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Webinar 3: How to strike the right balance between evidence-based program fidelity and adaptation. Webinar Series Description The Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series is designed to enhance substance misuse prevention efforts through a structured three-part webinar series. Webinar Description The third and final webinar in this training series will focus on five best practices for evidence-based program (EBP) implementation. The presenters will provide research-based tools and strategies for assuring you maintain the core elements of the program needed to achieve positive outcomes while also adapting the non-core elements to enhance fit with your target audience. Through the presentation, we will reflect on how these best practices help promote health equity in the implementation of substance misuse prevention programs. Webinar Objectives In this webinar, participants will: Learn key terms, theories, and best practices for evidence-based program implementation. Learn how to apply research-based tools and strategies to assure you maintain the core elements of the program needed to achieve positive outcomes while also adapting the non-core elements to enhance fit with your community. Explore how to infuse a health equity perspective into your evidence-based program implementation plan.   Date & Time Wednesday, January 15, 2025 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Alaska 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Pacific 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Mountain (View in your time zone) Audience Prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members working to prevent substance misuse in tribes, communities, and states in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).   Presenters Brittany Cooper is Associate Professor of Human Development and graduate faculty in the Prevention Science PhD program at Washington State University. She also co-leads the Northwest PTTC and is President of the Society for Prevention Research. Dr. Cooper’s research, teaching, and outreach centers around the translation of prevention science for public health impact. For over a decade, she has collaborated with federal, state, and other community leaders to improve the field’s understanding of how best to support evidence-based prevention programs in diverse community settings.   Kat Bruzios is a postdoctoral scholar across University of Washington’s School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) and the ALACRITY Centers. She earned her PhD in Prevention Science from Washington State University. She has training and experience in identifying effective prevention strategies. Dr. Bruzios has expertise in the implementation of evidence-based prevention programs and using implementation strategies to achieve positive behavioral health outcomes for youth, families, and communities in various settings.   Registration Register for Webinar 3: How to strike the right balance between evidence-based program fidelity and adaptation.   COST: FREE!   Continuing Education Participants will receive a certificate of attendance of 1.5 hours for completion of this live webinar event.   Questions Please contact Holly Simak ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration.  For any other questions, please contact Kathy Gardner ([email protected]).

Part 1: Equipping Caregivers: Adult-supervised drinking during adolescence increases the risk for alcohol misuse. Webinar Series Description The Prevention and Parenting Across the Lifespan webinar series will highlight programs, research, and resources available to support caregivers in promoting healthy youth development. This series will look at opportunities to prevent substance misuse during adolescence and college-age years. The series is designed to support and enhance the work of substance misuse professionals and coalitions. Webinar Description Parents teach their children many skills. Some parents may try to teach their teens how to drink alcohol responsibly in the home so that their teens will know how to better manage alcohol when they move out on their own. Even though this is a very logical thing to do, it can make teen and young adult drinking problems worse. Dr. Bailey will share recent research by her team showing that teens who drank at home with parent or adult supervision have more alcohol problems not only in their teens, but also into their 30s. Webinar Objectives In this webinar, participants will: Learn basic information about teen alcohol and drug use, including when teens start using different substances, which ones they are most likely to use, and common effects of substance use on teens. Understand why allowing teens to drink in the home is not a good idea.   Date & Time Thursday, January 30, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am Alaska 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Mountain (View in your time zone) Audience Prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members working to prevent substance misuse in tribes, communities, and states in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).   Presenters Jennifer A. Bailey, PhD Dr. Bailey is Assistant Director and Director of Research in the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington. She is trained in developmental psychology, which is the study of how people grow and change during their lifetime. She has over 20 years of experience researching risk and protective factors for drug and alcohol use in adolescence and adulthood. She also studies the effects of drug and alcohol policy on substance use.     Registration Register for Part 1: Equipping Caregivers: Adult-supervised drinking during adolescence increases the risk for alcohol misuse.   Register for Part 2: Equipping Adolescents: An introduction to Guiding Good Choices, a tested and proven parenting program. Register for Part 3: Equipping College Students: An introduction to First Years Away from Home, a resource to support transitions to college.   COST: FREE!   Continuing Education Participants will receive a certificate of attendance of 1 hour for completion of this live webinar event.   Questions Please contact Holly Simak ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration.  For any other questions, please contact Kathy Gardner ([email protected]).

