Greetings from Dr. Trevor Buser

2011-2012 IAAOC President

Thank you for your interest in the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC). In addition to providing a central hub of information and scholarship on the topics of addictions and offender counseling, IAAOC stands out as an organization with a strong sense of community. We wish to extend a warm invitation to you to become involved and join the close network of professional relationships.

The year ahead will be an exciting chapter for our organization. We are placing emphasis on the expansion and development of our online resources, which will provide user-friendly, high-quality platforms for collaborating with members and disseminating information on addictions and offender counseling. We also look forward to exceptional professional development opportunities at the upcoming ACA Convention in San Francisco, CA (March 21-25, 2012), where IAAOC is sponsoring presentations on restorative justice in the schools, sexual and gambling addictions, spirituality in addictions counseling, and licensure issues for addictions counselors.

I hope you'll also consider getting involved with one of our member-led committees. There is a wide range of options, including committees on spirituality in addictions, trauma and addictions, multicultural addictions counseling, process addictions, best practices in offender counseling, addictions in families, couples and youth, addictions among college students, “cutting edge” techniques in addictions and offender counseling, training standards for addictions counseling, legislation and advocacy issues, and graduate students in addictions and offender counseling. Each of these committees is dedicated to creating resources for our membership, and their work supplies some of the most innovative and useful benefits of the organization. Please feel free to contact a committee chair (iaaoc.org/officers), if you would like more information on how to join one of these committees.

Sincerely,

Trevor Buser, Ph.D.
Rider University
Department of Graduate Education, Leadership, and Counseling
Memorial 202-M
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
President (2011-2012)
International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors
A division of the American Counseling Association