Description
July 18, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Caring for Affected Others: The Secondary Impact of the Opioid Crisis
Description:
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will be able to recognize and describe the secondary affects of substance misuse on children, family members, and the community at large.
- Attendees will be able to identify the unmet needs of “Affected Others” in Maine’s communities.
- Attendees will learn of evidence-based curriculum and practices to engage substance affected youth to promote a child’s natural resilience.
- Interested communities will be provided with a framework and assistance to help them organically meet the unmet needs of affected others.
Presenter: Clifford “Mike” Gray
Substance Affected Youth Program Manager
- Clifford “Mike” Gray is a retired Air Force SNCO who traveled the globe for two decades. During his military career, Mike worked in intelligence, command & control, and wrote for the Air Force’s history and museum programs. Mike is a recipient of the Frank Futrell Award for his work The First and the Last: America’s 911 Wing at War, a book he coauthored that details the first 105 days of combat in Afghanistan. He is also the recipient of four other “best in the Air Force” and seven “best in the command” awards for his writing and program management achievements. After retiring from active duty, Mike focused his education and work experience on serving at-risk youth and other underserved populations as a teacher, peer support worker, case manager, and program manager. He currently oversees the Substance Affected Youth Program for Penquis CAP Inc., where his team finds and supports adolescents and teens who have been impacted by substance misuse in their homes and communities. The work ranges from facilitating supportive groups to teaching basic life skills. When Mike isn’t working with his amazing team, he can be found paddling a canoe in pursuit of trout or smoking the best barbecue east of the Penobscot River.
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
