Public Lecture by Dr. Robert Meyers on the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), an evidence based practice for working with those experiencing difficulties with drugs and alcohol.
Dr. Meyers is an internationally known speaker and trainer who has delivered training throughout the USA and in 12 different countries. This year he will be delivering training on the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) for the first time in Ireland. Funding for this training has been provided by the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs through the Blanchardstown Local Drugs Task Force.
Dr. Meyers began his work with the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) in 1976. At that time he helped develop the first CRA outpatient procedures which were used in the seminal study published by Dr. Nathan Azrin and colleagues in 1982. In the late 1990s he helped design and evaluate the adolescent version of CRA (A-CRA). Dr. Meyers also developed the new innovative "intervention" program used to engage resistant substance abusers to enter treatment. This new intervention called Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), an evidence-based protocol, has been shown to be superior to more traditional interventions in several randomized clinical trials. He has been involved in over a dozen clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health, including Project Match and the Clinical Trials Network.
Date and Time:
7pm on Wednesday 24th of March 2010.
Location:
J.M. Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College. (200 seater venue)
To insure that you can avail of a seat please contact Blanchardstown Local Drugs Task Force at 01-824 9590 or at linda@bldtf.ie and indicate your intention to attend.)
Welcome and introduction on the evening will be facilitated by Dr. Shane Butler, Trinity College.
