Prevention Ethics
An Enhanced Prevention Learning Series
Series Overview:
This two-week, four-session series offers an interactive experience that explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to the application of an ethical decision-making process.
By the end of the EPLS, participants will be able to:
- Defined ethics and related terms
- Described the six principles in the Prevention Code of Ethics
- Practiced using an ethical decision-making process to apply the Prevention Code of Ethics
Audience:
Prevention practitioners, coalition coordinators, and allied partners working to prevent substance misuse in communities and tribes located in Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center HHS Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Dates and Times:
December 3, 5, 10, and 12, 2024
09:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Alaska
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pacific
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Mountain
(view in your time zone)
Facilitator:
Christina López-Gutiérrez has extensive experience in evidence-based substance misuse prevention practices at the local, state, and bi-national levels. Her career began in the late 1990s, implementing “model” curricula in communities and evolved to providing Training and Technical Assistance to community-based coalitions, single state agencies, Promotores and Community Health Workers. Ms. López-Gutiérrez has been part of various training teams to include the U.S.-Mexico Border states and sister cities in Mexico with the delivery of the Strategic Prevention Framework in Spanish. More recently, Ms. López-Gutiérrez has participated in a state-wide evaluation team to support grantees aiming to decrease Prescription Misuse and Underage drinking.
Certificates:
Participants who complete all 4 sessions will receive a certificate of attendance for 10 contact hours. No partial credit is given for this course. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.
Register Here:
Prevention Ethics EPLS Registration
Cost is Free!
Questions?
Please contact Holly Simak at [email protected] if you have questions.