Part 2: Equipping Adolescents: An introduction to Guiding Good Choices, a tested and proven parenting program. Webinar Series Description The Prevention and Parenting Across the Lifespan webinar series will highlight programs, research, and resources available to support caregivers in promoting healthy youth development. This series will look at opportunities to prevent substance misuse during adolescence and college-age years. The series is designed to support and enhance the work of substance misuse professionals and coalitions. Webinar Description In this presentation, we will describe the Guiding Good Choices five-part workshop series for parents of children aged 9-14. We will cover the program’s evidence base, the outcomes, target audience, and describe what is recommended in terms of a successful implementation. We will also cover licensing and available implementation supports for the program. Webinar Objectives In this webinar, participants will: Be able to describe the GGC program and identify the program’s target population and outcomes. Understand what is required for successful, high-fidelity implementation of GGC.   Date & Time Thursday, February 27, 2025 10:00 am – 11:00 am Alaska 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Mountain (View in your time zone) Audience Prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members working to prevent substance misuse in tribes, communities, and states in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).   Presenters Dalene Beaulieu, MS Dalene Beaulieu, MS, serves as the Senior Communities Prevention Strategist and Director of Training and Family Programs at the University of Washington's Center for Communities That Care (CTC), within the Social Development Research Group's School of Social Work. Drawing from her 12 years of experience coordinating a CTC Coalition in Maine, she now provides training, technical assistance, and coaching to communities worldwide. Her personal experience witnessing CTC's effectiveness in addressing youth substance use and suicide in her own community inspired her transition to helping implement these systems globally. She divides her time between summers in midcoast Maine and traveling throughout the continental US.     Registration Register for Part 2: Equipping Adolescents: An introduction to Guiding Good Choices, a tested and proven parenting program.   Register for Part 1: Equipping Caregivers: Adult-supervised drinking during adolescence increases the risk for alcohol misuse. Register for Part 3: Equipping College Students: An introduction to First Years Away from Home, a resource to support transitions to college.   COST: FREE!   Continuing Education Participants will receive a certificate of attendance of 1 hour for completion of this live webinar event.   Questions Please contact Holly Simak ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration.  For any other questions, please contact Kathy Gardner ([email protected]).

Webinar 2: How to choose the right evidence-based program for my community.   December 18, 2024   Webinar Series Description: The Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series is designed to enhance substance misuse prevention efforts through a structured three-part webinar series.   Webinar Description: The second webinar in this series will dive deeper into a three-step process for choosing the right evidence-based program (EBP) to meet your community’s needs. Step 1 includes assessing your community’s needs and priorities. Step 2 uses the information from Step 1 to identify and narrow your EBP options by considering the type of EBP needed. Step 3 involves comparing EBPs by assessing their strength of evidence and degree of fit with your community’s needs and resources. Throughout this webinar, the presenters will provide tools and resources to help support the three-step process and participants will learn how to integrate a health equity lens in each step.   Webinar Objectives: In this webinar, participants will: Learn how to determine your community’s prevention needs and priorities. Learn how to identify evidence-based programs that align with your community’s prevention needs and priorities. Learn how to assess the strength of evidence for evidence-based programs and their fit with your community’s needs and resources.   Webinar Recording and Slides: Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series -Webinar 2 - Recording Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series -Webinar 2 - Slide Deck   Additional Resource: EBP Webinar 2 - Additional Resources   Presenters: Brittany Cooper is Associate Professor of Human Development and graduate faculty in the Prevention Science PhD program at Washington State University. She also co-leads the Northwest PTTC and is President of the Society for Prevention Research. Dr. Cooper’s research, teaching, and outreach centers around the translation of prevention science for public health impact. For over a decade, she has collaborated with federal, state, and other community leaders to improve the field’s understanding of how best to support evidence-based prevention programs in diverse community settings. Kat Bruzios is a postdoctoral scholar across University of Washington’s School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) and the ALACRITY Centers. She earned her PhD in Prevention Science from Washington State University. She has training and experience in identifying effective prevention strategies. Dr. Bruzios has expertise in the implementation of evidence-based prevention programs and using implementation strategies to achieve positive behavioral health outcomes for youth, families, and communities in various settings.   Questions: Contact Kathy Gardner at [email protected], if you have additional questions about the content related to this webinar.

Webinar 1: What are evidence-based programs and how can they help meet your community’s substance misuse prevention goals?   November 20, 2024   Webinar Series Description: The Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series is designed to enhance substance misuse prevention efforts through a structured three-part webinar series.   Webinar Description: The first webinar will set the stage for this 3-part webinar series by defining evidence-based programs (EBPs) and describing why they are important for meeting our substance misuse prevention goals. Participants will begin by reflecting on the goals of their prevention efforts and determining how EBPs can help them achieve those goals. We will also review what research shows are the core elements of effective prevention programs, what research shows is not effective, and the role EBPs play in promoting health equity. Finally, we will introduce several program registries that can be used to identify and compare specific EBPs that meet your community’s needs.   Webinar Objectives: In this webinar, participants will: Learn to improve their knowledge of different types of evidence. Learn to improve their understanding of what research shows does and does not work in substance misuse prevention programs. Learn what constitutes an evidence-based substance misuse prevention program and how to identify evidence-based programs using publicly available program registries.   Webinar Recording and Slides: Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series -Webinar 1 - Recording Evidence-Based Programs & Health Equity Webinar Series -Webinar 1 - Slide Deck   Additional Resource: What Does and Does Not Work in Youth Substance Misuse Prevention - Practice Brief 1   Presenters: Brittany Cooper is Associate Professor of Human Development and graduate faculty in the Prevention Science PhD program at Washington State University. She also co-leads the Northwest PTTC and is President of the Society for Prevention Research. Dr. Cooper’s research, teaching, and outreach centers around the translation of prevention science for public health impact. For over a decade, she has collaborated with federal, state, and other community leaders to improve the field’s understanding of how best to support evidence-based prevention programs in diverse community settings. Kat Bruzios is a postdoctoral scholar across University of Washington’s School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) and the ALACRITY Centers. She earned her PhD in Prevention Science from Washington State University. She has training and experience in identifying effective prevention strategies. Dr. Bruzios has expertise in the implementation of evidence-based prevention programs and using implementation strategies to achieve positive behavioral health outcomes for youth, families, and communities in various settings.   Questions: Contact Kathy Gardner at [email protected], if you have additional questions about the content related to this webinar.

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