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WHAT MAKES THE FLORIDA SCHOOL OF ADDICTIONS STUDIES STAND APART FROM OTHER SIMILIAR SCHOOLS OR CONFERENCES?
1. The Florida School of Addiction Studies (FSAS) NOT a conference. The FSAS is a professional school specializing in addictions and related problems.
2. If you work or volunteer in the addiction field and care about making a difference in the lives of your clients and their families, the FSAS is the professional school for you.
3. The FSAS is based upon an applied curriculum that features dynamic keynote presentations, mini-conferences, and 4-day intensive clinical skills training classes.
4. You can earn needed CEU's & PDH’s while learning how to integrate theory and practice into a personalized set of skills that you can use immediately.
5. By attending the FSAS you will become part of a learning community that generates a powerful spirit of professional growth and personal self-renewal.
6. You will become part of a dedicated group of individuals who are literally transforming individuals, families, and communities.
7. By attending the FSAS you can develop a professional network of friends and colleagues who support each other in their ongoing career development.
8. The FSAS teaches cost effective strategies for training your staff in science-based and recovery-centered principles of treatment.
9. By attending the FSAS you can position yourself and your agency for success in the emerging world of addiction treatment.
10. The FSAS provides personal and professional growth seamlessly integrated into a powerful and practical learning experience. Become leaders in community-based treatment and recovery.
HISTORY OF
THE FLORIDA SCHOOL OF ADDICTIONS STUDIES
Only a few will know about or remember the Florida School of Alcohol Studies that existed for a number of years during the 1960’s. It was an important training component for the addictions field whose success brought about what we know today as the Florida School of Addictions Studies. The former school of the 1960’s was well attended and played a necessary role in substance abuse training. However, with cutbacks in state funding in 1974, the school was unable to continue until 1981.
In the fall of 1981, with the concepts of the former school in mind, an energetic group consisting of Chuck Rabaut, Barbara Lauer, George Clarke, Buck Walker, Diana DiVitto, and Clarence Kemp, to name a few, came together to brainstorm and work out the possibility of reviving the school with a concept of being “self-funding”.
This group of volunteers worked endlessly to create the Florida School of Substance Abuse Studies. Barbara Lauer, the current Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles Bureau Chief for Driver Education and DUI Programs, remembers working 60 plus hours per week on the early creation and development of this school. Others, like Chuck Rabaut and Bill Blount, labored tirelessly to secure funding from sources such as the Florida Supreme Court and the former HRS.
The school was formally created in 1981, and originally chartered on February 22, 1982. The Florida School of Substance Abuse Studies was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation with a 15 member volunteer Board of Directors. The first school was held at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, in August of 1982. In 1988, the School was renamed the Florida School of Addictions Studies, which is more reflective of the addictive disorders which it addresses. Soon thereafter, the Board of Directors was expanded to 18 members.
Having outgrown the facilities at Rollins College, a statewide search was conducted in 1988, which resulted in the school’s relocation to the University of Tampa. In 1994, it became apparent that the need for larger classrooms and more modern facilities could not be met by the University of Tampa, and in August of 1995, the FSAS was moved to its current home at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
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