Objective:
The webinar will define problem gambling and its impact across the life span. The speaker will describe factors that increase risk for problem gambling as well as identify the intersection between substance misuse and problem gambling as well as the differences. The webinar will help participants identify five adverse effects of gambling disorder on individuals and families.
Prevention
The Gambling Treatment Program Capability Index: A Model Based Approach Toward Program Development
This presentation will describe a program improvement project to assist with the development of a statewide system of publicly-funded gambling treatment programs. The target group were behavioral health agencies offering problem gambling treatment in Oregon. The development approach incorporated best practices as identified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the gambling disorders literature, and expert review.
Fish and Chips: All-Inclusive Collegiate Problem Gambling Programming
In developing a problem gambling program with colleges and universities; where do you start? Who do you call? Who do you work with? If these answers don’t come easy you aren’t alone. While professionals in the problem gambling field have known for years that college and university students are at an increased risk for developing problem gambling behaviors, few have been able to get effective and sustainable programs off the ground.
Who’s Responsible for Responsible Gambling? New Research Findings and Their Implications for Diverse Stakeholder Groups
This presentation will discuss the concept of shared responsibility as applied to the prevention of problem gambling, situating shared responsibility within a larger public health framework. After establishing problem gambling prevention as a responsibility that should be shared among gamblers, operators, and other stakeholders, it will answer three empirical questions: (1) Are beliefs about shared (versus individual-only and external-only) responsibility linked to gambling patterns, and if so how?
Integrating Wellness - Applying SAMHSA’S Eight Dimensions of Wellness
This training is designed for substance misuse prevention and problem gambling prevention staff and supervisors, coalition leaders and members, and others interested in prevention in Iowa.
CEUs have been applied for with the Iowa Board of Certification
The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division and Recent Alcohol Law Changes
"Since the repeal of prohibition in 1933, Iowa is one of 18 states that directly controls the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. The Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) governs state and federal laws and regulations related to the sale and use of alcohol and tobacco products.” The ABD’s mission is to serve Iowans through responsible and efficient licensing, regulation, and distribution of alcohol. (https://abd.iowa.gov/iowa-abd)