Meeting People Where They Are: Inclusion and Belonging at SMART

March 4, 3:00 PM ET: Gaming, Gambling, Trading, and Prediction Market Challenges 

During Problem Gambling Awareness Month, join us for a conversation about how gambling-related challenges — including gaming, trading, and prediction markets — are increasingly showing up in SMART Recovery meetings.

  • Level: Beginner to Expert
  • Course time: 60 Minutes
  • Open to all trainees as well as current and future facilitators! 
  • Held in Zoom. Register for links
  • Kitty Martz, CGRM, CGAC-II, IGRS, BARA
    Executive Director, Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery

    Brian Ward, CGRM, CGAC-R, IGRS, BARA
    President, Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery
At this session, we’ll briefly review current trends and key statistics (including that approximately 6% of Oregonians are at risk), explore how gambling platforms impact the brain (variable reinforcement, near-miss effects, dopamine response), and discuss how these behaviors often surface alongside substance use.

We'll  focus on practical tools for SMART facilitators, including how to create safety and belonging for participants experiencing gambling-related challenges, what language to use (and avoid), and how SMART tools like planning and VACI can help address the underlying needs driving the behavior.

Special Guests
Kitty Martz, CGRM, CGAC-II, IGRS, BARA
Executive Director, Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery

Brian Ward, CGRM, CGAC-R, IGRS, BARA
President, Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery


Please note, this session will be recorded and shared on the SMART Training Hub shortly after the session. 
Open to all future and Current facilitators!

Live Session, Included With Your Self-Paced Course!

During Problem Gambling Awareness Month, join us for a conversation about how gambling-related challenges — including gaming, trading, and prediction markets — are increasingly showing up in SMART Recovery meetings.

We’ll briefly review current trends and key statistics (including that approximately 6% of Oregonians are at risk), explore how gambling platforms impact the brain (variable reinforcement, near-miss effects, dopamine response), and discuss how these behaviors often surface alongside substance use.

We'll  focus on practical tools for SMART facilitators, including how to create safety and belonging for participants experiencing gambling-related challenges, what language to use (and avoid), and how SMART tools like planning and VACI can help address the underlying needs driving the behavior.

Special Guests

Brian Ward, CGRM, CGAC-R, IGRS, BARA
President, Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery

Kitty Martz, CGRM, CGAC-II, IGRS, BARA
Executive Director, Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery

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