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Learn how the Institute for New England Native American Studies in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health developed a Native Youth focused supplement to add culturally relevant materials to an evidence-based prevention curriculum. This webinar will explore the challenges of adapting prevention materials for specific populations while maintaining program fidelity. This webinar is hosted as part of the New England PTTC Prevention in Action series.   About the Presenters:  Cedric Woods, PhD, is the Director of the Institute of New England Native American Studies, College of Education & Human Development, at University of Massachusetts-Boston. Teri Aronowitz, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences at University of Massachusetts-Boston. BoRam Kim, BSN, is a PhD Candidate in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences at University of Massachusetts-Boston.   This webinar is intended for professionals in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on February 26, 2021). No continuing education is available. 

New England PTTC Webinar Series: Evaluation for Substance Use Prevention Professionals   RECORDED WEBINARS AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND Part 1: RECORDED ON December 2, 2020. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/fIExqfs8p7c. Part 2: RECORDED ON February 24, 2021. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/IbJdkuYH0nU.  Part 3: RECORDED ON April 14, 2021. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/yFfzp_wz_Xw. Part 4: RECORDED ON June 23, 2021. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/w0YEyru3N9Y   Part 2: Designing Your Evaluation Prevention funding often requires program evaluation to demonstrate impacts, successes, challenges, opportunities, and efficiencies. However, conducting an evaluation is a science with many steps along the way. Join Public Consulting Group (PCG) on February 24 at 1:00 pm for Part 2 of a four-part webinar series on evaluation for substance use prevention professionals.   Over four sessions, this webinar series will: Provide basic understanding of prevention science and the role of evaluation Describe evaluation planning and types of evaluation Discuss data collection tools and gap analysis techniques Discuss strategies for data analysis and communicating findings to stakeholders   The New England PTTC Evaluation Webinar Series dates are: Dec. 2, Feb. 24, April 14, and June 23. Recordings of previous webinars will be made available for on-demand viewing. This event listing may be updated with specific objectives for the Feb. 24 session at a later date.   About the Presenters: Megan Hawkes, MPH, Research Supervisor, and Kim Magoon, MS, Research Analyst at Public Consulting Group are the lead evaluators for the New England PTTC, as well as several other prevention and human services projects in New England and around the country. This webinar is intended for professionals in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).

  Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on February 16, 2021). No continuing education is available.    There are many destabilizing aspects of social adaptation in the United States for Latinos including discovering their career path.   Prevention is not a very well known field in the Hispanic/Latino community although many protective factors used in prevention are inherent to the Latino family.  The journey toward building the Latinx Prevention Workforce must pay careful attention to issues of ethnic and cultural sensitivity and overall cultural competence. We know that culture and language pose significant barriers to providing the appropriate workforce for some populations.   This webinar will examine the challenges and opportunities to build a Latinx prevention workforce.   Learning Objectives: Identify the Latinx Community Understand Language as a barrier and as a benefit Discuss workforce Issues affecting Latinx individuals Define workforce challenges and barriers Provide Actionable Solutions   About the Presenter: Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC is the Project Director for the National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the National Hispanic and Latino Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both SAMHSA funded centers are housed at the National Latino Behavioral Health Association (www.NLBHA.org) located in New Mexico. With over 30 years of experience in culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health treatment and prevention, Dr. Mancini is one of the most sought after national and international consultants and speakers on mental health and addiction, his areas of expertise is immigrant behavioral health and health disparities. Dr. Mancini founded Georgia’s first Latino behavioral health program in 1999 to serve the immigrant population by providing cultural and linguistically appropriate prevention, intervention and clinical services in English, Spanish and Portuguese.   El Dr. Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC es el Director del Centro Hispano Latino de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Adicción (NHL-ATTC) y del Centro Hispano Latino de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Prevención (NHL-PTTC). Ambos centros financiados por la agencia federal SAMHSA son parte de La Asociación Nacional Latina de Salud Mental y Adicciones (NLBHA por sus siglas en inglés www.NLBHA.org) ubicada en Nuevo México. Con más de 30 años de experiencia en el campo de tratamiento y prevención de la adicción y la salud mental con sensibilidad cultural y lingüísticamente apropiadas, el Doctor Mancini es uno de los consultores y oradores nacionales e internacionales más solicitados. Sus áreas de especialización son la salud mental del inmigrante y las disparidades de salud. El Doctor Mancini fundó el primer programa de salud mental y adicciones para latinos en el estado de Georgia en el año 1999 para brindar servicios de prevención, intervención y servicios clínicos en inglés, español y portugués.

