Programme
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MONDAY, 19th OCTOBER 2009 - THE QUALITY OF CARE
9.00 - 9.30: Registration
9.30 - 10.00: Opening Remarks & Welcome
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland) - Exec. Director, EWODOR
- Anthony Slater (Norway)- President, EFTC
- Grant Jarvie (Scotland) - Deputy Principal, University of Stirling
10.00 - 11.30: Where have all the flowers gone - The rise and fall of the European TC movement
- Albert Sabates (Spain) -
The evolution of TC system in Proyecto Hombre in Spain
- Martin Däumling (Germany)- The development of rehabilitation for drug addicts in Germany
- Eric Broekaert (Belgium-Flanders) - Enhancing quality of life & care in TC treatment: three decennia of scientific collaboration between the Ghent University Department of Orthopedagogy and TC De Kiem
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland) - Moderator
11.30 - 11.45: Tea & Coffee
11.45 - 1.00: Workshop Presentations
- Catriona Matheson (Scotland) - Exploring the quality of general practice or specialist service-based care
- Stephen Bamber (England) - Rethinking "community": addiction, recovery, and globalisation
- Wouter Vanderplasschen (Belgium-Flanders) - Long-term outcomes of aftercare participation following various forms of drug abuse treatment in Scotland
- Eric Broekaert (Belgium-Flanders) - Moderator
1.00 - 2.00: Lunch
2.00 - 3.30: So Fair a House - Ideology, Methodology and Creativity in the early Therapeutic Community
- Thomas Ohlsson (Sweden) -
Vallmotorp, pioneer school for life: Lars Bremberg, the responsibility model & transactional analysis psychotherapy
- Bob Campbell (England) - The origins of Phoenix Futures and its continuing legacy towards the treatment of substance misuse .
- Ingemar Arn (Sweden) - "Bonding" or "Casriel" therapy - a therapy for both psyche and soma
- Anthony Slater (Norway) - Moderator
3.30 - 4.00: Tea & Coffee
4.00 - 5.00: Workshop - Film show
- Bonding Psychotherapie - presented by Martien Kooyman (the Netherlands)
5.00 - 5.30: Plenary Discussion
- Vera Segraeus (Sweden) - Moderator
TUESDAY, 20th OCTOBER 2009 - THE QUALITY OF LIFE
9.30 - 11.00: La vita e bella - Recovery Champions
- Annemarie Ward (Scotland)
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland)
- Rune Hafstad (Norway)
- Bob Campbell (England) - Moderator
11.00 - 11.30: Tea & Coffee
11.30-12.30: Scientia Vincerat Tenebris - Treatment, Recovery and Science
- Claudia Claes (Belgium-Flanders) - Quality of life as a concept in disability studies: improving quality of life through supports.
- Jessica de Maeyer (Belgium-Flanders) - Quality of life among opiate dependent individuals 5 to 10 years after the start of methadone treatment
- Håkan Jenner (Sweden) - Moderator
12.30 - 1.30: Lunch
1.30 - 2.45: Workshop Presentations
- Jules McGregor (Scotland) - Many roads to recovery: an examination of specialist social work case management models for adult drug users in Edinburgh
- Catriona Matheson (Scotland) - Improving treatment for patients on MMT: the Enhanced Pharmacy Services (EPS) RCT
- Iain McPhee (Scotland) - Recovering from prohibition: the experiences of a hidden population of drug users
- Marion Logan (Scotland) - Moderator
2.45 - 3.00: Tea & Coffee
3.00 - 4.30: Plenary Session -
Per Ardua ad Astra
- David Best (Scotland) - Recovery careers and the experiences of people in drug and alcohol recovery
- Jonas Larsson (Sweden) - Life events before and after treatment
- Marion Logan (Scotland
) - Re-dis-covering lives: how to deliver responsive support services
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland) - Moderator
4.30 - 5.00:
Plenary Discussion
- Hakan Jenner (Sweden) - Moderator
8.00: Symposium Dinner
WEDNESDAY, 21st OCTOBER 2009 - A QUALITY FUTURE?
10.00 -11.30: Best laid plans o' mice an' men - new horizons for the recovery movement
- Rex Haigh (England) - Is "recovery" an evidence-free zone? experiences from the other side
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland)- You can touch it: new technology & the recovery movement
- Mark Gilman (England) - Guinea pigs in white coats: recovery oriented treatment in North West England
- Eric Broekaert (Belgium-Flanders) - Moderator
11.30-11.45: Birthday Party
- Douglas Roberston (Scotland) - Cutting the cake!
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland ) - Eating the cake!
11.45 - 12.00: Closing Remarks
- Eric Broekaert (Belgium-Flanders) - President, EWODOR
- Anthony Slater (Norway) - President, EFTC
- Rowdy Yates (Scotland) - Executive Director, EWODOR
12.00: Close of Symposium