NADA Acuwellness Training, Roanoke Virginia with VIctoria Taylor, Lic Ac. and Kari Decker, MA

Dates:
Monday May 4 Virtual 1-5pm
Thursday May 7 & Friday May 8 In-Person 9am-4pm
Tuesday June 2 Virtual 1-5pm
Thursday June 4 In-Person 9am-4pm

Location: Carilion Clinic Roanoke VA, Announced prior to training

Trainers: Victoria J. Taylor, Lic Ac (NADA RT) and Kari Decker, MS, CTRS, ADS

Step 1: Complete Pre-Registration Form
AcuWellness Training Preregistration Form – Fill out form
Step 2: Create your NADA profile & pay for your annual membership ($100).
Step 3: Purchase NADA Training on NADA website ($600). Training fee includes
training, online manual, and supplies. You’ll receive an email after registering with the
location address and instructions for self-study/preparation materials.
Step 4: Complete all five days of training, Self-study assignments, and document 40
supervised treatments. To receive your NADA certificate, you must submit a record of
40 supervised treatments within 90 days of completing the course.

Self-study work to be completed before completion of training:
Watch:
Dope is Death
Black Revolutionaries and Acupuncture? A History of Integrative Medicine
“It’s First Aid!”: Tracing the Global Transmission of a Five-Point Ear Acupuncture
Treatment
Read:
Dopesick; Beth Macy
The Body Keep the Score: Brain, Mind, & Body in the Healing of Trauma; Bessel vander
Kolk

Syllabus for NADA Training Spring 2026
Other books about addiction or trauma are welcome and will need to be
approved.
Training Outline
Day 1 – Virtual 1-5pm
Introductions and review learning objectives
Mission/Vision/Principles & The Spirit of NADA
Standards of Competency
NADA History
Energy Medicine
Ear anatomy
Five points; locations, benefits, & energy points
Needling concerns, contradictions, modifications
NADA Ethics Pledge and Scope of Practice review
Expectations of self-study
Day 2 – In Person 9am-4pm
Review first class and answer questions
Sign NADA Ethics Pledge
Review Needling, needling concerns, contradictions, modifications
Clean Needle Techniques
Distribute supplies
Documentation and Informed consent
AcuWellness experience
Points of Change – Video
Beads and Seeds
Break
Training Clinic – afternoon
Debrief ClinicSleepmix Tea

Day 3 – In Person 9am-4pm
Review from previous classes
Creating your own NADA AcuWellness program
Review of ear anatomy & the five points, locations, benefits, & energy points
Review point location and clean needle technique
Training Clinic- morning
Debrief Clinic
Break
Training Clinic – afternoon
Debrief Clinic
Review & Expectations of self-study

Day 4 – Virtual 1-5pm
Review from previous classes
Self-study and research reflection
NADA Protocol & in-depth substance misuse, addition, & trauma
Building relationships and adjunctive interventions (pg 41)
Group management & DEI
Program development
Risk management and safety planning
VA Law
Acquiring supplies

Day 5 – In Person 9am-4pm
Review from previous classes
Review NADA Standard of Competency
Training Clinic- morning
Break

Training Clinic- afternoon
Debrief Clinic
Expectations for completing training

Self-study:
 Before first class:
Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist Training Manual (ADSTM) though page 37;
Introduction through section IIA. Appendix A The Lincoln Story Page 136 &139
 Before second class:
Email reflection on the history of the NADA protocol and how it will shape your use of it
Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist Training Manual (ADSTM) though page140 &141
 Before fourth class:
Email a flier for your possible AcuWellness clinic/group
Email your elevator speech for why you became an ADS and why it is important to you.
Research three articles for Evidence based NADA treatment
Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist Training Manual (ADSTM) though page 41-
71,144-154
 Before the fifth class:
Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist Training Manual (ADSTM) though page 72-121
Email your feelings about the NADA Principles and how you will use them while
administering the NADA protocol.

Complete 40 supervised treatments within three months.