The seventh edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features our newly launched Fellowship Program, the 5th COHORT of the Leadership Development Program, new English and Spanish-Language Virtual Community Collaborations Courses, tips for Self-Care Plug-In, and regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. View the newsletter.

New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Annual Report: Year Two   Substance use is a complex concern for communities and practitioners alike throughout New England. Addressing the risk and protective factors related to substance use takes time, coordination from diverse stakeholders, and persistence to make change.   In October 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc. (AdCare Maine) the five-year cooperative agreement for the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (New England PTTC). In turn, AdCare Maine contracted with the Co-occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME) to provide program support and distance learning. AdCare Maine also contracted with Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG), an external evaluator, to conduct an initial needs assessment regarding training and technical assistance for prevention professionals and to support the project with ongoing quarterly and annual reporting for the five-year grant.   The goal of the New England PTTC is to improve the delivery of effective substance use prevention training and technical assistance services to professionals throughout New England working in the substance use prevention field.   The New England PTTC had two overarching goals for Year Two to increase capacity of the regional prevention professional workforce to use:   prevention research to prevent and reduce substance use disorders, and core prevention skill sets in the prevention of substance use disorders.   This report reflects the efforts of the New England PTTC in Year Two of the grant, i.e., between September 30, 2019 and September 29, 2020.

This onboarding toolkit, created by the New England PTTC in partnership with the Maine Prevention Workforce Development Workgroup, aims to meet the universal developmental training needs of the substance misuse prevention workforce in Maine. While this is not a comprehensive document, it provides a strong overview of the field for new substance misuse prevention professionals in Maine to assist them in getting through the orientation phase and into the work of prevention more quickly and with a shared perspective throughout the state. This resource is not specific to any one funding source or program. This resource can be used by those working under Drug Free Community Grants, Maine Prevention Services, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as other substance misuse prevention-focused organizations, to support new preventionists as they enter the field. Specific substance use prevention initiatives likely have their own onboarding process and tools that are program-specific, and this resource is offered to supplement these program-specific trainings and give a scope of the prevention field statewide. This resource may also be helpful to prevention specialists who are the only person within their organization with a focus on prevention.    This toolkit is a living document that will change as the field of substance use prevention changes within the state, regionally, and nationally. The most current document can be found at the New England PTTC website. This document is interactive in that almost every graphic is clickable to bring you to an in-depth and reliable resource to learn more about the discussed topic. Many underlined words are links to help break complex topics down into more details, as well. These links will be updated as this document is updated if more timely research or data becomes available.    This resource is intended for Maine professionals in HHS Region 1.

A downloadable one-page (PDF document) that highlights tips to help you adapt your prevention practices during the pandemic.   This handout was created using responses collected during the New England PTTC Prevention in Action Webinar, "Adapting Prevention Programs to COVID-19". The webinar is available on-demand on our YouTube Channel.

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded January 12, 2021), 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.   Course Summary: In this New England PTTC Prevention in Action webinar, we will hear how two prevention organizations have adapted their programs to accommodate the need for social distancing and reduced face-to-face programming due to the pandemic. This session will also include an opportunity to discuss and share other strategies for adapting prevention programs as well as live Q & A.   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on January 12, 2021). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentation   Handouts

