The East Coast Symposium on Addiction Disorders will occur as a live experience November 8–10, 2024.

This activity is designed for all behavioral or allied health professionals, CEOs, presidents and vice presidents, directors, other C-suite executives, physicians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, alcohol and drug counselors, mental health counselors, clinical counselors, collegiate recovery and professional monitoring organizations, EAPs, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, peer support, recovery coaches, sober living operators, and staff.

After attending the East Coast Symposium, participants should be able to:

• Apply clinical skills from a broad range of professional core functions, including assessment and therapeutic approaches
• Cite advances in the field resulting from research and practice innovations
• Discuss ways to build a collaborative culture within allied health professions
• Proactively address the challenges, risks, and opportunities presented by a changing competitive environment

This activity has been approved for 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

HMP Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with the AAPA CME Criteria. This live activity is designated for 20 AAPA Category 1 credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

This continuing nursing education activity will award 20 contact hours.

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. 

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity awards 20 CE Credits. 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, HMP Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this live course receive 20 general continuing education credits.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, HMP Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The APA pre-approves New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Washington D.C., for Marriage and Family Therapy credit. HMP Education has received pre-approval for this live conference from the following marriage and family boards:

California:  HMP Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for Psych Congress. HMP Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Provider #147376 

New York:  HMP Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0085  

HMP Education, LLC, has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7340. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. HMP Education, LLC, is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The following sessions are approved for NBCC credit:

Xylazine: An Overview of the Substance and Why Did it Become So Prevalent?

Raising your Vibration - How To Reach the Unreachable Client without Burning Out

The State of Animal-Assisted Interventions: Navigating Contemporary Challenges and Advancing Clinical Practice

Light Into the Darkness, Understanding Betrayal and Resilience 

Let's Get Experiential: Using Activity-Based Learning and Experiential Approaches in Treatment

Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Adult Children Raised with Parent(s) Substance Use Disorder

The Advantages of Integrated Care in Supporting Recovery After a Non-Fatal Overdose

Biological Insights into Current Polysubstance Use Trends to Inform Clinical Practice and Community Responses to the Overdose Crisis

Using Measurement-Based Care and Skills to Enhance Recovery

What is the Latest on Cannabis and How is it Impacting Youths?

Harm Reduction and Recovery: Building Healthy Communities

SPA: Assisting Clients to Internally Repair Family Dynamic Injuries

The Pinocchio Plague: Managing Dishonesty in Treatment

Through Fear to Recovery 

Ethics for Mental Health Professionals who Work in Addictions: A Case-Based Conference Part 1

Patient Attitudes Toward Medications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Understanding the Imprint of Trauma in Re-Establishing Connectedness

Ethics for Mental Health Professionals who Work in Addictions: A Case-Based Conference Part 2

Reconceptualizing Pathological Internet Use andComputer Gaming Disorders - When Addiction Doesn't Fit.

Substance Use and Suicide Risk: What Lies Beneath the Surface

Social Media and Internet Compulsivity: Is it Addiction? Can it be Harmful?

Addressing Chronic Pain in Patients with Substance Use Disorders

Achieving Compliance High Reliability-A 12 Step Behavioral Health Framework

Being Closest to the Problems Often Means Being Closest to the Solutions - Taking Peer-Driven Work to the Next Level During a Workforce Shortage

Codependency- The Core of Addiction

This course has been approved by HMP Global, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #182840. HMP Global is responsible for all aspects of the programming. 

To be eligible for documentation of credit for each session attended, learners must participate in the activity and complete the session(s) and overall conference evaluations, and post-test(s), if applicable. Participants who complete the evaluation online within 30 days of the conference will receive documentation of credit. Your certificate may not load if you are accessing it from a smartphone, or settings of your browser do not allow for a new tab/window to open.  

Once a certificate has been claimed, physicians and pharmacists may elect for credits to be submitted on their behalf to their boards via additional fields that will appear within the Claim Certificate page. Credits must be submitted through this process to be reported to the American Board of Surgery and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. 

This continuing medical education activity may include device or medicine brand names for participant clarity purposes only, due to the presence of different branded versions of the same product. No product promotion or recommendation should be inferred. 

Unapproved and/or Investigational Uses of Drugs and Devices 

This activity may contain information about experimental and other uses of drugs or devices that are not currently approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of the European Union or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States. Participants are strongly encouraged to consult approved product labeling for any drug or device mentioned in this activity before use. The opinions expressed during this activity are the opinions of the respective authors, presenters or moderators and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of HMP Education. 

HMP Education complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity needs accommodation(s), please submit a request to contact the support team.

Applications for commercial support from healthcare-related industries are pending. Commercial support will be acknowledged as it is received.

For immediate assistance, please explore our HMP Education Help Center or chat with our Virtual CE Assistant who can answer most common questions related to claiming credits and the HMP Education website. If you have a question or grievance that cannot be answered by our Virtual CE assistant and Help Center, please submit a request to contact the support team. Our accreditation and compliance team will respond to your inquiry within 1 business day.