March - SMART Recognized Efforts of Seanna Williams

We would like to recognize and thank Seanna Williams for her service to SMART. Seanna has always been an active member of SMART from the beginning. She has a high attendance rate – she has attended over 80% of SMART meetings over the past 3 years – and gladly accepts assignments. She has helped out with our Take Back events and is always excited to be in a situation where she can talk with people and educate them about substance abuse prevention and treatment.

Seanna is powerful advocate for substance abuse. She has gained the support of community businesses to help support events for people in recovery, and she has created an online group whose focus is to protect funding for substance abuse. During the legislative session you can find her convincing her legislators to save funding for substance abuse treatment and organizing rallies at the capitol. At the Drug Prevention Summit and at a recent rally on Capitol Hill, she shared her passionate story of her own recovery and her strong belief in the need for treatment and prevention.

Seanna currently works for Utah County Substance Abuse as the Foothill Outpatient Program Manager and Clinical Therapist. She joined SMART because she is tired of having clients die. She is tired of reading about overdose deaths and she is tired of the never ending stream of people just coming in the door. She would love to be out of a job in the next 5-10 years!

When Seanna is not out saving the world, she likes to relax by reading a good book, such as the Hunger Games Trilogy which she recently finished and highly recommends. Her guilty pleasure is the Twilight books and movies, but it remains a mystery whether she is Team Edward or Team Jacob.

Kari Matheson's Notes from the CADCA Training

February 2011 CADCA conference:

Information/Resources:

• National Guard Counter Drug Program
• Faceproject.org
• Talksooner.org
• April 21-Power of Talk 21-National talk to your kids about alcohol
• Focus on ‘outcome’ over ‘processes. Create environments to make healthier choices
• Difficult to change populations: college and military
• Online alcohol education for courts-www.3rdmilclassrooms.com
• Alcohol outlet density, privatization and zoning restrictions
• Power of Parents.org-MADD, family skills training DVD, piloting in Utah.
• Madd.org/powerofparents. Go where Parents are to implement program (schools, work) Using social media-leave audience with an action step. One message
• Nickelodeon’s parent site(nick.com) , Facebook site, Parentsconnect.com
• High School Campaigns targeting underage drinking around prom. Postcards to parents, law enforcement, peer-based campaign.
• Use social media to involve youth in campaigns-photovoice, Youtube, etc)

Ideas to possibly implement:

• Partnering with the National Guard Counter Drug Program
• Involving youth in educational campaigns—video contests, photo voice, poster contests.
• Implement them in high schools. Underage drinking campaigns around prom, etc.
• Partner with MADD’s Power of Parents campaign.

Dr. Steven Nelson's Notes on the CADCA Training

Notes from CADCA conference National Harbor, MD 7-10 Feb 2011

IDEAS FOR IMPLEMENTATION:

1. Which chronic pain patients need to have their contracts posted on CSD? Will discuss with Lynn Webster, Jim Cloyd.
2. JCAOH pain policy change in ERs needs to be explored. This matter addressed with Ron Rowe, legislative assistant to Sen. Orrin Hatch. (email Jack Klein, Kevin Sabet re: JCAOH pain policy.)
3. SBIRT questions need to be incorporated into American Board of Family Practice recertification exams.
4. DMV role in addressing drugged driving. 1 of 3 dead drivers had drugs in their systems. How can we establish a quantifiable threshold of impairment for drugged driving?

Megan McConnell, staffer to Rep Rogers, House Appropriations Committee, champion of Rx drug abuse prevention measures

Internet resource sites:

• utahcountyonline.gov sheriff's office, utahcourts.com
• niaaa.nih.gov NIAAA Rethinking Drinking, videos on college and underage drinking.
• Frances Harding has program to invite parents of students to educate their children about underage drinking: store.samhsa.gov/home
• www.talkaboutrx.org/index.jsp
• abovetheinfluence.org
• whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
• CADCA "Not Worth the Risk" (even if it's legal)

Thank You Wayne!

We would like to recognize and thank Wayne Francom for his service to SMART and the community. Wayne has been with SMART from the beginning as a representative of the religious community. He currently serves as a Stake President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and is always willing to contact the LDS area authorities to promote SMART. Some of his accomplishments include writing a letter last year to Elder Snow of the Quorum of the Seventy asking for all Stake Presidents to support Clean Out the Cabinet month, connecting SMART with LDS Family Services, promoting Take Back Events, recruiting new members, contacting doctors to invite them to our physician trainings, and always being an active participant in SMART coalition meetings.

Wayne is a Utah Native, growing up in Springville and attending BYU. He served in the US Navy for 3 years during the Vietnam War. He currently works in the floor covering business, and is married with 5 kids and 12 grandchildren. Growing up he was active in sports, especially baseball. Now his free time is spent on the golf course. Something unique about Wayne is that he survived being struck by lightning (and if anyone wants details they can ask him personally).

Wayne is dedicated to helping members of the community and serving those in need. He works with members of his church that are having difficulty with prescription drug abuse and he reaches out to help them better understand addiction. He does whatever he can as an LDS Stake President to promote substance abuse prevention to thousands of members of his church in Utah County. Thank you Wayne for your service and dedication!

Fall Conference: St. George, UT, September 22 - 24

We had quite a few of our coalition members attend Fall Conference in St. George, Utah. The conference was held Sept. 22nd - Sept. 24th.

Highlights of the trip included excellent workshops, 80 degree sunny weather, and unlimited waffles each morning at the hotel breakfast!



In the comments you will find a brief report from each member who attended, including:

1. A short list of valuable information learned at the conference.

2. 1 to 3 ideas, from the list, that the reporting member would like to help inplement into coalition activities.

Enjoy the reports!