The ATTC/NIATx Service Improvement Blog - Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network

Northwest ATTC & Tri-County Behavioral Health Providers Association Motivational Interviewing Teaching & Coaching Collaborative

Published: 03/27/2019

March 27, 2019 Meg Brunner, MLIS Northwest ATTC Motivational interviewing (MI) is the number one training request the Northwest ATTC receives from our region. Providers are embracing this evidence-based practice and, at the same time, are also struggling to access training and on-going coaching to promote staff proficiency. The challenge leaders report is: how do […]

Improving Substance Use Prevention and Treatment: International Efforts

Published: 03/19/2019

March 20, 2019 Kim Johnson Executive Director ICUDDR Did you know that there is an international effort to improve the quality of substance use prevention and treatment through workforce and infrastructure development? The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) supports a series of efforts in developing countries to do […]

The Healing of the Canoe: Community Pulling Together

Published: 03/14/2019

March 14, 2019 Meg Brunner, MLIS Northwest ATTC The Healing of the Canoe began as a collaborative project between the Suquamish Tribe, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, and the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute at the University of Washington, now the home of the Northwest ATTC. Suquamish and Port Gamble S’Klallam identified the prevention of […]

Medication-Assisted Treatment: Promoting Tools for Successful Recovery

Published: 02/22/2019

February 25, 2019 Pat Stilen, MSW Co-Director, Mid-America ATTC Kansas City, home to the Mid-America ATTC at the University of Missouri Kansas City A decade ago, few people knew about the array of medications available to support persons in recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). In the judicial and corrections arenas, if persons coming into jails […]

Scott County, IN: Where It's Cool to Be In Recovery

Published: 01/17/2019

February 4, 2019 Maureen Fitzgerald Great Lakes ATTC In spring 2015, the HIV outbreak caused by injection drug use in rural Scott County, Indiana, made headlines around the world. More than 200 cases were confirmed in the town of Austin, affecting one-fifth of its population of 4,200. This rural county faced multiple challenges in addressing […]

Central East ATTC: Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Title X Family Planning Settings

Published: 01/15/2019

January 15, 2019 Shelly Miller Consultant, Central East ATTC Subject Matter Expert, Family Planning Over the past year, the Central East ATTC collaborated with the Region III, Title X Family Planning Program to integrate the SBIRT model for early intervention and treatment services for substance use disorder within reproductive health care centers. The goal is […]

Pacific Southwest ATTC Launches 3-Year Implementation and Process Improvement Technical Assistance Capacity Initiative

Published: 01/07/2019

January 8, 2019 Michael S. Shafer, Ph.D. Pacific Southwest ATTC Facilitating patient change is a core essential skill of effective behavioral health care. Facilitating organizational change is a core essential element of implementing evidence-based practices and other practice improvement strategies designed to promote patient change. Beginning January 22-24, 2019, and continuing over the course of […]

New England ATTC: Leadership Development Program

Published: 12/19/2018

December 19, 2018 New England ATTC By 2024, 1 in 4 members of the United States workforce will be 55 years or older, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. This is more than double the rate in 1994, when workers over 55 only accounted for 12% of the workforce. In the short-term, organizations often […]

Building Healthy Native Communities: National American Indian & Alaska Native ATTC

Published: 12/10/2018

December 11, 2018 Jeff Ledolter & Anne Helene Skinstad National American Indian & Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center On November 14, 2018, the National American Indian & Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTC) gathered at the University of Iowa’s College of […]

Building a Science of Recovery: The Pinnacle ATTC Achievement?

Published: 11/05/2018

November 6, 2018 Mike Flaherty, PhD Founder, Institute for Research, Education, and Training in the Addictions Former Director, Northeast ATTC In 25 years of service to our nation, providers, and the public, the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) has achieved many accomplishments capable of being referred to as its “pinnacle” achievement. Indeed, reaching 25 […]

Help people with opioid use disorders with ATTC Network Educational Packages: TwitterChat on Oct.30!

