A 4.5 hour training with John Gasaway, Esq.; Karen Estey, CRSW; Susan Conboy, LADC, LCS and  Bruce Blaney

10:00am - 3:00pm, September 17, 2021 

This training is remote only.

This training will be recorded.

PRESENTATION: This training is designed as a refresher to those individuals working in the various roles at an Impaired Driver Management Program (IDCMP). For the first part of the program NH Department of Safety Attorney John Gasaway will provide an overview of the NH DWI Laws (including the arrest procedures, Administrative License Suspension (ALS) penalties, Interlock, and Field Sobriety Testing), in order to support IDEP instructors in their understanding of the laws for effective classroom delivery. Next Karen Estey from Community Improvements Association, a long-term NH IDCMP program, will provide an overview of the IDCMP components with the goal of increasing knowledge, proficiency and understanding for those working in the system as described in the He-A 500 rules. Susan Conboy, Counselor at Concord Hospital, will review the requirements for successful resolution of the “counseling” portion of the service plan. To conclude Susan and Bruce Blaney, Technical Specialist with the NH Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services will outline the WITS electronic health record.  WITS is the primary method of referral and ongoing documentation for impaired driver clients. As a result of this training participants will:

• Analyze how the arrest procedures, Administrative License Suspension, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing protocols and the NH DWI Laws work in order to enhance effective instructor classroom delivery;
• Describe the He-A 500 rules and their role within the IDCMP Program;
• Explain the integral components of the Impaired Driver Care Management Program; and
• Demonstrate how the use of the Web Information Technology System (WITS) electronic health record is used to provide optimal delivery and implementation of (Impaired Driver Service Provider) delivering services to IDCMP clients.

Draft Schedule

10:00  - 11:00      Prosecutor of DUI Cases - John Gasaway, Esq.  

11:00  - 12:00       He-A 500 IDCMP rules & regulations update  - Karen Estey, CRSW

12:00  - 12:30      Lunch break

12:30  -    1:30      Impaired Driver Service Provider  - Susan Conboy, LADC, LCS

   1:30  -    2:30       Navigating WITS–   Bruce Blaney

    2:30  -    3:00      Discussion, application & Q & A

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:  Susan Conboy, LADC, LCS is a counselor at Concord Hospital’s Substance Use Services program. One of Susan’s roles as an Impaired Driver Service Provider (IDSP), is to provide education and support to Driving While impaired (DWI) clients, both individually and in group settings, as well as to coordinate care with the various IDCMPs. She is a former director of the State of New Hampshire Multiple Offender Program, where she started as a counselor. Susan also worked at Southeastern New Hampshire Services for three years as the Multiple Offender Program Manager.  Karen Estey, CRSW, is the Assistant Director of the Community Improvement Association (CIA), a NH Impaired Driver Care Management Program.  John Gasaway, Esq.  works as a Prosecutor at the NH Department Of Safety.   Bruce Blaney is a Tech Specialist for the NH Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services.  He has been implementing the Web Information Technology System (WITS) system since 1999.

REGISTRATION FEE:  $60 which includes NASW continuing education. 

4.5 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 3
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence:  1, 12, 13, 18
CPS Domains: 6
NASW: LICSW/LMFT/LCMHC & Psychologist:  Category A. NASW CEs applied for through North Country Health Consortium, approval #3845. NBCC hours not available for this training through NHADACA.

For more information contact Laura Remick, lremick@nchcnh.org

PLEASE NOTE: Only one registrant per form.  For multiple registrants you must register each one individually.  Registration is not complete or guaranteed until payment is received.  Payment by means other than credit card may slow down completion of registration.  Checks and cash are still accepted, however, your registration will be placed on a pending list until payment is received.  We strongly encourage payment by credit card for trainings of high demand topics.  Thank you.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.