The Inbox: Updates from Mid-America PTTC
In the September 2024 edition of The Inbox are details about the 1st Annual Region 7 Peer Summit: Elevating Professionalism Together: Advancing Through Peer Collaboration, and registration details to a virtual Prevention Core Competencies training. Plus, two new episodes of Prevention Perk with guests Stephanie Ahles in conversation about the Role of Participatory Engagement in Prevention and we talked to Colber Prosper - A Prevention Professional You Should Know.
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Mid-America PTTC to host Virtual Prevention Core Competencies in September.
The Mid-America PTTC would like to invite you to participate in a training program covering SAMHSA’s Prevention Core Competencies, September 23-25th, 2024.
Register for Virtual Core Competencies
Training and ToT Agenda
The curriculum covers substance use prevention fundamentals for early to mid-career prevention professionals. The program is designed to provide an introduction to prevention science and a roadmap to further education and professional development.
Subject matter for the training will cover a wide variety of topics including:
● Prevention theories, models, and techniques
● Foundational knowledge on substance use disorders and mental health
● Ethical practice
The Inbox: Updates from Mid-America PTTC
In the August 2024 edition of The Inbox are details about the 1st Annual Region 7 Peer Summit: Elevating Professionalism Together: Advancing Through Peer Collaboration, a registration details to a virtual Prevention Core Competencies training. Plus, a new episode of Prevention Perk with guest Georgina Lafoe discussing Building a Life of Resiliency.
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Registration Ending Soon for Media Savvy: Empowering Communities through Education
The Mid-America PTTC would like to invite you to participate in a media literacy training event August 20th-21st, 2024 in Kansas City Missouri.
Learn more and register for Media Savvy
About Media Savvy
Media Savvy will help participants develop a deeper understanding of media impact on choices, mental health; how AI will shape the future of social media and the role of personal storytelling.
Whether you're part of the prevention workforce, represent an organization, coalition, or a member at the grassroots level this event will help build your knowledge base.
DATE/TIME:
August 20th: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
August 21st: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
LOCATION
Kansas City, Missouri.
Intercontinental Hotel
There is no cost to register and the PTTC will cover hotel accommodations and parking for residents from Mid-America (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska).
The Inbox: Updates from Mid-America PTTC
In the July 2024 edition of The Inbox are announcements for our Media Savvy: Empowering Communities Through Change event, and our Leadership Design Institute. Plus, two new episodes of Prevention Perk; first guest Kendra Tapie discusses Transformative Leadership, followed by Culturally Effective Changes Strategies with Greg Puckett.
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Mid-America PTTC to host Virtual Prevention Core Competencies
The Mid-America PTTC would like to invite you to participate in a training program covering SAMHSA’s Prevention Core Competencies, September 23-25th, 2024.
Register for Virtual Core Competencies
Training and ToT Agenda
The curriculum covers substance use prevention fundamentals for early to mid-career prevention professionals. The program is designed to provide an introduction to prevention science and a roadmap to further education and professional development.
Subject matter for the training will cover a wide variety of topics including:
● Prevention theories, models, and techniques
● Foundational knowledge on substance use disorders and mental health
● Ethical practice
The Inbox: Updates from Mid-America PTTC
In the June 2024 edition of The Inbox there is a profile on each guest for our podcast series during Pride Month along with links for supporting resources, save-the-dates for our summer Media Literacy Conference and a Leadership Development Workshop, and information about a medicare.gov update, and a link to SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center.
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Why Focus on LGBTQ+ People
Join us for a multi-part podcast series during Pride Month 2024. Starting June 6th our conversation is "Why Focus on LGBTQ+ People", with Angela Weeks, Project Director for SAMHSA’s Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity. Angela brings extensive national experience creating, implementing, and evaluating programs and initiatives that improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people and communities, and extensive experience supporting LGBTQ+ populations experiencing homelessness and the juvenile justice system. This project is a collaboration with SAMHSA's Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity and the Mid-America PTTC. Learn more about each episode and view supporting resources <here>.
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In the May 2024 edition of The Inbox there is a profile on each guest for our series during Pride Month, updates to our Community of Practice series, and resources about using Humor as a Protective Factor, and the The Art of Focused Conversation. Plus, two new episodes of the Prevention Perk, Laughter is the Best Prevention Medicine a conversation with Nathan Wray, and Leadership Comes from Within with guest Karie Terhark.
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