Eluterio Blanco, Jr, MAC, LCDC 1201 W. University Dr. Edinburg, TX 78539 (956) 665-5240 eluterio.blanco01@utrgv.edu Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Counseling (PhD) To be conferred 2018 The University of Texas-Pan American M.A. Clinical Psychology August 2007 The University of Texas-Pan American B.A. Psychology May 2002 The University of Texas at Austin TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley Rio Grande Valley, TX Sept 2015-Present School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling Clinical Assistant Professor Section instructor for courses offered primarily in Rehabilitation Services and Addiction Studies. Tasks include preparing course lectures, outlines, and curriculum. Courses taught: REHS 3340-Intermediate Aspects of Addiction Studies REHS 4303-Case Management II REHS 4340-Clinical Issues in Addiction Studies REHS 3350-Prevention of Addictive Behaviors REHS 4062-Practicum University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley Rio Grande Valley, TX Oct 2015-Present School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling SBIRT Program Manager Grant Manager and Co-Principal Investigator for SAMHSA student training grant 1H79TI025979-01 SBIRT Training for Hispanic Health Professional Students. Duties included organizing training events developed to deliver training to 500 students annually and maintain compliance with grant award expectations. Created curriculum for PSYC 4383-Motivating Change in Addiction and Mental Disorders based on materials/concepts of SBIRT training and served as co-professor for course. University of Texas-Pan American Edinburg, TX Aug 2010-May 2015 Department of Rehabilitation Teaching Assistant/Clinical Instructor Section instructor for courses in the Rehabilitation Counseling Program. Tasks include preparing lectures, in- person and on Blackboard, assign course readings, and grade assignments from undergraduate students. Courses taught: REHS 2321-Introduction to Addictions REHS 2331-Psychology of Disability REHS 4340-Clinical Issues in Addiction Studies REHS 4345-Culture and Addiction CREDENTIALS & CERTIFICATIONS Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)-Texas #10020 Master Addiction Counselor #509710 PRESENTATIONS
National National Council of Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) 12 th Annual Spring Conference Poster Presentation: Cannabis, Culture and Anxiety: Attitudes of Mexican/Mexican-American College Students on the US/Mexico Border. San Francisco, CA. April 2012 National Council of Rehabilitation Education/RSA Annual Fall Conference Concurrent Session Presentation: Role of the VR Counselor within the Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care Movement Arlington, VA. November 2013 National Council of Rehabilitation Education/RSA Annual Fall Conference Concurrent Session Presentation: So You Think You Can Assess: Effective Suicide and Addictions Assessments Arlington, VA. October 2015 Regional/Local Palmer Drug Abuse Program s 2 nd Annual Substance Abuse and Mental Health Conference Panel Participant: Putting a Face on Statistics. Edinburg, TX February 2011 UTPA Addiction Resource Center s Continuing Education Lecture Series: Session Co-Presenter: Street Drug Lingo: FAQs. McAllen, TX February 2012 Palmer Drug Abuse Program s 3 rd Annual Substance Abuse and Mental Health Conference Session Co-Presenter: Street Drug Lingo: FAQs. Edinburg, TX March 2012 Bringing Recovery Support Services to Scale-Recovery Forum Panel Participant: How we bring recovery supports to scale. Austin, TX January 2013 UTPA Addiction Resource Center s Continuing Education Lecture Series: Session Presenter: A New Day: Being productive in Recovery. McAllen, TX February 2013 Palmer Drug Abuse Program s 4 th Annual Substance Abuse and Mental Health Conference Session Co-Presenter: Street Drug Lingo: FAQs: An Update. Edinburg, TX April 2013 UNIDAD Community Interventions Conference: A Focus on Solutions. Session Presenter: How we view Substance Use Disorders & Recovery: How to Break Down the Walls of Substance Use Disorders. McAllen, TX November 2013 Palmer Drug Abuse Program s 5 th Annual Substance Abuse and Mental Health Conference Session Co-Presenter: The 5 Ws of the Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) in the RGV. Edinburg, TX April 2014 UT Brownsville 3 rd Annual Behavioral Health Conference: Transforming Ourselves Through Mental Health and Wellness Session Presenter: Recovery- How to Break Down the Walls of Substance Use Disorders. Brownsville, TX
May 2014 Texas Rehabilitation Association & Southwest Region Annual Conference Student Presenter: News You Can Use: Rehab Research from TX Universities. Galveston, TX June 2014 Texas Behavioral Health Institute Session Co-Presenter: La Frontera: Unique challenges to treatment accessibility along the Texas/Mexico Border. Austin, TX July 2014 Integrated Behavioral Health Conference Session Presenter: How we view Substance use disorders. Olmito, TX July 2014 Texas Association of Addiction Professional s Fortieth Annual Conference Session Presenter: Role of the Counselor within the ROSC movement. San Antonio, TX August 2014 UNIDAD Community Interventions Conference: Redirecting the Pipeline: A Focus on Solutions Session Presenter: Identifying Behaviors on Substance Abuse. Alamo, TX November 2014 UTPA Addiction Resource Center s Continuing Education Lecture Series: Session Presenter:..And Action! Playing the Ethical professional role in Chemical Dependency Counseling. McAllen, TX November 2014 ACTIVE MINDS at UTPA: Don t Hide Behind the Mask Session Presenter: