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Date  March 25, 2020    Description  Understanding and evaluating past prevention efforts is integral to ensuring the success of future prevention. This webinar explores how to apply insights from past prevention efforts to current and emerging substance use trends. The webinar examines how to use current and emerging substance use trends to locate data sources, identify an approach to preventing misuse, and effectively implement prevention strategies in priority areas.    Key Webinar Features  · Participants will have an opportunity to pose questions, discuss challenges, and connect with other prevention professionals.    Presenters  Diane Litterer - Diane Litterer, MPA, CPS, has been in the field of public health for over 30 years addressing substance misuse and addiction. Diane has worked on local and state level efforts to increase smoke free environments and reduce tobacco use in NJ for over 20 years. NJPN has mobilized advocates including youth leaders and prevention coalitions across the state to educate policy makers on issues that impact the health of our youth and adults. New Jersey was an early adopter of the New Jersey Smokefree Air Act of 2006, which now includes e-cigarettes and was the 3rd state to pass Tobacco 21 in 2017 and most recently, was the first in the country to have all parks and beaches be smoke free in 2018. The Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ Initiatives is now New Jersey’s comprehensive tobacco control program which is led by NJPN on behalf of the NJ Department of Health. This project includes a youth engagement project, tobacco free college project and worksite project and continues the work for tobacco free multi-unit housing and point of sale initiatives. Diane works to foster collaboration, maximize resources and create healthier communities across NJ.  Jessica Goldberg - Jess is a training and technical assistance specialist with nearly a decade of supporting prevention efforts at the national, state, regional and local levels, as well as an accomplished designer and deliverer of in-person and virtual trainings that address topics ranging from collaboration across health sectors to identifying and addressing health disparities. Her past experience includes serving as a community health specialist with the Massachusetts state technical assistance system, supporting communities in needs assessment, strategic planning and creating logic models to guide change efforts, and then with the Center for the Application for Prevention Technologies or CAPT, and now with the PTTC, where she works closely with states and community coalitions to adopt and apply data-driven prevention planning processes and implement evidence-based and promising prevention practices  Ivy Jones Turner - For over 20 years, Ivy has provided organizational capacity assistance on health promotion and prevention in substance abuse, suicide, violence, injury, and mental health with nonprofit and community-based organizations, state and faith-based agencies, and school districts. Her capacity building skills include program evaluation, training and technical assistance in program design and implementation, organizational development, partnerships/collaborations, and grant management. Ms. Jones Turner is a Certified Prevention Specialist and holds an MPA from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.     Accompanying Materials Session slides Session transcript

Shaping the Alcohol Policy Environment: Past, Present, and Future   Date February 27, 2020   Description While other substances may get the share of the media attention, excessive alcohol consumption remains a consistent public health issue. This webinar will unravel the mystery of U.S. alcohol regulation, review the current science on effective strategies to addressing local conditions that influence the alcohol policy environment, and provide insights about the future of alcohol policy regulation, and the need for balance between consumer interests and public health and safety considerations.   Presenter Cassie Greisen, MPA is the Public Policy Manager at the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA), a trade association representing alcohol regulators. She has over 10 years of public health experience related to the regulation, enforcement, and marketing of alcohol. Prior to joining NABCA, Cassie was Faculty Associate at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she worked on both statewide and national projects implementing and assessing strategies to address excessive alcohol consumption.   Webinar Slides Webinar Slides Additional Resources: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) Alcohol-related deaths increasing in the United States The Washington Post: Shopping Under the Influence Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) ChangeLab Solutions Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Alcohol-Related Disease Impact National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Treatment Navigator CollegeAIM Resource HBO Documentary: Risky Drinking NIAAA Publications and Fact Sheets NIAAA Twitter NIAAA Instagram

