohol and other drug abuse prevention efforts are integrated throughout the institution?

•  How is overall health and wellness integrated in campus policies and procedures?

This three-day conference will bring together senior-level campus administrators, alcohol education specialists, health promotion and prevention staff, and researchers from the alcohol and other drug arena to focus on advancing knowledge of student affairs educators and information-sharing about alcohol and other drug use on college and university campuses.

NASPA Mental Health Conference – Joint Conference

NASPA will hold the annual mental health conference at the same time as the alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence prevention event in the host hotel.  There will be joint keynotes and registrants may attend sessions held at the mental health conference with their alcohol conference registration fee.  Click here for information on the 2013 NASPA Mental Health Conference.

Continuing Education Units

National Board of Certified Counselors
	All of NASPA's professional development opportunities provide CEU credits from the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.  Forms and information will be provided at NASPA conferences.
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing,  Inc.
	The 2013 NASPA Alcohol, Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention Conference and the 2013 NASPA Mental Health Conference will provide CEU credits from the National Commission for Health Educations Credentialing, Inc. Forms and information will be provided at the conferences.