UVU Conference on
Addiction
March 18, 2022 · Hybrid Event
Kristina and Constance are the authors of The Lost Years: Surviving a Mothers and Daughters Worst Nightmare. The Lost Years is a brutally honest and gritty story of Kristina’s dramatic descent into addiction and her mother’s desperate attempt to save her. Told from the parallel perspectives of mother and daughter, it is a moving account of one family’s journey into addiction and ultimately recovery.
Kristina Wandzilak CAS, CIP, is founder and president of Full Circle Intervention and Full Circle sober living communities and outpatient services. In recovery herself since 1993, Kristina brings a very personal understanding of addiction to her profession. Kristina is featured on the ground-breaking series Codependent on LMN following her intervention work with addicted couples. She is also the expert on the documentary reality show, Addicted, which premiered on TLC. Addicted went on to win the prestigious Prism award for the most accurate depiction of substance dependence. She is often seen on Good Morning America, as their regular addiction specialist.
Constance Curry, is the co-author of The Lost Years, an avid golfer and a loving grandmother of seven. She travels with her daughter Kristina across the country for events and speaking engagements sharing her experience and recovery. Constance has been called the hero of The Lost Years, inspiring parents all over the world to love their children enough to let go.
Koren Zailckas is an internationally bestselling writer and has contributed to The Guardian, U.S. News & World Report, Glamour, Jane, and Seventeen magazine. She currently lives with her family in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Koren is the author of the iconic memoir SMASHED, followed by other offerings, The Drama Teacher, and Mother, Mother.
William Stauffer is the Executive Director of Pennsylvania Recovery Organization Alliance (PRO-A), the statewide recovery organization of Pennsylvania. In long-term recovery for over 3 decades, Mr. Stauffer has developed and facilitated training as part of the Faces & Voices of Recovery National Training Institute, including training for Virtual Recovery Support Services (VRSS). He is an adjunct professor of Social Work at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Stauffer has initiated numerous workforce expansion initiatives and a major focus of his work has been aimed at moving our SUD care system towards a five-year care paradigm to dramatically expand the numbers of Americans in recovery.
How do I register?
Step 1.
Go to Registration
If you have previously registered for an event, we strongly recommend purchasing tickets with the same email that you used previously.
Step 2.
Choose the option that best describes you
Step 3.
Check Out
How do I log into the Conference Portal?
After ordering tickets at University Tickets you will get a confirmation email to the email you used to pay for their registration ticket.
You should have received a confirmation email when you registered for the UVU Conference on Addiction on the UVU Tickets page (https//uvu.universitytickets.com). If you did not receive a confirmation email, please let us know right away by contacting us at chss@uvu.edu.
It is vital that you remember the email address used to complete your ticket registration
and purchase. That email address will be your unique ID for accessing the conference
virtual platform.
If you have used the Socio conference portal in the past, we strongly recommend using the same address you used previously. That way, you won’t need to
create a new conference user profile.
Once you click on the link, you will be taken to a page that looks like this:
Here, you will put the email address you used to buy your ticket for the event into the email address field
Do not use any of the other login options
(like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, or Apple).
If you put in an email address NOT registered with the event, you will get the following error message:
Once you have provided the email address you registered with for the event, you will be taken to a new page that will allow you to put in your profile information for the event:
You can put in a fake first name and last name if you want (for anonymity), but it
cannot be left blank.
You must also accept the terms and conditions at the bottom.
Profile photos are optional, but if you want to try and network with people at the
conference, we recommend putting as much information as possible.
Here, you can explore the platform, join the events, see the parking map, etc.
The most important place in the Socio conference app is the “Sessions & Schedule” button. There, you will find all the session information, and the links to join the virtual streams.
Additional Resources: Registration Walkthrough
Where is the conference located?
Map to ballroom
The Conference is being held in the Grand Ballroom at UVU.
Park in the Parking Garage and walk walk to the Ballroom
Where do I park?
How do I connect to the WiFi?
CHSS Conference 1
CHSS Conference 2
Addiction1
Each Username holds up to 400 total connections. If the first (CHSS Conference 1) is full please connect using the CHSS Conference 2 Username
How do I get my CEU's?
Attendees of the 2022 UVU Conference on Addiction have the opportunity to earn continuing
educational units (CEUs) to be used towards licensure and certifications. To earn
CEUs and receive credit for attendance, participants must take the quiz/survey associated
with each session. If a participant does not complete the quiz/survey related to the
session, they will not receive credit for attendance.
The conference will remain open until Friday, April 1st. Participants who have completed the quiz/survey will receive their earned CEUs via
the email address used during registration. Distribution of ALL CEUs will occur the
week AFTER the conference has closed. (April 4th -8th)
CEU certificates will be sent to the email address provided at registration.
(Check spam/ junk mail). If a participant has not received their CEU certificate via
email by Friday, April 8th, they may contact chss@uvu.edu to verify.
When does the conference close?
Will there be food available at the conference?
Toni Harris
Assistant Dean
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Utah Valley University
801.863.6816
harristo@uvu.edu
For accessibility information or to request accommodations, please contact the Office
of Accessibility Services at:
(801)-863-7407
or accessibilityservices@uvu.edu
To request an ASL Interpreter, please contact Nicole Hemmingsen at:
(385)-208-2677
or nicole.hemmingsen@uvu.edu.
All requests should be made at least 14 days in advance.
