A Southeast PTTC Webinar Series

Building capacity and maintaining stakeholder engagement is not always easy. Communities often have competing needs across organizations and agencies, challenges with buy-in, and at times issues around readiness. The International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC)’s credentialing for Prevention Specialist has six domains. In this series, we focused on Domain 4: Community Organizing.

Session 1 – Navigating the Realm of Community Organizing in Today's World

Presented by Kathleen Roberts, MS, CEO of Community Coalition Alliance, Inc.

This webinar explored the complex realm of community organizing to impart strategies that build community ownership, increase understanding of community norms and priorities and enhance collaboration across diverse stakeholders. This is a two-part series that provides strategies, tips, and cautions, as well as real world examples of community organizing in action.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how to assess community norms and behavioral health priorities.
• Explain how to assess a community's readiness to address behavioral health issues.
• Explain how a community can build momentum and engagement to enhance its capacity.
• Understand the importance of consistent and meaningful engagement to sustain alliances and collaborations.

Session 2 – Community Organizing in Action - Tales from Coalitions in Florida

January 29, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET

Presented by Kathleen Roberts, MS, CEO of Community Coalition Alliance, Inc.

The International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC)’s credentialing for Prevention Specialist has six domains. This series is focused on Domain 4: community organizing. This webinar is part two of a series exploring the complexities of community organizing that will provide examples from local coalitions in Florida. Community organizing requires understanding community norms and readiness, knowing how to prioritize, building rapport with meaningful engagements, and establishing buy-in to deliver prevention strategies. Examples of community organizing will be shared by coalitions implementing prevention efforts in local communities.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how to build a community's readiness and resources to address local needs.
• Describe how to prioritize local risk and protective factors that influence priority problems.
• Understand how to integrate prevention strategies into behavioral health planning and activities.

CONTACT HOUR ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible for the stated contact hours/certificate of attendance, you must join the live webinar on the video platform.
Certificates must be requested within one week of the event and will be processed within 30 days.

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