New England PTTC Webinar Series: Evaluation for Substance Use Prevention Professionals   RECORDED WEBINARS AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND Part 1: RECORDED ON December 2, 2020. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/fIExqfs8p7c. Part 2: RECORDED ON February 24, 2021. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/IbJdkuYH0nU.  Part 3: RECORDED ON April 14, 2021. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/yFfzp_wz_Xw. Part 4: RECORDED ON June 23, 2021. Watch on-demand at https://youtu.be/w0YEyru3N9Y   Course Summary: Prevention funding often requires program evaluation to demonstrate impacts, successes, challenges, opportunities, and efficiencies. However, conducting an evaluation is a science with many steps along the way. Join Public Consulting Group (PCG) on December 2 at 1:00 pm for an introduction to evaluation for substance use prevention professionals, the first of a four-part series to learn about the evaluation process from why evaluation is important to how to design and conduct an evaluation, and ultimately, how to use your findings to make data-driven decisions for your programs.   Learning Objectives: Identify reasons why program evaluation is important Explore common concerns about evaluation Learn when and how to decide to hire an expert - Learn how to build the basis of an evaluation (Theory of Change & Logic Model) is culturally responsive and sets up sustainable continuous quality improvement   This is the first of a four-part series by PCG on evaluation for substance use prevention professionals. Each session will focus on a different aspect of evaluation and will center around providing knowledge and skills to help prevention professionals better understand this important element of our work. About the Presenters: Megan Hawkes, MPH, Research Supervisor, and Kim Magoon, MS, Research Analyst at Public Consulting Group are the lead evaluators for the New England PTTC, as well as several other prevention and human services projects in New England and around the country.   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on December 2, 2020). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentation   Handouts

