IAAOC Award Nominations
Nominate your outstanding, fellow colleagues, peers, professionals, or
programs for an award at our 7th Annual Awards Ceremony which will be held
at the IAAOC Breakfast at the 2010 ACA Annual Convention in .
Information related to each award is described below. All nominees and
nominators must be IAAOC members. Self-nominations will be accepted.

ADDICTIONS/OFFENDER EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE AWARD IAAOC wishes to acknowledge an
individual who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the field of
addictions/offender issues through teaching. This individual should
exemplify outstanding teaching in the area of addictions/offender issues and
have a demonstrated commitment to the education of professional counselors.

OUTSTANDING ADDICTIONS/OFFENDER PROFESSIONAL AWARD  IAAOC wishes to
acknowledge an individual who has added to the field of addictions/offender
issues through excellent professional service. This individual should
exemplify professionalism within the field that lends itself directly to
furthering an understanding of addictions/offender issues within the
counseling community.

OUTSTANDING PROGRAM AWARD
IAAOC wishes to acknowledge a graduate program of study that has
demonstrated a commitment to training professionals for working within the
field of addictions/offender issues and should exemplify "cutting edge"
training leading to the placement of professionals in positions within the
field.

Nominations for each of the above awards must include:

  Letter of nomination (including the award title, rationale for nomination,
  nominee's ACA membership #, and a statement indicating that the nominee
and
  primary nominator are IAAOC members in good standing)
  A maximum of 3 letters of support
  A copy of the nominee's vita (in case of a  program being nominated, an
  overview of the program or program description not to exceed 5 pages, and
vita of core addictions/offender faculty serving on the faculty are required).

All nominations must be received by March 6, 2010 and should be sent to:

EJ Essic
IAAOC president, 2009-2010

Thank you for your dedication to the profession, continued support and nominations!