Training Schedule 

Announcing: Case Consultation Conference Calls:

 Welcome and Congratulations on completing your problem gambling specific training hours. The Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania is responding to popular demand and we are pleased to announce a new program to help support counselors in their effort to become nationally certified gambling counselors.

 As of March 29, 2010 we will be making clinical conference calls available to those counselors with at least 15 hours of approved gambling specific training and education. These conference calls are designed to meet or exceed the requirements for Board Approved Clinical Consultation (BACC) hours as required by the International Gambling Counselor Certification Board (IGCCB).

 These conference calls will be scheduled monthly and last for one hour. A minimum of four hours of case presentation time is part of the guidelines used by the BACC’s to confirm for the IGCCB that the candidate for certification has demonstrated competence and skill with gambling specific screening assessments, treatment planning, restitution planning, group work, family and individual work with gambling treatment strategies etc. (please see www.IGCCB.org for details and requirements for national certification).

 If you are interested please complete the pre-registration form below:

 Name______________________________________________________________

 Address____________________________________________________________

 Day phone__________________________________________________________

 e-mail_____________________________________________________________

Credentials/license/certification etc._____________________________________

Place of employment__________________________________________________

Please note malpractice insurance ___Yes  ___No

The fee per call is $18.00. Checks should be made payable to the CCGP and mailed to:

CCGP

1233 B Wharton St.

Philadelphia, Pa. 19147

Once your check ($18.00 for one, 1 hour call, $36.00 for two, 1 hour calls, $72.00 for four, 1 hour calls, etc.) has been received you will be sent further details and the 800 phone number to use and a pin # to enter the calls. We look forward to offering this opportunity for case consultation, mentoring and support to those working with gamblers and their families.

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Smart Choices Youth Gambling Prevention Program

 The Council has received a three year (2009 to 2012) pilot program grant from the Department of Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs (BDAP), for a youth problem gambling prevention program.

• Research tells us that 80% of students between the ages of 12-17 have gambled for money in the past year.
• Adolescent prevalence rates range between 4-8% with a serious gambling problem and
• another 10-15% of youth at risk for developing a gambling problem.

 Smart Choices is a non-curriculum based program.  The pilot structure provides for a classroom facilitator-lead program of 4 sessions.  The intention of the program is to focus on the inherent risks of gambling and emphasizes positive decision making skills.

 Smart Choices scope covers middle school to high school students with separate college level content.

 Smart Choices is piloting the program during the months of  February/March with several  schools in the Philadelphia School District. Other schools are preparing for presentations beginning in March.

 If you are interested in learning more about the Smart Choices program, please contact the Program Manager, Carl Robertson.  Email: cersilk@comcast.net

Be a part of the solution!

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