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Promoting Quality Treatment Through Evidence-Based Practice
Status of the Workforce: Addiction Treatment in Texas - 2007
Preliminary Outcomes of the Texas Access to Recovery Project
Culturally Relevant Adaptations of Evidence Based Practices
Increases in Methadone-Related Adverse Events
Behavioral Health Training Module for “Promotoras”
Drug and Alcohol Assessment for the Deaf
Workforce Assessment: COPSD Specialists in Texas
Implications of Research for Treatment: Methamphetamine
Links to Methamphetamine Treatment Materials
Implications of Research for Treatment: Ecstasy
Patterns of Club Drug Use in the U.S., 2004
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The Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center (GCATTC) is one of 14 regional University Centers in the United States. The center works through multiple consortia of educational institutions and other agencies to promote incorporation of research into addictions curricula and provides technical assistance and consultation for state agencies and community organizations in Texas, Louisiana, and Neew Mexico to facilitate workforce development and implementation of evidence-based practices.
OBJECTIVES
- Develop and maintain
State and regional consortia across and among:
- State Agencies
- Educational Institutions
- Providers and Consumers.
- Maintain active linkages with research resources.
- Convene research-to-practice conferences, research seminars, and training sessions focusing on implementation of evidence-based practice.
- Conduct state training needs assessment and help implement research-based curricula for pre-service students and practicing addictions counselors. A key focus of this effort is to utilize culturally competent course content and methods.
- Facilitate adoption of improvements in professional standards in the addictions field.
- Provide technical assistance to providers, state agencies, and planning groups.
- Maintain a center of excellence in drug abuse epidemiology and provide consultation on monitoring drug trends and service needs.
One of a national network
supported, in part, by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through its
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).
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Center
for Excellence in Drug Epidemiology
The Addiction Research
Institute
Center for Social Work Research
School of Social Work
U.T. Austin
Gulf
Coast
Addiction Technology Transfer Center
1717 W. 6th Street, Ste. 335
Austin, TX 78703
512-232-0616
512-232-0617 fax