Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Minkoff is a certified addiction psychiatrist and a national expert on integrated treatment for co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse disorders (ICOPSD) or “dual diagnosis”. He is recognized for the development of integrated systems of care and the implementation of a national consensus best practice model for systems design: the Comprehensive Continuous Integrated System of Care (CCISC). He is currently a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Meyers is an internationally known speaker and trainer. Dr. Meyers developed the innovative "intervention" program used to engage resistant substance abusers to enter treatment called Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT). He is currently a Research Associate Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University of New Mexico.
Friday Luncheon Speaker
Doug Lehrman is the Executive Director of a large nonprofit child and family oriented social service agency in Vancouver, WA. His agency has an $11 million annual operating budget and employs 270 people in a 3 county area of southwest Washington State. He has focused his entire career in children and family service areas. His current agency, Educational Opportunities for Children & Families (EOCF) serves 2,000 children each year in early learning/early intervention programs including Head Start and Early Head Start, among others. Doug’s 35 year career in social services delivery and administration has included 25 years with the Washington State Children’s Administration, where he served as a social worker, supervisor, program manager, and area administrator responsible for child welfare and child protection in southwest Washington State. Doug has a broad perspective on the needs of children and families, as well as on the challenges and opportunities facing the human services workforce as we move into the 2nd decade of the new millennium. He sees opportunities ahead for continued growth in human service career fields as we invest in the future of the youngest generation and he is a strong advocate for high quality educational preparation of human service professionals at all levels. Doug holds an MSW degree from Portland State University in Oregon and a BA in Sociology from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. Doug grew up in the Magic Valley area of Southern Idaho and is familiar with both rural and urban social work practice in a variety of settings.