The International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors is an organization of professional counselors and other interested individuals who work in the addictions or forensic / criminal justice fields and advocate for the appropriate treatment for such client populations.
IAAOC is a division of the
American Counsleing Association
Announcements
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IAAOC Sponsored Conference - this September in NYC
United in Purpose: Counseling and Social Work Perspectives on Clinical Practice and Training Issues in Addictions and Offender Counseling
An Interdisciplinary and Free IAAOC Sponsored Conference
September 15-16, 2012
Fordham University
Lincoln Center Campus
New York City
IAAOC, in conjunction with the Be the Evidence Social Work Project at Fordham University, is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary conference on addiction issues. This is a FREE conference for IAAOC members and will provide a valuable forum for counselors and social workers to share best practices ideas in the area of addiction work. Specifically, presentations and posters are being solicited in the following areas:
Graduate Education and Training In the Area of Addictions & Offender Counseling
Multicultural, Religious, And Spiritual Issues
Therapeutic Best Practices In Addictions & Offender Counseling
Graduate Student Poster Session
Learn more from the Conference website
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2012 IAAOC Award Winners
Congratulations to the award winners!
Awards presented during the IAAOC Breakfast during the ACA annual conference in San Francisco, CA
Addictions/Offender Education Excellence Award
Larry Ashley
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Outstanding Addictions/Offender Professional Award:
Onaje Salim
Argosy University - Atlanta
Research Grant Award:
Edward Wahesh
Univesity of North Carolina at Greensboro
Student Scholarships:
LaShauna Dean, Old Dominion University
Rachel Parkins, Rider University
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IAAOC has Gone Green with the Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling
One of the benefits of your IAAOC membership, the Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling (JAOC), will be available in electronic form!
Following the lead of ACA, and in line with the movement of some other ACA divisions, IAAOC is taking part in a Wiley agreement which will allow our journal to be accessed in electronic form. All IAAOC members will have access to the journal online.
However, we need to notify all of our IAAOC members of additional costs, should you choose to still receive print journals. As of January 2012, when you renew your IAAOC membership, you will be billed an additional fee of $25 (per year) if you choose to also receive print versions of JAOC. While all IAAOC members will receive electronic versions of JAOC at no additional cost, those who also elect to receive print versions of JAOC will need to pay a fee of $25 per year.
In order to access your online issues of JAOC, ACA is in the process of setting up a "new journals" page on the ACA website. You will log onto your account at the ACA website, go to this webpage, and gain access to online versions of JAOC. You also will be able to set up notifications on the Wiley site, so that you will be emailed when a new JAOC issue is available online.
In addition, if you have already renewed your IAAOC membership and would like to only receive electronic JAOC issues, please contact ACA as soon as possible!
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Elections results for 2012 - 2013 IAAOC Officers
Congratulations!
Dr. Keith Morgen was elected to be our next President-Elect,
and
Dr. Laura Veach, was elected as Secretary
We look forward to their leadership and continued involvement !
Thank you to all who ran for office.... and to those who voted !!
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Program Guide for IAAOC-Related Presentations at ACA Conference
Dr. Susan Furr, our Newsletter editor, has created a very thorough guide for IAAOC-related presentations and posters at the ACA Conference.
If you're attending the conference in San Francisco, you may want to print out this useful resource.
The Newsletter is available on the Publications > Newletter page
