NCPG 24th National Conference on Problem Gambling (2010)
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Advocacy and Recovery: A Roundtable Discussion
Program Code:
12B-2
Date:
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Time:
2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
EST
SPEAKER
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Jim Wuelfing,
CPP-R, NRPP,
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
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Jim Wuelfing, CPP-R, NRPP, is the Director of Prevention for the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling where he directs the prevention of problem gambling program statewide. He also owns the New England Center, a company dedicated to quality training and technical assistance services. Jim has many specialties including problem gambling prevention, cultural competency, community organizing, spiritual growth, strategic planning, curriculum development and recovery coaching. Jim is a faculty member of the New England School of Alcohol Studies and the New England School of Prevention Studies. Jim is an on-line faculty member for the Addictions Technology Transfer Center of New England at Brown University.
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Keith Whyte is the Executive Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, the national advocate for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families. Keith has been involved in gaming and problem gambling issues for more than fourteen years, and has over nineteen years of public policy experience at the national level. He has written extensively and frequently comments on gaming-related issues in media worldwide.
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Marlene D. Warner, MA has worked in nonprofit organizations for nearly a decade. She joined the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling in 2001 as the Program Director. Since that time, Ms. Warner has developed programs for and trained thousands of professionals in the substance abuse, mental health, corrections, senior services and financial services fields across the Commonwealth. In addition, she has presented at national and international conferences on the topic of disordered gambling.
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Description
This Roundtable Discussion is designed to raise the issue of advocating for problem gambling services by using people in recovery from gambling addiction. Panel speakers will address current advocacy efforts on both the national and state level, other national advocacy recovery efforts (such as Faces and Voices of Recovery), components of successful advocacy and sample guidelines that address ethical considerations. Following the presentations, a facilitated discussion will address these issues among all participants as well as what steps and direction the field might need to take to be more successful in recovery advocacy. Notes will be taken to be available for future use.