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Margaret Cahoon & Sasha RussellMary Jeanette ShultzScott Melissa & Karen SicherTodd Denny & Shannon DictsonKelly Chau Amanda Burke
Prevention Showcase
Wisdom Exchange: Make A Difference by Sharing Your Story
Margot Cahoon & Sasha Russell
Financial Steps a Family Can Take Today
Mary Jeanette Shultz
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Objectives
• Define and recognize problem gambling.
• Recognize financial and emotional impacts.
• See how to create a spending plan that addresses all debts.
• Learn to plug any gambling leaks.
• Find help with finances and problem gambling.
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Defining Problem Gambling
• Increased preoccupation with gambling
• A need to bet more money more frequently
• Restlessness or irritability when attempting to stop
• “Chasing” losses• Loss of control
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Recognizing Problem Gambling
• Missing school or work.• Feeling remorse.• Feeling an urge to continue
after losing—and after winning.
• Gambling to pay debts or obligations.
• Gambling as escape.• Borrowing or stealing
money to gamble.
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Establishing a Spending Plan
• List all income.• List all expenses.
– Include the costs of gambling treatment.
– Include payments on gambling-related debts.
• Balance income and expenses.
• Nongamblers: Avoid “revenge spending.”
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Plug Any Gambling Leaks
• Limit access to Internet devices: computers, tables, smartphones.
• Change account passwords.
• Remember that gambling may include risky investing, such as day trading.
• Life events may trigger a gambling relapse.
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Finding Help
• Gamblers Anonymous and Gam-Anon
• National Council on Problem Gambling
• Financial planners• Tax advisors• Estate lawyers• Credit/debt counselors• Employee assistance
programs
Square One Program –Breaking the Barriers,
Problem Gambling and the Correctional System
Scott Melissa & Karen Sicher
Mescalero Music Mentors
Todd Denny & Shannon Dictson
Upending Media Intervention: An Effective Intergenerational
Prevention Strategy for API Populations
Jorge Wong & Kelly Chau
© 2012 Asian Americans for Community Involvement
18Page
Upending Media InterventionA 2nd generation strategy for 1st generation Asian Problem Gamblers
Jorge Wong, Ph. D., CCEP, CHCKelly Chau, M. S.
Center for Addiction Recovery and Empowerment (CARE)Asian Americans for Community Involvement
28th National Conference on Problem Gambling July 11 & 12, 2014
Orlando, FL
© 2012 Asian Americans for Community Involvement
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U.S. CaliforniaSanta Clara
County San Jose*Total Population 309 Million 37.2 Million 1.84 Million 1.000,536
(01/01/14)
Whites 72.4% 57.6% 47.0% 42.8%Whites non-Hispanics 63.7% 40.6% 35.2% 28.7%Blacks 12.6% 6.2% 2.6% 3.3%Hispanics 16.3% 37.6% 26.9% 33.2%
Asians 4.8% 13.0% 32.0% 32.0%Native Americans/Alaskan
0.9% 1.0% 0.7% 0.9%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%Median household income/year $50,221 $58,925 $84,990 $78,660
© 2012 Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Vietnamese Cultural Values
Respect for Elders
Marriage & Gender
RolesChildren
COLLECTIVISM
© 2012 Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Dissemination of life learning…Country of origin -traditional
Elders
Parents
Youths
U.S. UPENDING Strategy
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Elders
Parents
Youths
© 2012 Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Upending Strategy
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Community
Elders
Parents
Youths
© 2012 Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Upending Media Intervention
Upending Culturally Respectful Strategy
California Office Problem Gambling
Friday Night Live
Betting On Our Future
Mom, I care...
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Using Logic Models to Create Problem Gambling Prevention
Programs
Amanda Burke
Rely on Logic…Not Luck
AmandaBurke,M.Ed.,CTRS,CHESProblemGamblingPreventionSpecialist
TownhallIIKent,Ohio
What Is a Logic Model?
• Anadaptable,organizationaltool• Apictureofwhatwillbedone• Awaytocommunicatewithstakeholders• Requiredcomponentofmanygrants
(UniversityofWisconsinExtension,2009)
Basic Logic Model Example
Why Use a Logic Model?
ResourcesShortInterim
Participation
OutputsInputs
Mission
Outcomes
Long
Plan
EvaluateImplement
Activities
Assess
SAMHSA,2014