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this recorded webinar, participants will receive a detailed overview of each of the four products in the toolkit. No continuing education is available. Contact us if you have any questions.   Recorded Webinar: New England PTTC Prevention Workforce Needs Assessment: Key Findings Presenter:  Scott M. Gagnon, MPP, PS-C, Director, New England PTTC   Course Summary: Beginning in September 2018, New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center conducted a prevention workforce needs assessment in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. This needs assessment was conducted by the New England PTTC's evaluation sub-contractor, Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG). This webinar, recorded on Feb. 13, 2020, covers the major findings and recommendations from the report. The full report can be accessed here: pttcnetwork.org/centers/new-england-pttc/product/new-england-pttc-needs-assessment-final-report

Register and participate in this FREE self-paced course on Cannabis Policies: Cannabis laws and policies are rapidly changing in states. Various decriminalization, medical marijuana, and adult-use marijuana policies are being debated and moving through state legislatures and ballot boxes. Amid all of this change, where does prevention fit in? This course shows participants how these policies can evolve, the implications for public health and safety, and how and where prevention fits in. Participants will learn from a presenter with hands-on experience both in prevention and shaping marijuana policies. Additionally, participants will learn about the marijuana prevention training and technical assistance services from the New England PTTC.   Learning Objectives: Participants will learn about the current state of marijuana policies across the six New England States Participants will learn about the importance of public policy that is data driven and informed by public health and prevention science. Participants will learn about the importance of training community sectors in marijuana science and how it can be a powerful environmental strategy for prevention.    Note:  This New England PTTC self-paced course is hosted on the PTTC Network online learning platform Healtheknowledge.org. You will need to create a free Healtheknowledge.org account to register and participate in the course.  After you have created your free account you will be able to register and participate in this free, self-paced course.  You will then also be set up to access in participate in all future New England PTTC self-paced courses and webinars.  

This resource is the first installment in a series, Key Elements of Effective Coalitions, which has been developed for prevention practitioners and community coalition members by the Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network. The goal of this series is to provide information on key elements that research suggests are critical for coalitions to operate effectively and increase their impact on substance misuse and its consequences for individuals and communities. Collaborating TTCs: SAMSHA’s Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network's Community Coalitions and Collaborations Workgroup created this document. Contributing Network workgroup members represented the Northwest, Central East, Southeast, Northeast & Caribbean, New England and the National American Indian & Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Centers.

We're excited to offer the first edition of our bi-monthly newsletter, featuring, regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. We look forward to highlighting multiple modes of training, initiatives to grow the workforce, and specialty programs and trainings in the area of marijuana risk education and prevention.

Webinar: The Rise of Methamphetamine and How Implementing a Coordinated Prevention, Treatment, and Law Enforcement Response Can Make a Difference   Date January 28, 2020   Description Because the impact of methamphetamine use disorder reaches far beyond the person using, a system and community-wide effort is needed to effect change. This webinar highlights new trends in use, production, prevention, and treatment. It will also include an extensive review of a case study involving law enforcement, community, families, and the criminal justice system. Attendees will receive prevention materials and resources to localize and use in their own community education efforts.   Presenters Shelly Mowrey, BJ Demand Reduction Coordinator for Arizona HIDTA Wm. “Rodney” Irby  NATIVE HIDTA Task Force Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department, Assistant Chief of Police Commander   Webinar Slides Download Slides Here   Additional Resources HIDTA Meth 360 Success Story   Links to Organizations and Resources noted by Presenters Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Arizona HIDTA Methamphetamine Resources

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This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded January 6, 2020), participants will receive a detailed overview of each of the four products in the toolkit. No continuing education is available. Contact us if you have any questions.   Recorded Webinar: PTTC Cannabis Education Toolkit Launch & Listening Session Presenter:  Scott M. Gagnon, MPP, PS-C, Director, New England PTTC Course Summary: The nationwide PTTC Network Cannabis Risk Work Group was convened to develop cannabis prevention technical assistance products to assist the nation's workforce in their very important and urgent cannabis prevention work. This past October, the Work Group was pleased to release the first set of resources in the Cannabis Prevention & Education Toolkit.  In this webinar (recorded January 6, 2020), participants will receive a detailed overview of each of the four products in the toolkit. The following will be covered in the webinar: Description of each of the four tools, Goals and intended uses for each product, Tips and pointers for implementation,   Questions or comments from webinar participants.   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on January 6, 2020).  No continuing education is available.    Link to download the tools showcased in the webinar.

