Helping Recovering People Eliminate Self Defeating Behaviors

Posted by Gaudenzia on April 13, 2015

GAUDENZIA WORKFORCE ACADEMY TRAINING INSTITUTE
PRESENTS
A Professional Development Seminar

Featuring
ROBERT J. ACKERMAN, PH.D.

Presenting
“Helping Recovering People Eliminate Self Defeating Behaviors”
&
“Using a Strength Based Model for Treatment & Recovery”

Friday, May 29, 2015
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Hilton Philadelphia
City Avenue
4200 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131

ROBERT J. ACKERMAN, PH.D.
Dr. Robert J. Ackerman is Profess Emeritus from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the previous Director of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute. He is co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. Currently, he is the Editor of Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals. As an author he has published numerous articles and research findings and is best known for writing the first book in the United States on children of alcoholics. Twelve books later, many television appearances, and countless speaking engagements he has become internationally known for his work with families and children of all ages. His books have been translated into thirteen languages. He has served on many advisory boards and has worked with the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, and the U.S. Department of Education. He served on the White House Task Force on Resiliency and At-Risk-Youth. He is the recipient of many awards including the Distinguished Alumni Awards from Western Michigan University, the University of Northern Colorado, and Louisiana State University, the 2006 Special Recognition Award from the U.S. Journal of Alcohol & Drug Dependnce, the 2008 Father Martin Appreciation Award and the 2014 Professor of the Year from the University of South Carolina, Beaufort. He is a veteran of numerous TV appearances and
his work has been featured on CNN Headline News, the New York Times, the Today Show, USA Today newspaper,
Newsweek Magazine, Oprah, and other social media.

Registration online is available at:
http://www.gaudenzia.org
Or contact:
Leroy Cureton
(610) 239-9600, ext. 237
Fax: (610) 239-9324
lcureton@gaudenzia.org

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED
A Special Thanks to our Sponsor the Claddagh Fund

GAUDENZIA WORKFORCE ACADEMY
A Pathway to Professional Excellence

Gaudenzia, Inc. was founded in 1968 with the mission of teaching chemically dependent individuals to lead a drug free life and educate the public about chemical dependency.

To further this goal, Gaudenzia has developed a training institute and opened it up to other treatment professionals and human service agencies. Thus, the goals of our training institute are:

• To share with the treatment community our knowledge and skills based on over 47 years of service;
• To enhance the services provided to the chemically dependent individual through on-going education for treatment providers;
• To assist Drug and Alcohol Treatment Professionals in obtaining state honored education and;
• To make a contribution towards upholding the standards of treatment, through the on-going education of treatment professionals.