How we view substance use disorders. Edinburg, TX May 2015 UTPA Department of Rehabilitation Annual Conference Counseling & Employment Supports: Current Trends Session Presenter:..And Action! Playing the Ethical professional role in Chemical Dependency Counseling. Edinburg, TX June 2015 Session Presenter: Clinical Supervision for Chemical Dependency Counselors McAllen, TX August 2015 Community Interventions Conference: Redirecting the Pipeline Session Presenter: Legal Highs: Synthetic and Prescription Drug Use. Mission, TX November 2015 UNIDAD Coalition Town Hall Meeting Panelist: Underage Drinking: A Deadly Mistake. San Juan, TX January 2016 Regional Stakeholder Symposium on Synthetic Drugs Session Presenter: Clinical Impairment of Synthetic Drug Use and Treatment February 2016 Palmer Drug Abuse Program s 7 th Annual Substance Abuse and Mental Health Conference Session Co-Presenter: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. Edinburg, TX
April 2016 Texas Association of Addiction Professional s Forty Second Annual Conference Session Co-Presenter: Culturally Appropriate Harm Reduction Approach for Clients of Mexican/Mexican American Origin. San Antonio, TX August 2016 Session Presenter: Culturally Appropriate Harm Reduction Approach for Clients of Mexican/Mexican American Origin McAllen, TX September 2016 UNIDAD Community Interventions Conference: Redirecting the Pipeline: A Focus on Solutions Session Presenter: Understanding Recovery: What we don t know will hurt them. Weslaco, TX November 2016 City of Weslaco Town Hall Meeting on Alcohol Social Hosting Session Presenter: Risk Factors Associated with Underage Drinking and Social Hosting. Weslaco, TX February 2017 The International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) Brain Day Session Presenter: Wired for Addiction? McAllen, TX March 2017 BHSST Youth Recovery Services Unleased 1.0 Conference Session Presenter: Alcohol and Drug Primer. McAllen, TX July 2017 Texas Health and Human Services Regional Town Hall Meeting: Prescription Drug Misuse Prevention Session Presenter: Preventing Prescription Abuse on College Campus. Weslaco, TX July 2017 Texas Association of Addiction Professional s Forty Third Annual Conference Session Co-Presenter: Oh Snap! Using Social Media to Assess Students Perceived Harm of ATOD. San Antonio, TX August 2017 Texas Association of Addiction Professional s Forty Third Annual Conference Session Co-Presenter: Am I doing this right? Motivational Interviewing Techniques Review for Beginners & Experts. San Antonio, TX August 2017 University of North Texas 5 th Annual Recovery Conference Session Co-Presenter: Motivational Interviewing Techniques for Clients with Co-Occurring Disorders. Denton, TX September 2017 Session Co-Presenter: Oh Snap! Using Social Media to Assess Students Perceived Harm of ATOD. McAllen, TX. October 2017 UTRGV 2nd Annual Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (CAVE) Conference Panel Participant: Addiction Issues for Victims/Survivors and Perpetrators. Edinburg, TX. October 2017
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health s 10 th Annual Mindscape: Behavioral Health Today Conference Session Co-Presenter: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Substance Use Disorder Treatment. South Padre Island, TX. October 2017 Session Co-Presenter: Latest Revisions of the NAADAC Code of Ethics: Guidelines for the Addiction Counselor in the Digital Age. McAllen, TX. February 2018 Drug & Alcohol Intervention Summit. Straight Talk for Parents: Partnering to Protect our Children. Session Presenter: Understanding Addiction. Sharyland ISD. McAllen, TX. March 2018 GRANTS/AWARDS/HONORS President s Achievement Scholarship. University of Texas at Austin: Fall 1998-Spring 2002. 3 rd Millennium Classrooms Alcohol-Wise College Drinking Research Stipend-Spring 2012. University of Texas-Pan Am College of Health Sciences and Human Services Research Fellow AY 2014-2015. Co-authored SBIRT Project proposal to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for professional student training on evidence-based screening, intervention, and treatment of substance use disorders. o Funded for $945,000 over 3 years. October 2015 September 2018. National PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) -Member since 2010 National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) -Member since 2011 National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) - Member since 2012 American Psychological Association (APA) -Member since 2012. Division 50-Society of Addiction Psychology Regional/Local Texas Association of Addiction Professionals (TAAP) - Member since 2011 Valley Chapter of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals-Member since 2014 SERVICE Valley Chapter of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals (VAAP) -President: Aug 2014- Aug 2017 Texas Association of Addiction Professionals (TAAP) Board of Directors Member: April 2014- Present TAAP Conference Committee member. 2015, 2016, 2017 TAAP BOD Cultural Diversity Subcommittee member. 2014-Present TAAP BOD Student Involvement Subcommittee Chair. 2016-Present University of Texas-Pan American Undergraduate Research Conference Reviewer- 2013 Region 11 Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) Task Force - Committee Member: December 2012- Present
RGV Council, Inc. Employee Committee- Chair: September 2009-August 2014 Uniting Neighbors In Drug Abuse Defense (UNIDAD) Community Coalition- Member: 2015-Present Student Organization Aspiring Substance Abuse Professionals (ASAP) - UTRGV Faculty Advisor: 2015- Present