AMERSA Webinars

State-Level Recovery Advocacy 101

A crash course in legislative advocacy for substance use disorder at the state level. This training covers the process of how a bill becomes law, tips for delivering effective public testimony, and essential strategies for supporting recovery communities nationwide.

This webinar was hosted by the AMERSA Advocacy Committee and presented by Courtney Gary-Allen and Tess Parks of Maine Recovery Advocacy Project.

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The ADA and its Applications for People with Substance Use Disorder-Advocacy Tools for Common Clinical Scenarios Encountered by Clinicians

Clinicians frequently care for patients with substance use disorder (SUD), but, unfortunately, this task can be complicated by barriers to care. The Department of Justice has identified SUD as a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and therefore discrimination against a patient based on a diagnosis of SUD violates the ADA.

This webinar was hosted by the AMERSA Advocacy Committee and presented by Anna-Maria South, MD and Rebekah Joab.

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Transitional Age Youth and Substance Use Webinar Series

AMERSA partnered with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) and NORC at the University of Chicago to bring a series of virtual events and recorded webinars examining special topics for working with adolescents and transitional age youth that relate to substance use and mental health conditions.

The goal of this series was to provide evidence-based and cutting-edge information on substance use prevention and intervention to an interprofessional audience of behavioral health practitioners for working with adolescents and transitional age youth (18 – 25).

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