Submission Deadline is January 15, 2010.

	Call for Presentations Brochure [PDF]
	Welcome Letter from Conference Chair - Ira J. Marion, MA

We are requesting applications that will:

	Address the issues and challenges of opioid treatment
	Provide information on how to develop and/or enhance the skills of practitioners providing treatment
	Contribute to the adoption of evidence-based principles and practices within opioid treatment

Conference Objectives:

	To identify and provide new information of critical importance to the field
	To examine and evaluate the implications of new information for clinicians, administrators and policy makers
	To demonstrate techniques for improving clinical and program administration

Suggested Workshop Topics:
The Workshop Committee Chair Letter

	Dealing with stimulant abuse within OTPs
	Developing patient centered treatment practices
	How to make Motivational Incentives effective and sustainable in OTPs
	Improving treatment retention using empirically validated interventions
	Incorporating buprenorphine in OTPs
	Risk Management in OTPs
	Treatment issues for special populations, including gay and lesbian, hearing impaired and aging
	Using agency data for program evaluation and improvement
	Using TIP 43 to Improve Treatment
	What works in providing medication assisted treatment in Drug Courts

Workshop presentations are 90 minutes in length. Workshop presentations may not include more than three speakers. In some instances, the Workshop Committee may suggest combining presentations similar in content into one workshop.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING A PRESENTATION

• All submissions MUST be submitted using the parameters specified. Include all appropriate corresponding attachments and handouts. Materials must be good quality for duplication; fax copies are not acceptable.
  This information is requested for inclusion in continuing education applications
  
  
• The following items must be completed ONLINE (www.aatod.org) for all submissions:
  
  
• Completed Call for Presentations Submission form
  
• Recent CV for each Presenter listed (Note: The CV must include your highest earned degree, the institution awarding the degree, and the year the degree was awarded in the area of specialization)
  
• Completed Author's Agreement
• Accereditation Form
  
• A short bibliography for the entire workshop and reference list
  
  
• Deadline for receipt of Call for Presentations is
  January 15, 2010.
  There are NO exceptions to this deadline date.