NADA 2009 Conference - Ann Arbor, Michigan




Registration for NADA 2009 is NOW OPEN. DOWNLOAD registration materials HERE.

Acu Detox: A Tool For Tough Times

Global Health Promotion through Prevention and Treatment of Addiction and Trauma

NADA’s 20th Annual Conference highlights acu detox as a simple, cost-effective intervention utilized world-wide to treat and prevent addiction. NADA trains individuals and programs in the NADA protocol to enhance their ability to prevent and treat addiction and trauma in their own communities.

NADA’s 20th Annual Conference and Pre-Conference Events

    May 31 - June 6, NADA Full ADS Certificate Training (45 CE credits)*

    June 4, Administrators and Directors Workshop (5 CE credits)*

    June 4, 9 AM - 6 PM - Registered Trainers Day meeting (7.5 CE credits)

    June 4, 6 - 8 PM - Registration and reception with snacks and networking

    June 5 - 6, Main Conference – Friday and Saturday (includes Friday Film and Saturday luncheon) (15 CE credits)*


Main Conference Highlights

Plenary Sessions

    Preventative auricular acupuncture: a model for prophylactic treatments in at-risk populations

    The Michigan Story - a model for introducing and sustaining acu detox locally or globally

    Brighton Hospital — an integrative, comprehensive residential and outpatient program (with 23 ADSs on staff) shows us how

    Auricular acupuncture for cigarette addiction / smoking cessation

    European nurses employ acu detox in hospital-based programs

    Acu detox research planning for preventative treatments

    NADA protocol and opiate addiction: methadone and acu detox


Friday June 5 - Breakout Sessions

    Global Solutions to Substance Abuse

    Training and outreach in Africa

    Psychiatric nurses bring acu detox to mental health care in European hospitals

    Acu detox shapes and changes programs: adolescent program in Maryland; rural 12-Step program in Ontario, Canada; mainstream program in Virginia

    NADA 101 - history and philosophy of NADA; receive a treatment. Point location refresher for Acupuncture Detox Specialists

    Methadone programs and acu detox

Saturday June 6 - Breakout Sessions

    Defining Community Acupuncture & Beyond Business Structure — Removing economic barriers to treatment with Lisa Rohleder, Community Acupuncture

    Methamphetamine users — New lessons learned for an old problem

    Youth, Trauma, and Behavioral health — Talking with kids about traumatic events; magnetic beads for children

    Surviving in Tough Times — economic realities for the treatment of addiction, behavioral health, and trauma

    Saturday Lunch Speaker — International Alliances of Public Health Agencies, NGOs, and Acu Detox Trainers: A Network for Success, with David Eisen, Quest Center for Integrative Health


Saturday Plenary

    Progress in New Orleans — Acu Detox has support of medical board, fire department and police chiefs

    SNAP - Support Network for People Abused by Priests


Keynote Address

Acupuncture and Social Organizing Internationally: A transferable and sustainable community-model. Michael O. Smith, MD; Lincoln Recovery Center and NADA founder

    * CE credits pending for addiction counselors (NAADAC; MCBAP — for Michigan counselors) and acupuncturists (NCCAOM, CA). Others will also receive verification of attendance which can be submitted to their agency or board.


About our accommodations

Kensington Court Hotel – Ann Arbor. Reserve your rooms early as we have a limited block of discount rooms at $99 single or double. Location convenient to University of Michigan, interesting downtown area and Detroit. Exercise room, large indoor pool, whirlpool, sauna, hi-speed internet.

Click here to download the complete registration form.