           Durante los últimos meses, los esfuerzos de prevención del uso indebido de sustancias, especialmente los programas de prevención escolares, han experimentado una multitud de cambios. En cada área del proceso integral de planificación de prevención: desde la evaluacion y cómo continuar con las actividades de prevención; seguir las modalidades y horarios cambiantes de enseñanza en los centros escolares; hacer adaptaciones de programas; o la transición a la programación virtual, ya no es algo habitual. Los profesionales que implementan programas de prevención en las escuelas principalmente con jóvenes de habla Hispana también deben abordar el tema del COVID-19 y como los factores culturales afectan los esfuerzos de prevención entre jóvenes. Esta serie de Seminario Web y Pláticas Entre colegas organizada en colaboración por el Centro Nacional Hispano Latino de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Prevención y el Centro Regional de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Prevención del Noreste y del Caribe brindarán una oportunidad para que los profesionales de la prevención examinen las lecciones aprendidas para continuar los esfuerzos de prevención escolares durante COVID y apliquen estrategias culturalmente efectivas para trabajar con jóvenes Hispanos/ Latinos que reconocen el impacto de COVID en las comunidades Latinas. Sesión 1. Título: Mejorando los esfuerzos de prevención en las escuelas para las poblaciones Hispanas y Latinas en el contexto cambiante de COVID. Seminario web: 27 de Enero de 2021 de 3:00 p.m. a 4:30 p.m. hora del Este En la primera sesión tendremos el seminario web, revisaremos las mejores prácticas para implementar programas y estrategias de prevención en las escuelas ya sea en forma virtual, en persona, o híbridos. Discutiremos el impacto desproporcionado del COVID en las comunidades Hispano/Latinas y cómo estas disparidades podrían afectar los esfuerzos de prevención y cómo pueden proporcionar a los profesionales de la prevención estrategias para integrar un enfoque de 'La cultura como prevención', utilizando aspectos de la cultura Hispano/Latina como factores de protección en los esfuerzos de prevención. Recursos Grabación de presentación Diapositivas de presentación Recursos Addicionales Translations       Presentadores Michelle Baroni Nací en Secaucus, Nueva Jersey. Mi padre es peruano y mi madre chilena. Mis hermanos y yo somos la primera generación. Un mes después de mi nacimiento, mi familia y yo nos mudamos a Norcross, Georgia, donde fuimos los únicos hispanos que se vieron en 1987. Me sentí muy diferente a todos los demás, pero eso era todo lo que sabía. Yo era única y estaba de acuerdo con eso. Con el paso de los años, el condado de Gwinnett comenzó a cambiar y comencé a conocer a más personas que se parecían a mí. Me puse más en sintonía con quien soy como individuo y ¡guau, necesitaba mejorar mi español! En 2005, me gradué de Berkmar High School en Lilburn, GA y comencé a estudiar Psicología en Gainesville State College. En 2006, comencé a trabajar como aprendiz de prevención para CETPA, Inc. Donde trabajé dando un plan de estudios basado en la evidencia a los jóvenes latinos. En 2012, recibí mi certificación de Especialista en Prevención del Prevention Credentialing Consortium of Georgia. Ese mismo año recibí mi certificación TEFL de la Universidad de Oglethorpe y en 2013 me convertí en director del Club de Prevención llamado Club Mixtura. para CETPA, Inc., una clínica de salud mental ubicada en Norcross, Georgia. Mi principal pasión es trabajar con los jóvenes de la comunidad en la que me crié. Siempre me ha apasionado mucho la prevención de las drogas, los niños solían etiquetarme como la "niña buena" solo porque nunca quise participar en nada de esas "cosas." En un momento, simplemente dejaron de preguntar. Desde 2006, he tenido el honor de servir a más de 5.500 jóvenes y espero continuar con esta misión durante toda la vida. “No puedes salvarlos a todos, pero puedes plantar esa semilla de esperanza en cada uno de ellos con un cálido abrazo y una sonrisa amistosa" Shai Fuxman Nací en Jerusalén, Israel a padres argentinos. A los siete años, me mude con mi familia a la Ciudad de México donde vivimos durante tres años, y luego a Caracas, Venezuela. Estas experiencias me ensenaron a navegar a través de diferentes culturas, tradiciones e idiomas. Vine a los Estados Unidos para estudiar en la universidad Brandeis, donde aprendí una nueva cultura que eventualmente adopte como mia propia, mientras mantengo mi orgullo y conexiones con los diferentes países donde creci. En la universidad, me inspire por la idea de utilizar la educación para promover cambios sociales positivos. Este concepto me inspiró a obtener primero una maestría y luego un doctorado en educación.Hoy en día trabajo como investigador científico en EDC, donde lidero diferentes proyectos que promueven el desarrollo positivo de los jóvenes, en particular los jóvenes de comunidades marginadas, incluyendo los jóvenes LGBTQ y los jóvenes con discapacidades. También tengo experiencia en Aprendizaje Social y Emocional (SEL), desarrollo juvenil, apoyando a estudiantes impactados por trauma, y prevención del abuso de drogas. También tengo experiencia en evaluación de programas, competencia cultural e investigaciónes cuantitativas y cualitativas. Como el director de la Academia de Salud Mental y SEL de EDC, proveo capacitación profesional para ayudar a educadores en escuelas a promover el SEL y la salud mental de estudiantes. Como especialista en capacitación y asistencia técnica de Prevention Solutions @ EDC, también apoyo a agencias estatales y organizaciones comunitarias para implementar y evaluar programas efectivos de prevención del abuso de drogas.

This program is intended for professionals in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).   The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Fellowship program is an opportunity for professionals who have been in the field of prevention for 5 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, and 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.    The goal of the program is twofold: First, it supports the advanced development of skills for prevention professionals who have experience in the field so that they can continue to grow professionally. Fellows can expect to be credited with the creation of their product by the New England PTTC, where the products will be housed, and each Fellow may use the product as they see fit within their own career advancement. Second, the program creates new and original research and products which are specific to the New England region to support prevention professionals at all levels of experience. Each fellow will create their own product or tool using their research, and all six fellows will work together to be sure that their products complement one another and can be used in concert.    The program will optimally have one fellow from each of the six New England states and will provide each fellow with a total working stipend of $10,000. The term will begin in May of 2021 and will complete after the symposium, scheduled for November 2021. Each Fellow is expected to attend three collaborative meetings, a technical meeting prior to the symposium, and the symposium itself. Fellows will then remain active alumni of the program after completion of the term and may reapply for future terms of the program if desired.    Ideal candidates for the program have some experience with research and development and will be in contact with another professional who can offer them additional research and development guidance if necessary. Candidates will have the ability to work over the course of several months on the production of a tool or resource and will be able to work with a team on the presentation of the final products. Candidates can apply for the New England Fellowship Program from January 12, 2021, to March 12, 2021.    Learn more and apply at (you'll need a google account to view the form): https://bit.ly/38YysEI   Need more information? Contact us at [email protected]

