The Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), located at Virginia Commonwealth University, serves to improve the quality of addiction treatment and recovery services within its region by facilitating alliances among policymakers, treatment agencies, clinicians, consumers and other stakeholders and connecting them to the latest research and information through technology transfer activities. Through a variety of materials, programs and courses, the ATTC enhances the knowledge and skills of all professionals working the front lines of addiction and mental health treatment.
The Mid-Atlantic ATTC bridges the gap between researchers and practitioners in state agencies, universities, and community treatment programs by transferring current research to treatment application through:
Systems Development & Linkages
Higher Education
Professional Development
Cultural Competence
Outreach
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT/CHANGE
Systems Development or Linkages for Systems Change The Mid-Atlantic ATTC creates linkages to build a network of infrastructures for unifying professional leadership, for creating and supporting high-standard training and education, for developing cohesive responses to legislative initiatives, for activating grassroots support for the field, and for enhancing the professionalization of addiction treatment.
HIGHER EDUCATION The Mid-Atlantic ATTC works to advance higher education on all levels by supporting faculty who teach about Substance Use Disorders in the classroom, through support of Higher Education Consortia, and through encouraging development of research and competency-based curricula and programs in colleges and universities. It proudly disseminates and advocates the use of CSAT’s Tap 21: The Knowledge Skills and Attitudes of Professional Practice, in curriculum development.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The Mid-Atlantic ATTC promotes the highest quality of professional work in addiction treatment through its development of competency-based continuing education courses. Additionally, it supports professional organization conferences by assisting conference committees in program and course development, and by providing speakers, materials and logistical support.
CULTURAL COMPETENCE Mid-Atlantic ATTC collaborates with institutions of higher education, state agencies, and community-based treatment organizations to provide or co-sponsor courses, training sessions, and workshops on cultural awareness and diversity in compliance with current guidelines in cultural competency.
Mid-Atlantic ATTC proudly disseminates and advocates the use of CSAT’s Tap 21 for curriculum and professional development, clinical supervision, and credentialing. You may download a copy at http://www.nattc.org/accksa.html, or call NCADI 800-729-6686.
Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center
VCU Dept. of Psychiatry
PO Box 980469
Richmond, VA 23298-0469
(804) 828-9910
(804) 828-4377 fax
Email: mid-attc@mindspring.com http://www.midattc.org