This printable, downloadable infographic summarizes research findings published in The Journal of the American Dental Association, 150(7), 591-601 article, "Comprehensive oral care improves treatment outcomes in male and female patients with high-severity and chronic substance use disorders".

Download the presentation Presented by: Wanda Boone, PhD, Together for Resilient Youth and Teresa Bishop, Roundtable of St. Lucie County Description: Reaching underserved populations is often a dilemma for coalitions, agencies, and organizations. This presentation will help participants explore the causes of community disengagement and provide tips and strategies for facilitating meaningful participation of underserved populations in community change efforts. Learning Objectives: 1.    Identify the causes of community disengagement for underserved populations. 2.    Describe the role of the Prevention Specialists in bridging the grassroots/grass tops divide to reach underserved populations. 3.    Utilize strategies to empower and engage underserved populations in meaningful community change efforts. About Dr. Wanda Boone Dr. Wanda Boone’s career in prevention spans over 30 years. She founded Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) in 2003. Together for Resilient Youth has received local, State and National recognition. Dr. Boone is a guest speaker and technical advisor on all things related to the Strategic Prevention Framework, Trauma, Resilience and Disparities. She has earned the title Social Justice Warrior. She currently: Works collaboratively locally, around the State of NC and nationally to address health disparities and associated challenges. Uses the Disparity Impact Guidance to construct and distribute information and outcomes based on demographics and sectors (youth, young adults, parents, community neighborhoods, law enforcement, faith, health, local government, business, and schools. Addresses the outcomes of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Behavioral Health Disparities, as they impact vulnerable community members and to ensure resilience is built back. Develops and carries out Developmental Asset Training sessions Works with multiple sectors to uncover their self-designed “Resilience” Develops Principles of Trauma Informed Care in Institutional settings Focuses on evidence-based, culturally competent environmental strategies at the community level across Durham County and collaboratively Statewide. Provides leadership in carrying out a strategic plan implemented by the community coalition members. Helps ensure engagement of culturally representative key stakeholders Provides cultural competence training Publications include: Duke University School of Medicine Medical Student Research Day (AOA Day), Durham, NC, August 2010.“How do you engage community when there are cultural, educational or socioeconomic differences within the community as well as between the community and the researchers?” Section 2c of “Challenges in Improving Community Engaged Research,” Chapter 5 of CTSA Community Engagement Key Function Community Task Force on the Principles of Community Engagement, Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: National Institutes of Health 2011 (in press-#11-7782). Boone, Wanda Johnson. “Regulating Outlets That Sell Alcohol in Predominantly African American and Hispanic Neighborhoods.” In Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems: Evidence and Community-Based Initiatives, edited by Norman Giesbrecht and Linda M. Bosma, 397–408, n.d."2018 Social Stigma and Recovery, WJ Boone 2019, Trauma and Resilience in the African American Community, WJ Boone 2019 About Teresa Bishop Teresa Bishop is Executive Director for the Roundtable of St. Lucie County.  She is also the Founder and Director of Provision Training and Consulting, LLC and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Personnel Management,  from the University of Central Florida  Over the past 25 years, she has worked both nationally and abroad, to improve capacity of  communities, federal and state agencies, as well community and faith based organizations, to achieve positive outcomes.  She has focused her efforts in the children and family arena and in recent years has championed causes around community development, youth development, and juvenile justice issues.  Ms. Bishop has provided support to a number of federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She has and continues to work closely with state, local and grassroots organizations to provide training and technical assistance to improve staff and program development, strategic planning  and organizational development to impact community change and system reform.  She currently serves as the Executive Director for the Roundtable of St. Lucie County, a 501(c) organization, and works closely with executive level leaders, to accomplish system change that results in improved outcomes for youth.

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 1, Issue 2 of our newsletter, Prevention in our Native American Communities for Winter 2019. Please take a few moments to explore this issue.