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded November 5, 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.   Course Summary: Do your marijuana presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to pivot - and edit - your content to meet a wide range of audience needs and accommodate ever-shifting and changing policies? Preventionists are called upon to educate a diverse range of community members about the impact of marijuana and presentations are often the vehicle through which that information is relayed. In this 90-minute virtual training, participants will learn practical skills to create compelling marijuana prevention presentations that can be adapted for different audiences, using the tools and resources they already have.   Learning Objectives After this session participants will be able to: Refine their message for unique audience types Edit a wide range of information and carefully select content to avoid information overload Present information in a way that translates and resonates with audiences Use tools and techniques that enhance learning Design compelling, polished visual aids for presentations   Presenters: Jamie Comstock and Robin Carr founded Info Inspired in 2014, after many years of designing and giving presentations with no formal training in this area, and watching their public health colleagues struggle with the same skills gap. Both are certified prevention specialists with 30 years’ combined experience in the field. They’ve spent the last several years researching and testing ways to not only capture and hold an audience’s attention, but to also inspire audiences. They’ve spent countless hours refining the presentation planning process, identifying free resources, and learning how to maximize the tools they already had. It’s also important to know that they aren’t graphic designers, artists, or especially tech savvy. Everything they do, you can do too.   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on November 5, 2020). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentation    Handouts

The sixth edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features our newly launched Prevention Mentorship Program, microlearning courses vaping series, marijuana prevention slide bank in Spanish and Portuguese, tips for celebrating the holidays safely, SAMHSA’s Mental Health Crisis Plan app, and regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. View the newsletter.

New England PTTC Microlearning Course: Vaping Series Public Health Concerns of Vaping   This mini-course is one of four in our vaping series. The course contains a short video (5-10 minutes) about Public Health Concerns of Vaping followed by a brief quiz. To complete the mini-course, first, watch the video, then answer the quiz to complete the course. Pass the quiz to earn a certificate of completion!   View and complete the 12-minute course. View links and details to the four-part microlearning vaping series.    The course requires access to Google Forms. The videos included in the modules were recorded during 2019-2020 as part of the New England PTTC Project ECHO: Reducing Vaping. Looking for additional resources on vaping? Check out the New England PTTC Vaping Resources.

New England PTTC Microlearning Course: Vaping Series The Appeal of Vaping   This mini-course is one of four in our vaping series. The course contains a short video (5-10 minutes) about The Appeal of Vaping followed by a brief quiz. To complete the mini-course, first, watch the video, then answer the quiz to complete the course. Pass the quiz to earn a certificate of completion!   View and complete the 7-minute course. View links and details to the four-part microlearning vaping series.   The course requires access to Google Forms. The videos included in the modules were recorded during 2019-2020 as part of the New England PTTC Project ECHO: Reducing Vaping. Looking for additional resources on vaping? Check out the New England PTTC Vaping Resources.

New England PTTC Microlearning Course: Vaping Series Neurobiology of Cannabis   This mini-course is one of four in our vaping series. The course contains a short video (5-10 minutes) about the Neurobiology of Cannabis followed by a brief quiz. To complete the mini-course, first, watch the video, then answer the quiz to complete the course. Pass the quiz to earn a certificate of completion!   View and complete the 8-minute course. View links and details to the four-part microlearning vaping series.   The course requires access to Google Forms. The videos included in the modules were recorded during 2019-2020 as part of the New England PTTC Project ECHO: Reducing Vaping. Looking for additional resources on vaping? Check out the New England PTTC Vaping Resources.

