Training
Training and Addiction Education Unit
The Training & Addiction Education Services Unit provides education and training opportunities for substance abuse professionals, government agencies, private businesses, medical and judicial professionals and the general public.
Besides providing training, TAESU provides Vermont practitioners with information on state and national trainings and conferences through electronic e-mail announcements, sponsors an annual Substance Abuse Conference, manages the division’s training contractor (Vermont Consortium of Addiction Training) and coordinates Vermont’s scholarships to the New England Institute of Addiction Studies summer schools.
NEIAS for Summer of 2012
Vermont Scholarship Application
TBD
The Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Programs and the Division of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention offers a limited number of scholarships to the schools, with priority given to people who have not received a scholarship in the prior two years.
Programming information, applications and scholarship process will be available at http://wp.neias.org/.
Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals (DITEP)
Although DITEP is not intended to qualify participants as Drug Recognition Experts (DREs), it is intended to make participants competent and confident in evaluating and documenting those individuals suspected of abusing drugs in the school setting.
Course Dates – To Be Announced
Click here for further information.
Volunteer Coordination
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the availability of Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers: A Guide for Faith and Community-Based Service Providers. The publication is a handbook designed for community groups and faith-based organizations seeking to maximize the skills of their volunteers, expand their services to the community, and enhance their effectiveness.
Information provided includes five chapters that outline five steps for implementing an effective volunteer program - planning, recruiting, training, managing and evaluating. Principals discussed can be applied to any field and should help organizations developing a volunteer program.
Copies can be obtained, free of charge, from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) by calling 1-800-729-6686 or electronically at www.samhsa.gov.