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The Journal df AID Atlanta page 6
rARF ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
a comprehensive introduction to
*the AIDS epidemic
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^AID Atlanta s response
Mhe ways you can make a difference
Special Luncheon Programs
AID Atlanta invites you
to attend
All Volunteer Training Weekend
Piedmont Hospital
The New Rich Auditorium
1968 Peachtree Road, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
Sunday, June 1, 1986
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
9:00 HOME HEALTH CARE
FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS (PWAs)
Videotape:
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
9:45 BREAK
10:00 BEING THERE:
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES
WITH HTLV-III AND ITS ANTIBODIES
Saturday, May 31
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
WOMEN AND AIDS
Continuing Education Unit credit is
available form the University of Georgia
School of Social Work, Office o f
Continuing Social Work Education.
Julia Davis, board member and chairperson of the
Women’s AIDS Task Force, leads a panel discussion
featuring members of the Task Force s special
subcommittees.
Since its formation in late 1985, the Women’s AIDS Task
Force has produced a brochure on women at risk for AIDS
and organized subcommittees on IV drug users, minorities,
and children.
Members are organizing an area-wide blood drive
campaign during the week of June 27 (Gay Pride Week) in
cooperation with the American Red Cross, Atlanta Lesbian
Feminist Alliance, and YWCA.
Sunday, June 1
12:20 - 1:45 p.m.
AID Atlanta is an organization approved
by the American Psychological
Association to offer continuing
education for psychologists. The APA
approved sponsdr maintains responsibility
for the program.
Sunday Afternoon Options
A JOB FAIR OF VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
ES
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
AIDS is only a band of the spectrum of
HTLV-III infection and its symptoms. Today's
panel includes a person with antibodies to
the virus but without symptoms, a person
with swollen lymph nodes (Lymphadenopathy),
a person with AIDS—Related Complex (ARC),
and a person with AIDS.
William Glllaspie, M.S.W.
Moderator
?WA Support Group Facilitator
10:50 . . BREAK
11; 00 ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS
.AND PERSONAL RESPONSES TO AIDS
William Gillaspie, M.S.W.
12:30 LUNCHEON PROGRAM
(See separate panel for details)
2:00 . . .THE NETWORK OF SERVICES AVAILABLE
TO PWAs AND PEOPLE WITH ARC
SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PEOPLE
AFFECTED BY HTLV-III/LAV
AID Atlanta’s Case Manager, Sarah Holmes, M.A., a
doctoral candidate in psychology at Georgia State
University, will chair a program featuring therapists and
facilitators who lead support groups for people affected by
AIDS, ARC and Lymphadenopathy.
. Weekly support groups are offerd under the auspices of
AID Atlanta for people whose lives are touched by the AIDS
epidemic. Among the support groups available are
bereavement, holistic approaches to AIDS, groups for lovers,
friends and members ef families of People with AIDS
£ (pwA’s). For people already infected with HTLV-III/LAV,
i groups are available for PWA’s and people with ARC and
U Lymphadenopathy. A groups for the worried well, such as
. (those who have been infected with the virus but show no
symptoms, will be offered in the near future.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Separate
registration required.)
1 RED CROSS HOME NURSING COURSE
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Sheppard Spinal Clinic
Maria Hansen, MPH, an AID Atlanta volunteer trained as a
Home Nursing instructor by American Red Cross, will teach
the first session of an 18-hour certified nursing course.
Anyone interested in working as volunteer in AID Atlanta's
new Practical Support program is encouraged to enroll in
this special course which has been adapted to meet the
needs of peolewho provide care to PWAs. No previous health
care expferience is required.
A $15.00 fee is required to cover costs of materials,
certification, and classroom space. Subsequent clases in the
series will be held on five Tuesday and Thursday evenings
from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m.
CASE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR
CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND NEW BUDDIES
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Old Rich Auditorium
Paul Plate, M.Ed., will conduct a three-hour workshop dn
case management, intended for potential Buddies as well as
for currently active Buddies, this session will acquaint
volunteers with the new Patient Services manual.
In addition to the Buddy's role as a friend to a PWA, each
Buddy is expected to serve as a "mini case manager,"
coordinating AID Atlanta’s sen/ices tc the PWA and
identifying new resources for meeting the client’s special
needs. This afternoon’s workshop will offer specific
suggestions for fulfilling the case manager role. r
A $5.00 fee is requested to cover the cost of the Patient
Services manual.
This job fair is your opportunity to learn more about your
future role as a volunteer with AID Atlanta.
Volunteers from each of the agency’s active programs will
be on hand to talk with you one-to-one about their
involvement with specific programs. Learn from their
experiences, ask for their suggestions, offer your assistance
to the programs that interest you.
THE GAPS VS SEED TO FILL
Sarah Holmes, M.A.
Case Manager
AID ATLANTA
Two concurrent sessions are offered in
separate locations from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m.
For information on the Red Cross Home
Nursing course and the Buddy Case Management
workshop, see separate panel.
Saturday, May 31, 1986
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
8:30 REGISTRATION
(Coffee will be provided)
3:30 BREAK
3:45 FILLING THE GAPS:
A JOB FAIR OF AID ATLANTA
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
(See separate panel for details)
9:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Heath Costain
President
AID Atlanta
5:00 CLOSING COMMENTS
QUESTIONS AND^ ANSWERS
5:30 ADJOURN
9:10 ........ . WHAT IS HTLV-III/LAV
INFECTION?
From AIDS to ARC to Lymphadenopathy
The Spectrum of Symptoms
Stosh Ostrow, M.D.
Vice President
AID Atlanta
10:30 BREAK
10:45 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF
INFECTION WITH HTLV-III/LAV
Don Smith, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist
Georgia Mental Health Institute
Chairperson, Education Committee
AID Atlanta
12:00 . LUNCHEON PROGRAM
(See separate panel for details)
1:45 . ... . . • ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND AIDS
David MacDonald, C.A.C., M.S.W.
Community Addiction Services
2:15 ....... BREAK
2:30 .... . LIVING WITH DEATH AND DYING
Nancy Paris
Director
Hospice Atlanta
4:15 ... BREAK
4:30 ....... . DEALING WITH FEELINGS:
DEATH AND DYING
Jane Gavin, A.C.S.W.
Therapist
Board Member
AID Atlanta
5:30 .. ADJOURN
Today's presentations are only half of the
total weekend program. Sunday's sessions
are equally important. Please plan to
attend both days, if at all possible.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Tuesday, May 27, 9:00 p.m.
Mail or deliver registration to:
AID Atlanta
811 Cypress Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Please enroll me in the two-day
All Volunteer Training weekend.
I have enclosed $15.00 payable to
AID Atlanta to cover all materials,
Including refreshments and two
luncheons.
I will be applying for CEU credit
from the University of Georgia
School of Social Work, Office of
Continuing Social Work Education.
Enclosed is my additional $3.00
application fee.
I will be applying for CEU credit
from the American Psychological
Association. Enclosed is my
additional $5.00 application fee.
Enroll me in the American* Red Cross
Home Nursing course. I have erclosed
an additional $15.00,‘payable to the
American Red ’’ross«
Enroll me In the Case Management
Workshop for Buddies. 1 have enclosed
$5.00 to cover the cost cf the
Patient Services Manual
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