Spring 1997

Gambling Intervention Services

Gamblers Intervention Services (GIS) will sponsor a series of New Wave Training seminars this summer and fall. The training is split into Part I and Part II. Each part consists of 30 hours of training in areas of compulsive gambling and treatment options. Part I satisfies the American Compulsive Gambling Counselor

Certification Boards core area requirements. Part I and II satisfies both the National Compulsive Gambling Counselor Certification Board 60 hour core requirements and the equivalency criteria established by the State of Minnesota leading to certification as a Gambling Counselor.

For more information about the training or to sign up, call Jennifer Larsen at 1(218)722-2273.

North American Training Institute

The North American Training Institute (NATI), a division of the Minnesota Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc., presents Counseling the Compulsive Gambler: Phase I & Phase II seminars.

With completion of Phase I and II and payment of a fee, participants may apply for undergraduate or graduate credits in Behavioral Science from the University of Minnesota, Duluth School of Medicine. In general, this curriculum meets or exceeds the standards established for continuing education required by other certifying organizations and holds a variety of national accreditations.

For further information about these seminars, call the Minnesota Council on Compulsive Gambling at 1(218)722-1503, or visit the Web site at www.cp.duluth. mn.us/~mccg.

1997 Training Seminar Dates

Phase I Spring (NATI) May 13-16
Phase II Spring (NATI) June 10-13
Part I Summer (GIS) July 24-26
Phase I Fall (NATI) September 16-19 and October 6-9
Part II Fall (GIS) October 16-18
Phase II Fall 1997 (NATI) November 11-14