The New England PTTC is pleased to release the final report of its 2019 prevention workforce needs assessment. Beginning in September 2018, New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center conducted a prevention workforce needs assessment in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. This needs assessment was conducted by the New England PTTC's evaluation sub-contractor, Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG).  The needs assessment had the following five objectives:   1. Define substance use prevention, concretely and operationally, in a way that is meaningful for professionals in the field and can be used across state lines to discuss prevention on a larger scale; 2. Identify the current landscape of the New England prevention workforce; 3. Identify strengths and needs among New England states in the prevention workforce; 4. Evaluate current prevention workforce recruitment strategies; and, 5. Offer recommendations for training and technical assistance for new and advanced prevention professionals in the field.   The attached report outlines current service availability, gaps, and needs for substance use prevention professional education and accreditation. Specifically, it highlights state-level prevention workforce recruitment strategies, the utilization and promotion of prevention certification and training needs for the New England prevention workforce. The New England PTTC will use this report as a major basis for the development of training and technical assistance services offered and provided to the field in the New England states.     The New England PTTC will soon schedule a live webinar providing an overview of the report.  Stay tuned!

Additional Resources Click for Presentation Slides   Translations     ---This Webinar is in Spanish/Este seminario web es en Español--- El Mercadeo social y la abogacía de medios son herramientas poderosas basadas en el modelo de salud pública que pueden ayudar a las organizaciones a alcanzar sus metas. Este Webinar es una introducción a ambos conceptos. Los objetivos principales serán: Definir qué es mercadeo social y abogacía en medios de comunicación Identificar las diferencias entre el mercadeo social y la abogacía en medios de comunicación Contextualizar su uso estratégico Identificar algunos métodos para su aplicación Social marketing and media advocacy are powerful tools based on the public health model that can help organizations achieve their stated goals. This Webinar is an introduction to both concepts. The main objectives will be: What social marketing and media advocacy is Identify the differences between social marketing and media advocacy Contextualize its strategic use Identify a few application methods Speakers Yimaris Menendez Consultant, Trainer @Promoviendo Alternatives Saludables Yimaris Menendez has 20 years of experience as a consultant and trainer for different public and private organizations in Puerto Rico, where she resides, Central and South America. She worked as a regional councils coordinator for the Puerto Rican Coalition for Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking in Puerto Rico. This coalition was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and was one of thirteen in the US to receive the island wide grant. Ms. Menendez also managed and served as director of a youth project that was sponsored by the Traffic Safety Commission and provided educational programs related to traffic safety and underage drinking to the island’s youth. From 2005-2010, she coordinated a Drug-Free Community grant in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The grant enabled the Carolina Community Coalition to succeed in changing public policies related to alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among youth. Jose Malave Consultant, Trainer @Promoviendo Alternativas Saludables (PAS, Corp.) Mr. Jose Malave Rexach has a professional experience of more than 20 years working in the field of substance abuse prevention, community mobilization, public policy and development of community coalitions. He started in the substance abuse prevention field as research assistant of the Puerto Rico Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (a grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Technical Assistance of the American Medical Association). In 2003 went to direct the efforts of the Coalition focused on environmental policy changes to reduce alcohol access to minors. He is one of the founders of Health Alternative Promotions; a consulting organization to promote health and help organizations to promote policies that contributes for personal and organizational quality of life, community mobilization and strategic planning. Mr. Malave was the project director of Carolina Alcohol and Drug Free Community by ASPIRA of Puerto Rico helping reducing Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs among youth

The Mountain Plains - Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) conducted a training and technical assistance (T&TA) needs survey distributed to each of the six states (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) in our region.  The goal of this survey was to understand the T&TA needs of the prevention professionals in our states.  We developed the survey during December 2018 through April 2019 and it was administered from April through May of 2019.  A total of 267 prevention professionals in Region 8 started the survey; 21 of these individuals did not complete the survey.  After removing the incomplete responses, data collected from 246 participants were reviewed.  Respondents were predominantly: Female (87.40%), White (92.43%) and not of Hispanic origin (97.10%) Between the ages of 35 and 44 (30.86%) Residing in rural communities (67.77%) Working at a community coalition (24.69%), and Working as a substance use prevention specialist (50.22%)   Participants were asked to indicate the priority/need for training and/or technical assistance (TA) on a variety of topics. Each topic was rated on a 5-point scale. The top five training needs based on the percentage of respondents indicating it as a “Very Interested” included: Adolescent substance use prevention Alcohol prevention Marijuana prevention Changing social norms Connecting adolescent development with prevention programming  

Monthly electronic newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.   

