About the Dawn Farm Education Series
The Dawn Farm Education Series is a FREE, annual workshop series developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current information about chemical dependency, recovery, family and related issues; and to dispel the myths, misinformation, secrecy, shame and stigma that prevent chemically dependent individuals and their families from getting help and getting well. All Education Series programs are free, and all are open to anyone interested in attending. The 2011/2012 series marks the TWENTY-FIRST year of Dawn Farm providing this educational resource for our community!
The 2011/2012 Education Series includes NEW programs in addition to revisiting previous favorites, and has both veteran and new presenters! Descriptions of the Education Series programs, with slides, links to slidecasts, handouts, suggestions for related reading, are posted below. A flier is posted here. Slidecasts of several of the programs are posted here.
All programs are free. Anyone with a personal or professional interest in the topic is welcome! The Education Series is designed to help people with alcoholism or other drug addictions to achieve, maintain and strengthen their recovery; assist family members and friends to understand and support recovery in people they care about as well as maintain their own health and well-being; aid professionals and students in various disciplines to work effectively with people with addictions and their families and support their recovery process; and contribute to a community culture supportive of recovery.
Dates and times: The 2011/2012 series will kick-off on Tuesday September 20, 2011 and will continue through June 26, 2012. Programs will generally be held on the last two or three Tuesday evenings of each month. (There will be no presentations in December 2011.) Times: All programs are scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm and end at 9:00 pm. People are welcome to come a little early and/or stay a little late to browse through materials on our information table and talk with the presenter(s) and the Education Series coordinator.
Registration and CE: No registration is required. Each program provides 1.5 hours of FREE CE approved by the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP.) Approved CE credit for other disciplines is not provided; however some disciplines accept attendance at this program for CE purposes. If you would like to determine whether attendance at Education Series programs is accepted for CE by your discipline, please check with the governing or licensing body of your discipline. A certificate to document attendance for CE or other purposes is provided on request at the end of each program.
Contacts for more information: Please contact Dawn Farm at 734/485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org. The Education Series is coordinated by Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC.
2011/2012 Schedule
September 20, 2011- Addiction 101
September 27, 2011 – Intervention!
October 18, 2011 – Transformation of the Culture of Recovery in America
October 25, 2011 – Chemical Dependency and the Family
November 15, 2011 – The Doctor’s Opinion on Alcoholism
November 22, 2011 – Alcoholics Anonymous: A Panel Discussion
November 29, 2011 - Al-Anon: A Panel Discussion
January 17, 2012 – Recovery is everywhere
January 24, 2012 – Spirituality and Recovery From Addiction
January 31, 2012 – Trauma and Chemical Use and Addiction
February 21, 2012 – The Physiology of Addiction
February 28, 2012 – Grief and Loss in Addiction and Recovery
March 20, 2011 – In the Doctor’s Office: Recovery Friend or Foe?
March 27, 2012 – Relapse Prevention
April 17, 2012 – The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse
April 24, 2012 – Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction
May 15, 2012 – How to Support Recovery and Not Support Addiction
May 22, 2012 – Psychiatric Disorders in Chemically Dependent Individuals: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations
May 29, 2012 – A History of Alcoholics Anonymous
June 19, 2012 – Tobacco Cessation and Addiction Recovery
June 26, 2012 – Eating Disorders
Directions
The Dawn Farm Education Series programs are presented at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center, located at 5305 Elliott Drive in Ypsilanti, Michigan. All programs will be presented in the auditorium on the ground level. There will be signs placed at key points in the building, directing you to the location.
Directions to the Education Center Auditorium
The hospital campus is circled by Elliott Drive (south side) and McAuley Drive (north side.) All streets leading to the hospital campus connect with either Elliott Drive or McAuley Drive. If you enter the campus area on McAuley Drive, follow it around to Elliott Drive. Follow Elliott Drive to the Education Center building at 5305 Elliott Drive (between the Emergency Room and the Family Birthing Center.) There are signs in front of each parking area that identify what building(s) can be accessed from the parking area. We suggest parking in parking area P and entering the Education Center through the front entrance of the 5305 Elliott Drive building. Go towards the elevators on the left, then go straight down the hallway ahead. Turn left at the first hallway on the left; go through the double doors and proceed down this hall to the auditorium.
Maps to the Education Center
There are several ways to get to the Education Center from major highways and surrounding areas.
The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital web site provides a map with an overview of routes to the Education Center. It also provides a link to MapQuest, where you can access driving directions from your area. PLEASE NOTE: the maps lead you to the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital campus, at 5301 McAuley Drive. It is best to enter through the EDUCATION CENTER building located at 5305 Elliott Drive, as described above. (All buildings on the hospital campus inter-connect, but it may require a long walk and be difficult to find the Education Center from the other buildings.)
