Malvern 2006 Abbey Hotel, Malvern. Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th April 2006
The X Factor: The Search For the Missing Ingredient in Alcohol Treatment
The 30th Anniversary Conference of the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group
Keynote Speaker: Professor Carlo DiClemente
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
In 2006 our 30th anniversary conference addresses the search for those elusive factors which make the difference in delivering successful interventions and help for people with alcohol problems. Acknowledging the importance of evidence based practice New Directions looks beyond the received and broadcast wisdom to identify how we can genuinely make a difference. This is an event designed to develop dialogue and address the needs of Commissioners, Managers, Practitioners and Researchers. We welcome new and returning members & delegates to NDSAG 2006 and will do our best to ensure a stimulating and enjoyable conference experience.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Thursday, April 14, 2005
NDSAG Conference 2005, Leicester
Information and link to the con ference programme will appear here.
Thursday, April 22, 2004
NDSAG Conference 2004
Venue: Celtic Royal HotelBangor StreetCaernarfonGwynedd, LL55 1AY
Date: Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th April 2004
Theme: PROJECTS MIS-MATCH?
The Clash between Drinking Cultures & Service Cultures.
How alcohol services can broaden their vision and look beyond
the drinker and the drinking for solutions to alcohol problems.
Families, drinking cultures and their significance for treatment.
The 28th annual New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group conference
2004 programme pdf
Date: Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th April 2004
Theme: PROJECTS MIS-MATCH?
The Clash between Drinking Cultures & Service Cultures.
How alcohol services can broaden their vision and look beyond
the drinker and the drinking for solutions to alcohol problems.
Families, drinking cultures and their significance for treatment.
The 28th annual New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group conference
2004 programme pdf
Thursday, April 10, 2003
NDSAG Conference 2003
Venue: The Place Strand Hotel The Strand London WC2
Date: Thursday 10th April - Sunday 13th April 2003
Theme: Beyond Brief Interventions
DELIVERING 21ST CENTURY ALCOHOL SERVICES
A Conference to inform the emerging National Alcohol Strategy
2003 programme pdf
Date: Thursday 10th April - Sunday 13th April 2003
Theme: Beyond Brief Interventions
DELIVERING 21ST CENTURY ALCOHOL SERVICES
A Conference to inform the emerging National Alcohol Strategy
2003 programme pdf
Thursday, April 11, 2002
NDSAG Conference 2002
Date: 11-14 April 2002
Venue: The Old Ship Hotel, Brighton
Theme: BOUNDARIES - Self, Client, Treatment, Profession.
A four day conference for workers in the alcohol field and associated professions .
Does the need to demonstrate outcomes affect the quality of the relationships with the client?
Why don't we go to the pub with our clients?
Should we break the rules, and what is 'therapist variable'?
Is 'safe' practice the best practice, and does it actualy work?
Can an ethical framework inform creative practice?
How do we work across proffesional boundaries and form partnerships that work?
Confirmed Speakers
Sue Baker
Doug Cameron
Robin Davidson
Francesca Inskipp
Bill Reading
Gillian Tober
Richard Vellerman
2002 programme pdf
Venue: The Old Ship Hotel, Brighton
Theme: BOUNDARIES - Self, Client, Treatment, Profession.
A four day conference for workers in the alcohol field and associated professions .
Does the need to demonstrate outcomes affect the quality of the relationships with the client?
Why don't we go to the pub with our clients?
Should we break the rules, and what is 'therapist variable'?
Is 'safe' practice the best practice, and does it actualy work?
Can an ethical framework inform creative practice?
How do we work across proffesional boundaries and form partnerships that work?
Confirmed Speakers
Sue Baker
Doug Cameron
Robin Davidson
Francesca Inskipp
Bill Reading
Gillian Tober
Richard Vellerman
2002 programme pdf
Thursday, April 05, 2001
NDSAG Conference 2001
Conference 2001 was the 25th NDSAG Conference. To mark this anniversary the conference returned to Dumfries, the location of the first ever NDSAG conference.
Alcohol Services in Denial
The Perils of Ignoring the Spiritual Dimensions of Our Work
Did you know that recent randomly controlled clinical trials have shown that prayer can enhance the outcome in a variety of physical conditions?
There is increasing evidence that religion/spirituality influences both alcohol consumption and treatment outcome. Yet in our assessment of clients we rarely, if ever, ask about their spirituality. This is an aspect of persons as important as their personality, which will have a major bearing on how the client will approach treatment, and view their responsibility for the problem and its resolution. Similarly we do not consider the role of our spirituality in making connection with others.