New England PTTC Microlearning Course: Vaping Series Nicotine and the Adolescent Brain   This mini-course is one of four in our vaping series. The course contains a short video (5-10 minutes) about Nicotine and the Adolescent Brain followed by a brief quiz. To complete the mini-course, first, watch the video, then answer the quiz to complete the course. Pass the quiz to earn a certificate of completion!   View and complete the 7-minute course. View links and details to the four-part microlearning vaping series.    The course requires access to Google Forms. The videos included in the modules were recorded during 2019-2020 as part of the New England PTTC Project ECHO: Reducing Vaping. Looking for additional resources on vaping? Check out the New England PTTC Vaping Resources.

  This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded October 20, 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.   Course Summary: The New England PTTC Prevention in Action webinar series features successful prevention stories from across New England. In this Prevention in Action webinar, representatives from New Hampshire and Maine will share how their agencies each developed data-driven vaping prevention media campaigns, what the campaigns included and what their next steps are. This webinar will demonstrate how state and local data can be used to develop universal and targeted media campaigns for prevention.    Presenters:  Jessica Morton, New Hampshire DHHS Tobacco Control and Prevention Christin D’Ovidio, John Snow Institute David Pied and Garth Smith, Maine CDC Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention Elizabeth Daniels, Rinck Advertising   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on October 20, 2020). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentations

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded September 11, 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.   Course Summary: Direct to consumer alcohol sales are on the rise nationwide, especially as some states loosen or modify restrictions to allow alcohol delivery, curbside pickup and cocktails to go during the pandemic.  These models challenge traditional alcohol control policy and require creative solutions to address challenges in enforcement. This webinar will review current policies on home alcohol delivery, alcohol shipping and curbside service, challenges in enforcement and compliance. It will also provide specific examples of how compliance and enforcement can work in this environment and action steps that can be taken in your own community. This webinar will include data specific to the New England states as well as drawing from nationwide trends and examples from other regions. Presented by Cassandra Greisen of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, Carrie Christofes of the National Liquor Law Enforcement Agency, and Matthew Stemple of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Alcohol Law Enforcement Division   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on September 11, 2020). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentation

The fifth edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month's edition features a prevention workforce needs survey, risk factors of isolation infographic, linguistic competence, resources for substance abuse prevention month and mental health awareness, regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England.

The fourth edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month's edition features an update from the director focusing on schools reopening, micro-learning, regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England.

The third edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month's edition features an update from the director, toolkit for parks and recreation, regionally and nationally developed trainings and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England.

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded May 26, 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.   Prevention in Action: Connecting with youth before, during and after COVID-19 Course Summary: As part of the Prevention in Action webinar series featuring successful prevention programs around New England, this webinar will feature a panel of prevention practitioners to discuss their strategies for keeping youth engaged and connected in prevention while schools are closed and meetings are not possible. They will also discuss how these strategies can be adapted to continue to be helpful in the future. Panelists will include Marissa Carlson, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Teen Institute, Deborah Lake, Prevention Program Manager, Governor's Prevention Partnership (CT), Jessica Summer, Youth Project and Fundraising Coordinator, Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community.   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on May 26, 2020). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentation

This webinar is one of the New England PTTC's prevention trainings. In this webinar (recorded April 28, 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.   Prevention in Action: Positive Ripple Effect of Restorative School Policy   Course Summary: The New England PTTC Prevention in Action webinar series features successful prevention programs throughout New England. In this webinar, So-Po Unite will describe their efforts to create a restorative substance use policy. The South Portland School Department revised the substance use policy from out of school suspension to restorative response in May 2018. The ripple effect has been outstanding! Students are held accountable and underlying causes of substance use are addressed. Students complete an assessment and meet with the social worker, staff and parents to create a response plan: academic support, prevention education and community service. At the re-entry meeting, students have the opportunity to repair the harm they may have caused and plan for moving forward. Over 40 school staff took a 37.5 hour course in restorative mindset and a full-time coordinator works with students. An alcohol and drug counselor provides clinical assessments. Our athletic code is now restorative; athletes are not kicked off the team and can still attend practices. Our policy has informed Maine’s Department of Education and is now the model policy for all schools!   Link to view the recorded webinar (recorded on April 28, 2020). No continuing education is available.    PowerPoint Presentation