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Central East Webinar Series: Emerging Drug Trends Part 1: Understanding What National and State Data Tells Us Josh Esrick, MPP, and Lauren Pappacena, MSW March 26, 2019, 1-2 PM EST  |  View series page  |  View all Central East series COURSE DESCRIPTION This is part one of a four-part webinar series hosted by the Central East PTTC that focuses on emerging drug trends. The landscape of substance use trends is ever changing and it is important for preventionists to be aware of emerging trends and prepare to address them before prevalence becomes widespread. This webinar describes the key national sources of substance use trend data and discusses in detail the emerging trends occurring nationwide and in the Central East region, covering substances such as: opioids, cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana, tobacco, and non-opioid prescription drugs. This webinar will also introduce topics such as identifying and using local data sources, the role of prevention over the lifecycle of an epidemic, and balancing emerging trends with ongoing epidemics, which will be further discussed in future webinars. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Provide the goals of this four-webinar series Explain the importance of evidence for prevention Use SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to walk through the five key steps to evidence-informed strategic planning Share supportive SAMHSA resources 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. Lauren Pappacena, MSW is a Research Associate with Carnevale Associates. Lauren has a background in criminal justice and juvenile justice research specifically as it relates to evidence-based programs and practices spanning criminal justice topics, including corrections, law enforcement, reentry, and courts. Currently, she assists with training evaluations for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) and the PTTC, where she brings her experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis and data visualization. With a strong interest in policy analysis, research translation, data collection, and analytic writing, Ms. Pappacena is published in the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work for her analysis of national early-release laws.                   

This one page (two-sided) document describes the Great Lakes PTTC including our focus areas.

The March 2019 issue of The Dialogue observes Women's History Month with articles on SUD screening for women, mental health and women, and prevention services for women. Other news includes prevention-related webinars, new resources, and news in Region 3.   The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated on the first Tuesday of each month. You are encouraged to provide us with any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the Dialogue, news, and training announcements, sign up here.

Click the buttons below to view this webinar translated in Spanish or Portuguese     Prescription drugs have become an integral player in today’s opioid epidemic, but they had already been negatively impacting Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. This webinar will describe how, utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework, one Latino-serving organization in Georgia has been able to develop and deliver a bilingual, bi- cultural substance abuse prevention program to address prescription drugs for the past five years. Through the use of different environmental strategies, they have been able to increase the awareness of the problem in the community and develop solutions to recognize and prevent prescription drug misuse.

The February 2019 issue of The Dialogue features a redesigned template. Segments include African American children of parents with alcohol use disorder, mental health news, HRSA job fair, implementing culturally competent prevention programs for African American, monthly behavioral health observances, training calendar, ASAM Annual Conference, and news in Region 3.   The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated on the first Tuesday of each month. You are encouraged to provide us with any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the Dialogue, news, and training announcements, sign up here.  

SAMHSA’s 15th Annual Prevention Day Afternoon Plenary Recording – February 4, 2019 Assistant Secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use, Elinore McCance-Katz , M.D., Ph.D., speaks to more than 2,500 prevention professionals from across the country participating in SAMHSA's 15th Prevention Day to address facts and best practices to combat the crises in mental health and substance use that are affecting their communities.