ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION

Join the New England PTTC and the 2024 Fellows to learn about the six new research-based tools and resources created for the New England substance misuse prevention workforce to support Workforce Development: Recruiting, Training, Retaining Diverse Professionals across the Career Lattice in New England.

This webinar will take place on Day 1 - Monday, August 6th of the Advanced Prevention Institute: Amplifying Expertise & Connection of the New England Prevention Workforce. The RAD Fellowship Symposium is for all newer and advanced prevention professionals. The remainder of the Advanced Prevention Institute sessions are designed for the Advanced Professionals.

Resources include:

• The development of a training curriculum on trauma, mental health, and substance misuse for Hispanic and Latino residents interested in entering the field of behavioral health.
• An orientation checklist and materials to support early learning/training and connection to organizations and resources in the field for those entering the substance use prevention field in Vermont.
•  The intimate connection between personal growth and professional development, merging the two to create a blueprint for organizational environments that more meaningfully fosters the growth and diversity of our prevention workforce.
• A handbook on equitable, inclusive, and collaborative meetings designed for practical use by prevention organizations.
• A guide that will help start the conversation among employers on ways that they could be more inclusive, but also that they could be welcoming to members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
• A product that will focus on supporting prevention organizations and coalitions to a) identify how micro and macroaggressions commonly occur in prevention work; b) increase personal insight into micro and macroaggressions that might be perpetuated within their prevention communities, c) identify areas for implementation and improvement of various prevention workforce diversity strategies in leadership, recruitment, onboarding, retention, communication, and partnership, and d) provide prevention professionals with micro and macrointervention strategies for addressing implicit bias in their individual- and systems-level practices.

About the program: The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Research and Design (RAD) Fellowship program is an opportunity for professionals who have been in the field of prevention for five or more years to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to develop an innovative piece of research and accompanying tool for the benefit of the workforce at large. This program will support a seven-month term, during which the Fellows will each create a tool or product around a central, priority subject area. At the end of the program, the Fellows will present their products to the workforce in a symposium meant to demonstrate how the products should and can be used.

Priority Subject Area for 2024: Workforce Development: Recruiting, Training, Retaining Diverse Professionals across the Career Lattice

To view and learn more about 2021-2023 Fellowship Product click below:

• 2021: New research-based substance misuse prevention tools supporting Diversity & Intentional Inclusion in Prevention, in New England
• 2022: Changing Landscape of Cannabis with a Focus on the IC&RC Prevention Domains. Prevention Product Development for the New England Region
• 2023:  Practical Resources to Address The Root Causes of Substance Misuse with a Focus on the IC&RC Prevention Domains

To read about the 2024 Fellows and their work, CLICK HERE.