Regional Methamphetamine Use: What Prevention Practitioners Need to Know Date December 12, 2019   Description While there has been recent attention given to the opioid epidemic, many prevention practitioners remain concerned about rising rates of methamphetamine use in their communities. This webinar will highlight the emerging trends in methamphetamine use in the Northwest region of the United States including a discussion of the current and emerging data on demographics and use rates. The webinar will also highlight prevention approaches to address methamphetamine use and how organizations can collaborate across sectors to better understand and combat misuse in their communities.   Presenter Steven Freng, Psy.D., MSW., Prevention/Treatment Manager for the Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NW HIDTA) The NW HIDTA, is a region of fourteen counties within Washington State that has been designated by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for special law enforcement and chemical dependency initiatives. Dr. Freng has acquired over 30 years of experience as a chemical dependency professional, having worked in clinical, supervisory, administrative and managerial capacities in the development and delivery of chemical dependency prevention and treatment services in the State of Washington.   Webinar Slides Download Slides Here   Additional Resources Partnership for Drug-Free Kids National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood: A Research-Based Guide Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders

Most states and territories, as well as many communities andtribes, use SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to guide theirprevention work. The SPF is a cyclical, collaborative, data-driven strategicplanning and implementation process that increases the likelihood of achievingthe intended substance-related outcomes (for example, to reduce underagedrinking or to reduce opioid overdoses). The first step of the SPF isAssessment, which begins with collecting and prioritizing substance-relatedconsumption patterns and consequences data. Data prioritization in SPF Step 1is essential in identifying the most important substance-related problem(s)that a state, territory, tribe, or community is facing.  This handout provides an overview of one basicmethod for prioritizing needs assessment data, using the method described in Episode1 of the PTTC's podcast, the Data Dive.      

This handout provides an overview of one basic method for prioritizing needs assessment data, using the method described in Epidsode 1 of the PTTC's podcast, the Data Dive.  

Central East Webinar Series: Building the Prevention Workforce Skill-Base Part 1: Overview of the Strategic Prevention Framework and the Importance of Ethics in Prevention Josh Esrick, MPP, and Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip December 3, 2019, 1-2 PM EST  |  View all Central East series This is part one of a six-part webinar series hosted by the Central East PTTC that focuses on the Strategic Prevention Framework and related topics. SERIES DESCRIPTION This six-part webinar series developed by the Central East PTTC will support and build the capacity of the prevention workforce. The series is a skill building training that will detail the steps to implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to prevention using the five stages of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework: 1) Needs Assessment, 2) Building Capacity, 3) Planning, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The series will explain the importance of each stage and what aspects of the strategic planning process they cover, techniques for completing each stage, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. This series will also discuss other relevant topics, such as: ethical approaches to prevention, how to prioritize data, and how to modify programs, among others. COURSE DESCRIPTION With the many substance use challenges facing the U.S. today, it is more important than ever for there to a well-developed and educated prevention workforce to address the causes behind substance use. This webinar is the first in a six-part series developed by the Central East PTTC to support the prevention workforce by detailing in-depth the steps to implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based approach. This webinar will overview the five steps of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, as well as discuss the importance of following ethical guidelines to prevention. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain the goals and structure of this webinar series Discuss the importance of using evidence in prevention Overview the five steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework Describe what ethics in prevention means and why it is important PRESENTERS Josh Esrick, MPP is a Senior Policy Analyst with Carnevale Associates. Josh has extensive experience in substance use prevention; researching, writing, and presenting on best practice and knowledge development publications, briefs, and reference guides; and developing and providing T/TA to numerous organizations. He developed numerous SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies’ (CAPT) products on strategies to prevent opioid misuse and overdose, risk and protective factors for substance use, youth substance use prevention strategies, youth substance use trends, emerging substance use trends, the potential regulations surrounding marijuana legalization, as well as numerous other topics. Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.           

Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health in Children and Youth: A National Agenda Date November 26, 2019   Description This webinar will provide an overview of the newly released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s consensus report, Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health in Children and Youth: A National Agenda. During this webinar, several key contributors to the report will highlight updates to the research since the previous report on this topic was released 10 years ago and discuss recommendations for leveraging this substantive research to create a national agenda where children and youth thrive.   Presenters Thomas F. Boat, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Dean Emeritus, College of Medicine University of Cincinnati Richard Catalano, Jr., PhD Professor, School of Social Work University of Washington Co-founder, Social Development Research Group Kelly J. Kelleher, MD ADS Professor of Innovation, The Research Institute Nationwide Children's Hospital Professor, Pediatrics and Public Health, Colleges of Medicine and Public Health The Ohio State University   Webinar Slides Download Slides Here   Additional Resources Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health in Children and Youth: A National Agenda Download Full Report Understanding the Spectrum of Behavioral Health Services Download the Resource The Interdependence of Families, Communities, and Children's Health: Public Investments That Strengthen Families and Communities, and Promote Children's Healthy Development and Societal Prosperity Read Discussion Paper National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Collaborative on Healthy Parenting in Primary Care Learn more about the Collaborative on Healthy Parenting in Primary Care   Links to Organizations and Resources noted by Presenters National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) The Coalition for the Promotion of Behavioral Health The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy    

The Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) is offering a new product line for prevention practitioners and other key stakeholders called Best Science Slide Decks for Prevention Professionals, or slideDecks4U for short. These slide decks are intended to highlight a topic in 10 slides or less. The purpose of this slide deck is to provide prevention practitioners with researched and vetted tools they can feel confident in using in their prevention presentations. All slide decks include presenter notes and full references.   The slide deck presented here highlights and defines the key changes to the Spectrum of Behavioral Health Services (formerly called, and still often referred to as, the "Continuum of Care") published in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2019 report "Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda." USE: These slides can be used as a stand-alone overview of the updated “Spectrum of Behavioral Health Services” or incorporated into other presentations or materials. Citing the Pacific Southwest PTTC as the author of these slides is greatly appreciated, noting that the majority of the content is derived from the various Institute of Medicine/National Research Council/National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reports on this topic and other key publications.    Each slide deck includes presenter notes to guide the speaker on presenting the information contained in the slides. The slide deck also include the references to all of the literature used to source the information presented. NOTE: Please do not alter any of the slides. If you need additional information, please contact the Pacific Southwest PTTC, email [email protected]  or call toll-free: 1-833-9SW-PTTC. 

This resource is the first installment in a series, Key Elements of Effective Coalitions, which has been developed for prevention practitioners and community coalition members by the national Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) network (https://pttcnetwork.org/). The goal of this series is to provide information on key elements that research suggests are critical for coalitions to operate effectively and increase their impact on substance misuse and its consequences for individuals and communities.   Collaborating TTCs: SAMSHA’s National Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network, Community Coalitions and Collaborations Workgroup created this document. Contributing network workgroup members represented the Northwest, Central, Southeast, Northeast and Caribbean, New England and the National American Indian & Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Centers.    

Overview Many states maintain data on substance misuse and suicide-related problems, including death rates. Mapping is used frequently to communicate this data to stakeholders. However, individual states do not always have access to the data from neighboring states, or the data is not easily comparable across state lines. In HHS Region 7, important population centers and transportation routes exist at and across state borders. Therefore, it makes sense to map and share data that is easily comparable across state boundaries. In this example, data on deaths related to ATOD use is combined with data on deaths by suicide to provide a more complete picture of behavioral health-related mortality in the across the region. Hopefully, this model of data sharing can facilitate cross-state and region-wide planning and collaboration to address behavioral health problems.