COURSE DESCRIPTION This interactive interfaith session will convene faith leaders, prevention professionals, and community partners to explore how faith-based organizations are addressing substance misuse. PRESENTER Rev. Johnny Riley, Jr. is a recipient of the U.S. President of the United of America’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the Chairman of the Board of Bridging the GAPS of the United States of America (www.btgofusa.org) an international non-profit focused on leadership development and the President of Bridging the GAPS of Arkansas (www.btgarkansas.org) focused on youth leadership development and prevention, and community development. He is a principle of J Riley Consulting Group LLC (www.JRCG.US), a multinational consulting firm focused on leadership, business and community development and marketplace ministry to foster community self-sufficiency. He is the author of four books. Johnny Riley is the former Chief Executive Office of a local Housing Authority. He worked with State Farm Insurance Companies for over 14 years, where he served as a part of the project team to develop the current State Farm Bank, one of the United States of America’s largest virtual banks. And he was also the Director of the Office of Workforce Development for the State of Louisiana Workforce Commission (Department of Labor). He managed an annual budget of $150 million dollars. He was instrumental in providing the labor force during the BP Oil Spill cleanup efforts, the largest man-made disaster in the history of the United States of America. He speaks in conferences annually all over the world (Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Australia). He has spoken to over 100,000 individuals about community -based business developing in the United States and several foreign countries. Recently because of COVID-19 he has spoken at several leadership conferences in the United States and India about how to engage the entire community in the mist of this current pandemic.

Cost: FREE Contact Hours:  Up to 5 for attending Parts 1-4 (Certificate of Attendance) Target Audience: Professionals or organizations; Community members (members of a community or consumers); Students or educators (including faculty, administrators, supervisors, etc.) Developed for: SAMHSA Region 3 Join us for our Collecting Data to Inform Environmental Scans Learning Collaborative comprised of 2 webinars, each with an accompanying learning lab. The learning labs will offer an immersive, hands-on environment where participants can actively practice and refine skills in real-world scenarios. WEBINAR 1: March 25: What Is Data and How Do We Obtain It? LAB 1: March 27: Developing Data Collection Opportunities WEBINAR 2: April 1: Overcoming Data Collection Challenges and Managing Your Data LAB 2: April 3: Overcoming Data Collection Challenges   WEBINAR 1: What Is Data and How Do We Obtain It? The first webinar in this learning collaborative will introduce and discuss data concepts relevant to environmental scans for substance use prevention. Through the lens of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), it will introduce the different ways prevention professionals can use data. The webinar will also summarize the different types of data relevant to environmental scan efforts and explain why data is critical to building the prevention field’s evidence base. Lastly, the webinar will identify data collection methods and sources, as well as important strengths and potential challenges for prevention professionals. WEBINAR 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: Explain how data supports prevention planning and programming Recognize the different types of data relevant to environmental scans in prevention Identify common secondary data sources Identify common primary data collection techniques LAB 1: Developing Data Collection Opportunities This first learning lab in our environmental scan learning collaborative focuses on how participants can develop the necessary skills to begin evidence-based methods of data collection in order to begin implementation of an environmental scan. Here, through guided exercises, participants will gain an understanding of the data resources needed to build an environmental scan and what are the best ways to go about data collection to practically inform their strategic planning process. LAB 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this lab, participants will be able to: Utilize evidence-based and practical skills for data collection Identify data resources for prevention WEBINAR 2: Overcoming Data Collection Challenges and Managing Your Data The second webinar in this learning collaborative will describe how to obtain and begin using data. It will identify important strengths and potential challenges to data collection efforts. The webinar will also provide recommendations for overcoming these challenges, including explaining the importance of ethics in data collection and when building new data collection instruments and tools. Additionally, the webinar will provide strategies for analyzing data and tips for working with imperfect data. Lastly, the webinar will describe how to build or strengthen partnerships to support and enhance data collection efforts for an environmental scan. WEBINAR 2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: Recognize common barriers to data collection and strategies to overcome those challenges Identify the importance of ethics for data collection and when developing instruments Describe and contrast data analysis strategies and tips for working with imperfect data Identify how to build partnerships around data collection and gathering LAB 2: Overcoming Data Collection Challenges This second learning lab in our environmental scan learning collaborative focuses on preparing for an environmental scan and using findings to support strategic planning. Here, through guided exercises that build off the content provided in the webinars, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the practical skills required to fully utilize environmental scans. LAB 2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this lab, participants will be able to: Identify common data challenges and tips for overcoming them Recognize ethical considerations for successful data collection PRESENTERS Josh Esrick, MPP is the Chief of Training and Technical Assistance at Carnevale Associates, LLC. Mr. Esrick has over ten years of experience researching, writing, evaluating, and presenting on substance use prevention and other behavioral health topics. He is an expert in providing training and technical assistance (T/TA) in substance use, having overseen the development of hundreds of T/TA products for numerous clients, including six of SAMHSA’s ten regional Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTCs), the PTTC Network Coordinating Office, the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) and Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTC), and SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT). These trainings and products have covered a wide range of topics, including strategic planning, data collection and analysis, and identifying evidence-based prevention interventions for youth. In addition to T/TA, Mr. Esrick has directly provided many of these services to behavioral health agencies and other entities. He has published several academic journal articles. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Master of Public Policy from George Washington University.   Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.   Olivia Stuart, MSW  supports the training & technical assistance (T/TA) team in the development and delivery of knowledge translation products across multiple projects. In this capacity, she assists with webinars, literature reviews, and infographics on a range of behavioral health topics. Prior to joining Carnevale Associates, Olivia interned with the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center where she supported projects to reduce inequities in the criminal justice system. Olivia also served as a Graduate Research Supervisor at George Mason University and worked for several years in advocacy and fundraising. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from George Mason University.     *CONTACT HOUR ELIGIBILITY In order to be eligible for the contact hours/certificate of attendance, you must join the live webinar in the Zoom platform. If you are having issues accessing the room/application at the time of the event: Please email [email protected] at the start of the webinar so that we can assist you. ACCOMMODATIONS If you are in need of any special accommodations, please notify the Central East PTTC Webinar Team three weeks in advance of the event, or as soon as possible, by emailing [email protected].

Description: For substance misuse prevention practitioners who are nearer to the field, or who have worked predominantly with individual or family-based prevention programs, environmental change can be a daunting proposition.  It can be challenging both to understand the myriad ways that the environment influences behavior, as well as the many ways prevention professionals can shape those environments to better support health. Join us for this session to dive into environmental approaches to prevention.  We will explore the importance of environmental strategies in a comprehensive substance misuse prevention plan, core components of commonly implemented environmental strategies, and key considerations for effective implementation.   Learning Objectives: Describe the value of including environmental strategies in a comprehensive substance misuse prevention plan Distinguish between individual-focused and environmental prevention approaches Identify core components of select environmental strategies Discuss key considerations of effective implementation of environmental strategies   Presenter bios:  Jess Goldberg – Jess Goldberg is a training and technical assistance specialist with Education Development Center. For over a decade, Jess has specialized in building capacity to improve behavioral health at the national, state, regional and local levels. Her areas of expertise include preventing youth substance use; promoting cross-sector collaborations; addressing health disparities; strategic planning, logic model development, and sustainability planning. Jess holds an MSW and MPH from Boston University and is a Certified Prevention Specialist.

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