AA is the only organisation which explicitly take a spiritual model of alcohol problems. Most mainstream treatments either ignore or deny the relevance of spirituality.
Increasingly scientists are turning to these little researched areas and investigating them using traditional scientific methods. This conference will introduce participants to the main concepts in the field and to the research work going on both in the alcohol field and in counselling in general.
Keynote Speaker
Bill Miller
"Motivational Interviewing" and "Integrating Spirituality into Treatment"
University of New Mexico, USA
Alcohol Services in Denial
The Perils of Ignoring the Spiritual Dimensions of Our Work
Did you know that recent randomly controlled clinical trials have shown that prayer can enhance the outcome in a variety of physical conditions?
There is increasing evidence that religion/spirituality influences both alcohol consumption and treatment outcome. Yet in our assessment of clients we rarely, if ever, ask about their spirituality. This is an aspect of persons as important as their personality, which will have a major bearing on how the client will approach treatment, and view their responsibility for the problem and its resolution. Similarly we do not consider the role of our spirituality in making connection with others.
AA is the only organisation which explicitly take a spiritual model of alcohol problems. Most mainstream treatments either ignore or deny the relevance of spirituality.
Increasingly scientists are turning to these little researched areas and investigating them using traditional scientific methods. This conference will introduce participants to the main concepts in the field and to the research work going on both in the alcohol field and in counselling in general.
Keynote Speaker
Bill Miller
"Motivational Interviewing" and "Integrating Spirituality into Treatment"
University of New Mexico, USA
Saturday, April 01, 2000
NDSAG Conferences 1994 to 2000
Conference 2000
Topics covered included:
Risk Assessment
Care Pathways
Generic Workers: Specialist Assessors?
Treatment: is it an outdated concept?
The National Alcohol Strategy
Conference 1999
Topics covered included:
Alcohol in the Workplace
Operating in the Criminal Justice System
Control, Maintenance or Change
Standards for service provision and delivery
Conference 1998
Topics covered included:
Organisations under pressure
Learning Individuals - Learning Organisations. How We Learn What We Know
Influencing Alcohol Workers - How We Learn What We Learn
Dual Diagnosis; People With Multiple/Complex Problems
Women Drinkers; Drinkers from Ethnic Minority Communities
Practice Based Evidence
Conference 1997
Topics covered included:
How findings from research can improve effectiveness of services
What do we know about alcohol problems and delivering effective services and are we doing it?
What are the implications for management and training?
Conference 1996
Topics covered included:
The implications for specialist alcohol agencies of the cultural and structural change in the NHS and local authorities.
The impact of the move to GP fundholding on strategic purchase and provision of alcohol services.
The effects of problem drinking on family members
Conference 1995
Topics covered included:
Latest developments in the Minnesota mdoel
The management of alcohol problems in primary care.
Debate: "People drink alcohol because they want to".
Conference 1994
Topics covered included:
Why does the disease concept of alcoholism endure in the public eye?
What is the value-base of our work?
How do we want soap-operas to portray drink problems?
The ideological offensive.
Topics covered included:
Risk Assessment
Care Pathways
Generic Workers: Specialist Assessors?
Treatment: is it an outdated concept?
The National Alcohol Strategy
Conference 1999
Topics covered included:
Alcohol in the Workplace
Operating in the Criminal Justice System
Control, Maintenance or Change
Standards for service provision and delivery
Conference 1998
Topics covered included:
Organisations under pressure
Learning Individuals - Learning Organisations. How We Learn What We Know
Influencing Alcohol Workers - How We Learn What We Learn
Dual Diagnosis; People With Multiple/Complex Problems
Women Drinkers; Drinkers from Ethnic Minority Communities
Practice Based Evidence
Conference 1997
Topics covered included:
How findings from research can improve effectiveness of services
What do we know about alcohol problems and delivering effective services and are we doing it?
What are the implications for management and training?
Conference 1996
Topics covered included:
The implications for specialist alcohol agencies of the cultural and structural change in the NHS and local authorities.
The impact of the move to GP fundholding on strategic purchase and provision of alcohol services.
The effects of problem drinking on family members
Conference 1995
Topics covered included:
Latest developments in the Minnesota mdoel
The management of alcohol problems in primary care.
Debate: "People drink alcohol because they want to".
Conference 1994
Topics covered included:
Why does the disease concept of alcoholism endure in the public eye?
What is the value-base of our work?
How do we want soap-operas to portray drink problems?
The ideological offensive.
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