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WASHINGTON STATE INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS TREATMENT PRESENTS A PLENARY SESSION FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS IN THE ADOLESCENT TREATMENT RECOVERY SYSTEMS JUNE 28, 2007 9:00 – 10:00 A.M. PRESENTER FRED DYER, Ph.D., CADC TRAINER/CONSULTANT “I thought we were all working for the best interest of the adolescent so that we could effectively address his substance abuse, but I could not get the child welfare worker to collaborate, so my kid got tired of waiting for us to get our act together and lost his motivation for treatment and fell through the cracks. He’s now in the juvenile justice system.” Susan, M.S., L.P., CADC, Addictions Therapist “I have a kid who presently interacts with several other systems, and getting all of us from those systems on the same page with this kid, relative to her substance dependence, is challenging and exhausting.” William, MAC, Senior Addiction Counseling “It’s not about egos; it’s not about titles; it’s not about position; it’s about saving lives.” Fred Dyer, Ph.D., CADC “In 2001 (the latest data currently available) 1.1 million U.S. youth aged 12-17 were estimated to need substance abuse treatment (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) 2001a, 2001b)). Of these, 100,000 actually received treatment, leaving a gap of approximately one million untreated adolescent nationwide (SAMHSA 2001a, 2001b).” POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS OF THE “WHY” 1. There are many reasons why adolescents fail to receive treatment. At the individual level, adolescents (perhaps even more than adults) fail to recognize an alcohol or other drug (AOD) problem or minimize the problem (Melnick, DeLeon, Hanke, Jaindill, Kressel, 1997). 2. Additionally adolescent concerns about disclosing sensitive information to parents and competing priorities for multiproblem families render access problematic (Cheng, Savageaue, Sattler DeWitt, 1993; Cornelius, Pringle, Jernigan, Kirisi, Clark, 2001; Ford, Milstein, Halpern-Fisher, Ir