2025 New England Summer School Presentation Proposal

Thank you for your interest in presenting at the 56th Annual New England Summer School! We are expecting about 500 people to attend this year's program.

Programming will be offered in two formats from June 2 - 5, 2025:
Virtual program via Zoom; and
In person program at Worcester State University, Worcester, MA.

The New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies has a 56-year history of presenting intensive courses conducted by outstanding faculty. Our planning committee, comprised of representatives from each of the six New England states, is currently building our 2025 program based on identified regional priorities. We welcome submissions from potential faculty to teach at this year's School.

Proposal Deadline: December 30, 2024

Please click here to download additional Presenter Information.

Please click here to view the 2024 New England Summer School program.

Please click here to view the 2025 New England Summer School "Save Date" overview page.
Please provide some information about your professional background and your background as a trainer:
1.First Name
(Required.)
2.Last Name(Required.)
3.Email Address(Required.)
4.Alternate Email Address
5.Mobile Phone(Required.)
6.Work or other Phone
7.Street Address(Required.)
8.City(Required.)
9.State(Required.)
10.Zip(Required.)
11.Employer(Required.)
12.If selected: Tentative Schedule: I am available to teach on any of the following days in the following modality. Please list any available.(Required.)
Virtual Course
In Person Course
Monday, June 2 - Afternoon session (Approximately 3-hour course)
Tuesday, June 3 - Day long session (Approximately 6-hour course)
Wednesday, June 4 - Day long session (Approximately 6-hour course)
Thursday, June 5 - Day long session (Approximately 4.5-hour course)
13.Biographical Paragraph(Required.)
14.Highest Degree Earned(Required.)
15.Date Earned(Required.)
16.Credentials:
17.Please list previous courses that you have taught, and including the time length and venue. If you are interested in teaching virtually, please include information about your experience as a virtual trainer.(Required.)
18.Please include three reference names, and include their email addresses and phone numbers.(Required.)
Please provide information about your proposed course below:
19.Course Type(Required.)
20.Proposed Length of Course(Required.)
21.Course Description
Course descriptions MUST include:
  • Overview paragraph;
  • At least three learning objectives
  • Content level;
  • IC & RC domains if applicable are helpful. (IC & RC domains for particular credentials may be found in candidate guides at: https://internationalcredentialing.org/examprep.) 
If you wish to propose more than one course, please paste all course descriptions in this box.(Required.)
22.Course Content Level(Required.)
23.Course Target Audience(Required.)
24.SAMHSA defines Behavioral Health Equity as the right of all individuals, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or geographical location, to access high-quality and affordable healthcare services and support.

The school strives to address health equity in our programming and integrate strategies to address relevant disparities whenever possible within each topic. Please describe how your course will address issues of health equity.

A few tools that have been helpful for presenters around addressing health disparities and ensuring affirming (non-stigmatizing) language include:

NIDA's Words Matter: Preferred Language for Talking About Addiction 

US DHHS's "Think Cultural Health" site has CLAS Standard resources and numerous and tools to reference, learn from and share.

Georgetown University's National Center for Cultural Competence has many resources and tools.(Required.)
25.If you wish, please list other course topics that you can train:
26.If selected:(Required.)