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The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center is excited to announce that the English version of our newest graphic medicine, Against the Odds, is available. Against the Odds is a new tool to help foster prevention-focused conversations with young people about problem gambling.
A graphic medicine uses the format of a graphic novel to communicate health information. Evidence shows that the visuals combined with the information can help with memory of important information, as well as understanding and comprehension. We worked with SOPO Unite in South Portland, Maine, to create this student-lead story about five friends, while struggling with the normal ups and downs of life as a teenager in small-town New England, now find themselves with a bigger problem on their claws...I mean, hands! The plastics factory on the outskirts of town had a chemical leak, and it's really killed the vibes. Now these friends have to launch an epic grass-roots community clean up, before the vibes kill them!
Throughout the story, we see one friend, Luke, struggle with his gambling habits, and another friend, Bishop, struggle with the impacts of the environmental crisis on his well-being, but those very visible struggles aren't the only ones. Stay until the end to catch how the students find connection as medicine, and check out the accompanying Implementation guide to see all the ways the story can be a tool for you to talk to young people about problem gambling. Like our sister-product, In the Air, which puts focus on Vaping Prevention, this resource will be available in Print and digital, as well as in Spanish and Portuguese. All our resources are free to the public, through our cooperative agreement with SAMHSA and our Agility Grant through the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG).
October is Substance Use Prevention Month — and we’re Telling the Prevention Story. Join SAMHSA, as partners in prevention!
Prevention Month lifts up the national conversation — to showcase prevention’s positive effects on communities across the country. View the toolkit on the SAMHSA website.
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WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us on December 18, 2024, at 2:00 pm for the WEBINAR: Against The Odds: Gambling Prevention Graphic Medicine Resource Launch (HHS Region 1). Learn about the tool and how you can use it to onboard new substance misuse prevention staff. Learn more and register.
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The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center is excited to announce the upcoming launch of our graphic medicine, Against the Odds - a new tool to help foster prevention-focused conversations with young people about problem gambling.
A graphic medicine uses the format of a graphic novel to communicate health information. Evidence shows that the visuals combined with the information can help with memory of important information, as well as understanding and comprehension. We worked with SOPO Unite in South Portland, Maine, to create this student-lead story about five friends, while struggling with the normal ups and downs of life as a teenager in small-town New England, now find themselves with a bigger problem on their claws...I mean, hands! The plastics factory on the outskirts of town had a chemical leak, and it's really killed the vibes. Now these friends have to launch an epic grass-roots community clean up, before the vibes kill them!
Throughout the story, we see one friend, Luke, struggle with his gambling habits, and another friend, Bishop, struggle with the impacts of the environmental crisis on his well-being, but those very visible struggles aren't the only ones. Stay until the end to catch how the students find connection as medicine, and check out the accompanying Implementation guide to see all the ways the story can be a tool for you to talk to young people about problem gambling. Like our sister-product, In the Air, which puts focus on Vaping Prevention, this resource will be available in Print and digital, as well as in Spanish and Portuguese. All our resources are free to the public, through our cooperative agreement with SAMHSA and our Agility Grant through the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG).
Follow our newsletter to get information on how you can join us for the product Launch in early December, as well as our Facilitator training in the new year.
The latest edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features Prevention Stories, Announcing the upcoming launch of our graphic medicine, Against the Odds - Request a copy now, Stories of Substance Misuse Prevention and Resilience, October is Substance Use Prevention Month and other awareness campaigns for October/November, and regionally and nationally developed events and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. View the newsletter.
October is Substance Use Prevention Month! Join SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) on Wed., 10/30, 3—4 pm ET, to learn about how states are advancing prevention + telling their prevention story.
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aDYTfDcPQtuQcRU0Mz8w3g#/registration
Please join us in congratulating Scott Gagnon, MPP, PS-C on his recent dual Prevention Professional of the Year Awards. Scott is a Certified Prevention Specialist and has been a professional in the field of substance use prevention for over 18 years. Scott’s roots are in community-based prevention. Scott was the Associate Executive Director of AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc., headquartered in Augusta, Maine. Scott led an innovative and nationally renowned PTTC team that developed cutting-edge, evidence-based prevention technical assistance programs and products. Scott has extensive subject matter expertise in the area of cannabis policy and prevention and experience in gambling addiction and problem gambling. Scott most recently joined SAMHSA, as the Regional Director serving Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and 10 sovereign Tribal Nations. Read his full bio.