Published: 10/26/2018

October 29, 2018 What do you need to know to help people with opioid use disorders? Finding the answer to that question is now easier with the ATTC Educational Packages for Opioid Use Disorders. Each digital guide offers information and links to the latest resources on how to: Prevent opioid misuse Intervene with individuals at […]

We All Know Someone: Northwest ATTC Co-Sponsors Recovery Month Event: Solution to Addiction

Published: 10/11/2018

October 11, 2018 Meg Brunner, MLIS Northwest ATTC On September 26, 2018, the Northwest ATTC in conjunction with the Skagit County Public Health Department and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, co-sponsored a community-based Recovery Month event in Skagit County called “Solution to Addiction: Know the Facts. Join the Conversation. Be Part of the Solution.” The event, […]

Recovery Month 2018: A Roundup of Resources from the ATTC Regional Centers

Published: 09/13/2018

September 17, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network /NIATx Recovery Month celebrates the message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover. ATTC Regional Centers across the U.S. are helping to spread that message through presentations, publications, conferences, and by supporting local and regional Recovery Month […]

Joining the Voices of Recovery: Joseph Green Inspires Through Spoken Word

Published: 08/21/2018

August 24, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIATx Joining the voices of recovery this September—and all year long— is spoken word artist Joseph Green. Green is a motivational speaker, educational consultant, poet, and former Director of Youth Programs at Split This Rock, a Washington D.C. based organization that harnesses the power of poetry for […]

Drug Contamination Crisis: Connecticut and Beyond

Published: 08/17/2018

August 21, 2018 Tonya Tavares and the New England ATTC (HHS Region 1) New Haven, Connecticut, recently faced a rash of overdoses linked to a suspected fentanyl-contaminated supply of K2, a synthetic marijuana also known as Spice. Taken alone, the effects of K2 can be unpredictable and even life-threatening. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is […]

Addiction Docs On Call: Wisconsin Warmline Answers Doctors' Questions About SUD Treatment

Published: 08/15/2018

August 15, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network/NIATx Say you're a primary care doctor in northern Wisconsin treating a patient with alcohol use disorder who is also using methamphetamine. Your med school training may not have covered substance use disorder treatment in depth, and you're not sure of the best treatment and prevention options for your […]

Community Resilience: Recovering Together

Published: 07/26/2018

July 30, 2018 Caroline Miller, MSW Director, Wisconsin Voices for Recovery Associate Researcher, UW-Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Rally for Recovery, State Capitol, Madison WI, September 2017 Wisconsin Voices for Recovery is actively building community resilience through its events and programming across the state. Two initiatives in particular, the ED2Recovery program and […]

Opioid Treatment and Recovery News Roundup

Published: 07/12/2018

July 12, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network/NIATx Have you been taking a summer break from the news? Get caught up with five recent news and research headlines, plus a great new Road to Recovery TV episode from SAMHSA: 1. Expanding primary care buprenorphine treatment could curb opioid overdose crisis Science Daily Research published by Drs. Sarah Wakeman and […]

How to Become a Best Place to Work for 10 Years in a Row

Published: 06/12/2018

June 19, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network/NIATx Horizon Health Services began in 1975 with a single location in Buffalo, NY. Today, the agency has more than 600 employees providing a full continuum of services at more than 20 locations in three counties. At Horizon, staff satisfaction and growth are at the heart of workforce development. […]

Help for the Opioid Crisis: STR-Technical Assistance Available to States and Territories

Published: 06/05/2018

June 5, 2018 Swan Capris STR-TA Project Manager www.AAAP.org The State Targeted Response Technical Assistance (STR-TA) Consortium website (www.getSTR-TA.org) and technical assistance (TA) portal is now live and ready to support efforts to address opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery across the country. On February 1, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]

GetNaloxoneNow: Everything You Need to Know to Save a Life

Published: 05/30/2018

May 30, 2018 Earlier this year, Dr. Jerome Adams, the Surgeon General of the United States, issued the following advisory on naloxone and opioid overdose: I, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, VADM Jerome Adams, am emphasizing the importance of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. For Patient currently taking high doses of opioids […]

5 Things Dr. Dennis McCarty Wants You to Know About Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder

Published: 05/21/2018

May 22, 2018 Veronica Wang Great Lakes ATTC Dr. Dennis McCarty covered a lot of information in the webinar on April 3, Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: An Overview. The webinar began with a brief history of federal drug policy in the U.S. and medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder, and ended with […]

10 Things to Know About Hepatitis

Published: 05/10/2018

Maureen Fitzerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIATx May 14, 2018 1. May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. One of the most important things to know is that many (millions) may be infected without knowing it. And people who use drugs and alcohol are at greater risk of getting and transmitting viral hepatitis. With Hepatitis Testing Day coming […]

Surgeon General's Report: An Essential Tool for Addressing Substance Use Disorders

Published: 03/30/2018

April 2, 2018H. Westley Clark MD, JD, MPH, DFASAMDean's Executive ProfessorPublic Health ProgramSanta Clara University I spent 16 years as the Director of the Center for SubstanceAbuse Treatment trying to elevate the discourse about substance use, misuse and dependence. It was not until I retired, that the discourse about addiction was joined by the Office of […]

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