OUR MISSION
The Continuing Education Consortium
promotes learning about addictive diseases and recovery.
OUR VALUES
The Continuing Education Consortium ...
- Provides low cost continuing education for counselors,
other healthcare professionals, and students.
- Promotes learning and public awareness in our communities
about addictive diseases, treatment and recovery.
- Improves the skills of local chemical dependency professionals.
- Maintains membership representative of a continuum of
treatment provider and related organizations.
- Values cultural diversity.
- Addresses current and culturally relevant material.
- Increases the visibility of and cooperation between
member organizations.
- Affords the opportunity to showcase local experts.
OUR HISTORY
The Continuing Education Consortium
was started in February of 2001. Ron Vanevenhoven, Director of the
Alcohol and Drug Studies program at Glendale Community College,
brought together a committee of people from various treatment modalities
in the San Gabriel Valley. His vision was to provide quality, low-cost
continuing education to professionals in the field of chemical dependency.
This group of dedicated professionals formed the Consortium. The
founders and their representative agencies included:
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Jim O'Connell |
Social
Model Recovery Services, Inc. |
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Merna Leisure |
Grandview
Foundation |
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Patrick Martin |
Las Encinas
Hospital |
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Marion Price |
LifeChanges
Counseling Center |
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Scott Robertson |
Glendale
Adventist Alcohol and Drug Services, GAMC |
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Patricia A. Sanora |
LifeChanges
Counseling Center |
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Barbara Teller |
Pasadena
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence |
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Ron Vanevenhoven |
Glendale
Community College Alcohol and Drug Studies Department |
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Jennifer Workman |
Bishop
Gooden Home (Now, The Gooden Center) |
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Don Vena |
LifeChanges
Counseling Center |
Issues confronting this group in those months included
establishing its name, and logo branding. The topic as to exactly
what is a “low cost” workshop was discussed thoroughly, with emphasis
on a lower rate for students. Agencies divided up the responsibility
of procuring provider numbers for CEU’s. The Mission Statement of
the consortium and what membership requirements was established.
Early workshops included:
... A one-day workshop titled, "Medication Misuse/Abuse
and Alcoholism in Seniors." This was sponsored by the PCADD
and the presenter was Max Schneider MD.
... An adolescent focus with a workshop entitled
"Kids are Different," sponsored by Social Model Recovery Systems,
Inc., presented by Patty Ochoa.
... A Relapse Prevention Workshop co-sponsored by
Glendale Community College and Grandview Foundation presented by
Steve Grinstead, from Gorski's CENAPS Corporation.
Since 2001, four workshops were sponsored per year
by the Consortium, all hosted by Glendale Adventist Hospital in
their main auditorium. This year the Consortium expanded to five
workshops throughout the year. Ethics, spirituality, sexual addiction,
pain management, stress reduction, anger management, and dual disorders
are some of the topics that have been covered over the years. Other
agencies have been added to the masthead as dues-paying members.
A GLIMPSE INTO OUR FUTURE. . .
The CEC plans to continue to review its procedures
and improve its presentations. We are in the process of streamlining
the preparation of fliers and registrations. Discussions have been
held about having a small conference in 2006. We now have a yearly
mini-retreat to plan the calendar for the following year and host
a holiday luncheon for members. We welcome input and ideas and are
open to suggestions on our post-tests provided at each workshop.
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