Celebrating success! The Neill E. Miner Prevention Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution in the field of prevention. The recognized individual will have demonstrated a deep commitment and broad orientation to health promotion and disease prevention that extends beyond their specific profession or field of interest.
The IC&RC Prevention Professional of the Year Award honors the best of the best: the certified preventionist who best embodies the ideal of the profession and of IC&RC. The Prevention Committee of IC&RC accepts nominations from member boards, and then selects the awardee from among the submissions. The recipient is honored at a state or national conference.accepts nominations from member boards, and then selects the awardee from among the submissions. The recipient is honored at a state or national conference.
Please join us in congratulating Alissa Wigglesworth, MPH, PPS on receiving the 2024 Aspiring Leader in Prevention Award. Alissa has 7 years of experience supporting healthier outcomes for children and families as a community educator. She has experience working with vulnerable populations, victims of abuse, at-risk families, and as a tobacco prevention coordinator. She is an accomplished Prevention Coordinator with a rich background in the nonprofit and public health sectors. With a keen focus on prevention, mental health advocacy, and community outreach, She has dedicated her career to supporting youth and fostering healthy communities. Armed with expertise in public speaking and Motivational Interviewing, she effectively engages with diverse audiences to promote positive change.
About the 2024 Aspiring Leader in Prevention Award
The Maine Prevention Certification Board (MPCB) seeks to recognize aspiring leaders and/or exemplary Maine prevention professionals within the field.
The Aspiring Leader in Prevention Award recognizes exemplary work in the field of substance use prevention by a professional who is newer to the field The recipient of this award does not need to be in a formal leadership role but is someone who demonstrates leadership through innovation and deep commitment to the implementation of prevention science to address the substance use challenges in their community. This individual is a role model to their peers and community and exemplifies dedication, character, compassion, intelligence, and effectiveness in Prevention. This individual has deeply impacted the people they serve and is someone who continues to seek growth opportunities for themselves and their organization.
Prevention is defined as a proactive process which empowers individuals and systems to meet the challenges of life events and transitions by creating and reinforcing healthy behaviors and lifestyles and reducing risks contributing to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug misuse and related behaviors. Prevention focuses on the interventions that occur prior to the onset of a substance use disorder and which are intended to prevent the occurrence of a substance use disorder or reduce risk for substance use disorder. Candidates must have worked four years or fewer within the prevention field.
Applicants will know of their acceptance status by the week of February 14th at 4:00pm, and a first meeting will be scheduled before March 1, 2025.
(you'll need a google account to view the form)
Thank you for your application to the New England PTTC Research and Design (RAD) Fellowship Program. Please complete your application in full, as we may not be able to consider incomplete applications.
The New England PTTC RAD Fellowship aims to promote the career development of five, mid to advanced-level substance misuse prevention specialists who work in New England; while increasing the regional data and recourses available to the entire Substance Misuse Prevention workforce in the region. The Fellowship will focus on a priority area of Substance Misuse Prevention during each fellowship term. The 2025 Priority area is Community Mapping: Assets, capacity building, and behavioral health spectrum partnerships in rural and urban New England.
Fellows will contribute new, relevant and innovative research on the priority subject area and an accompanying tool or product which will be available to members of the substance misuse prevention field following the conclusion of the Fellowship term. This research will be presented by the Fellows in a symposium to which prevention specialists in the New England area will have priority access. Each Fellow will choose their contribution to the priority area, and applicants are asked to submit their proposed subject below.
Fellows will be welcome to reapply for consecutive Fellowship terms.
The program will have fellows from different New England states and will provide each fellow with a working stipend of $10,000 upon completion of milestones in the program and after the program has concluded.
The Fellows will meet four times during the Fellowship Term (February, April, June, August) to coordinate their research so that each product supports a collective whole without being duplicative. At the end of the term, the Fellows will present their work in a symposium for the New England prevention workforce.
Requirements for Applicants for the 2025 Term are as follows:
Highly qualified applicants will also be provisionally or fully Certified as Prevention Specialists within their state. Applications will be de-identified as fully as possible, scored by a panel of staff and volunteer reviewers with a rubric that measures how complete an application is submitted, as well as lived and professional experience with the proposed subject, how thorough the proposal is, and if the priority subject area is addressed. Scores will be averaged, and the highest scoring applicants will be selected.
(you'll need a google account to view the form).
Applicants will know of their acceptance status by February 14th at 4:00 pm, and a first meeting will be scheduled before March 1, 2025.
Need more information? Contact us at [email protected].
