Part 3: Equipping College Students: An introduction to First Years Away from Home, a resource to support transitions to college.

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

We will describe the theory, evidence base, and core elements of the First Years Away from Home: Letting Go and Staying Connected handbook for caregivers of first-year college students. We will explore the handbook, which includes information about parenting during the transition to adulthood, guidance on warmly supporting young adults’ growing autonomy, and activities related to values and expectations. We will share outcomes of the clinical trial of the handbook, which found that students whose caregivers received the handbook were significantly less likely to use alcohol and cannabis in their first and second years of college. We will also discuss best practices for collaborating with universities on substance use prevention efforts.

Webinar Objectives

In this webinar, participants will:

• Learn about the theoretical grounding, evidence base, and core elements and activities of the Letting Go and Staying Connected handbook for caregivers of first-year college students.
• Collaboratively explore the interactive caregiver-student activities in the Letting Go and Staying Connected handbook.
• Learn best practices for engaging and collaborating with colleges and universities on student substance use prevention efforts.

Date & Time

Thursday, March 27, 2025

10:00 am – 11:00 am Alaska
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Mountain
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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

Clara Hill, MPH

Clara Hill is a Research Associate and co-lead of the Improving Prevention through Action (IMPACT) Research Lab at Washington State University. Her academic background is in public health, with an MPH from the University of Washington and undergraduate degrees in psychology and English literature. Her research interests include mental health promotion, early childhood development, and parenting across the lifespan. Her current work in the IMPACT lab is primarily focused on disseminating evidence-based prevention research and programming and on strengthening the prevention workforce.

Registration

Register for Part 3: Equipping College Students: An introduction to First Years Away from Home, a resource to support transitions to college.

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.

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]).