Products and Resources Catalog

Please find handouts of the slides from our session: Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Their Impacts on the Health and Wellbeing of Native American & Alaska Native People, from May 20, 2020. 

Please find handouts of the slides from our recent webinar, Historical Trauma: Definition, Impact, and Hope for Healing, from May 20, 2020. 

Wrap-up Session: Racial equity and health disparities in the age of COVID-19: What new strategies are needed to support the SU prevention, treatment and recovery workforce serving communities of color and/or underserved communities?

Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific-Islander Communities: Addressing Stigma and Resource Needs Around COVID-19 and Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery.

Strategic Discussion 3: American-Indian/Alaska Native communities: Trauma-Responsive Approaches to Support the Communities.

Strategic Discussion 2: Strategies to Support the LatinX Communities.

Strategic Discussion 1: Health Disparities and the Impact on COVID-19 on the African- American and black community.

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.  This slide deck introduces basic definitions of stigma and discusses the role substance misuse prevention practitioners plan in reducing stigma.  USE: These slides can be used as a stand-alone overview of the topic or  incorporated into other presentations or materials. Citing the Pacific Southwest PTTC as the author of these slides is greatly appreciated. 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 Slide Deck for You can be used as a stand-alone overview of the Social Development Strategy or incorporated into other presentations or materials. The Social Development Strategy (SDS) is a tool for enhancing five factors proven to build protection and organizes these protective factors into a strategy for action that anyone can use in their daily interactions with young people. The SDS is as simple as five fingers on one hand.        

African Americans have lower rates of retention in substance use disorder treatment than the general population. In this one-hour webinar, Mark Sanders, LCSW, CSC, presents an overview of the factors that prevent African Americans from engaging in treatment, along with strategies that treatment organizations can use to increase engagement.  Presented on February 5, 2020.  Download the Presentation Slides

Research has outlined the Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care model as an effective framework for supporting individuals to overcome substance use problems and disorders. This webinar provides an overview of the framework with an emphasis on opportunities for collaboration across community sectors to advance prevention goals. Presenter Chuck Klevgaard delivers training and technical assistance to support substance misuse prevention throughout the Midwest. Klevgaard has supported communities and health agencies as they adopt evidence-based alcohol, opioid, and other substance misuse programs or policies. Klevgaard also serves as a prevention manager to the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Download the PowerPoint Presentation

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. 

Slide-deck handout from the 2019 New England Summer School of Addiction Studies Plenary session:  The Evolution of State Cannabis Policies and Where Prevention Fits In,  Created and presented by: Scott M. Gagnon, MPP, PS-C, Director, New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc.   Presentation description: 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 workshop 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 new marijuana prevention training and technical assistance services from the New England PTTC.   If you would like the New England PTTC to come provide this 3-hour presentation in your state or community, please send us a request! [email protected]

The PTTC Network Marijuana Risk Work Group has created two slide banks for prevention professionals to use in their marijuana prevention and education work in their communities. This slide bank provides a focus on the pharmacology of marijuana and how it impacts the brain. The goal of this tool is to provide prevention providers with a researched and vetted tool they can feel confident in using in their marijuana prevention presentations.  You can provide this slide bank as a stand alone presentation or integrate it into a presentation including local data, trends, and strategies for marijuana prevention. Please do not alter any of the slides. If you need additional information please contact the PTTC serving your region.  You may want to use this slide bank in conjunction with the slide bank on the various forms and potencies of marijuana products.    View "The Varied Forms, Potency, and Health Effects of Today's Cannabis"  

The Varied Forms, Potency, and Health Effects of Today’s Cannabis: Key Information for Prevention Practitioners to Share with Key Stakeholders and Communities   The PTTC Network Marijuana Risk Work Group has created two slide banks for prevention professionals to use in their marijuana prevention and education work in their communities. This slide bank provides a focus on the various forms of marijuana products, the trend in potencies, and current research around health impacts. The goal of this tool is to provide prevention providers with a researched and vetted tool they can feel confident in using in their marijuana prevention presentations. You can provide this slide bank as a stand-alone presentation or integrate it into a presentation including local data, trends, and strategies for marijuana prevention. Please do not alter any of the slides. If you need additional information please contact the PTTC serving your region.  You may want to use this slide bank in conjunction with the slide bank on marijuana pharmacology and effects on the brain.    View "Marijuana and The Brain"  

This informational webinar will give an overview of the Ohio Masters Series: Cultural Competence in Behavioral Health. This learning collaborative is designed to help Ohio organizations prepare the behavioral health workforce to serve individuals from diverse backgrounds. The four-month training and learning collaborative will give participants the skills they need to improve service delivery, enhance treatment outcomes, and integrate cultural and linguistic competence into their organizational structures.