Presentation Slides
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.
SlideDecks4U Spanish Version - The Social Development Strategy: 5 Proven Keys to Raising Healthy, Successful Youth
Published: March 8, 2023
eNewsletter or Blog
The March 2023 (Part 1) Dialogue contains articles on: Addiction: Celebrating Women and their Contributions to Medicine | Prevention: From Claw Machines to Video Gaming to Sports Betting, Is it Possible to Eliminate Gambling Activities from Youth? | ORN: Adolescent Health
Additional sections include behavioral health observances, virtual training and webinar events, Region 3 news, and new resources.
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.
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Published: March 7, 2023
Print Media
The Mountain Plains PTTC developed the following infographic to help prevention professionals, healthcare providers, educators, and parents understand the importance of sleep during adolescence. Sufficient sleep during adolescence is prevention.
Published: March 7, 2023
Multimedia
Program Spotlight: Engaging Families through Abriendo Purertas/ Opening Doors
February 15, 2023
Webinar Description
In this presentation, participants will be introduced to the Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP/OD) program. They will also learn from an implementing partner and their experience implementing AP/OD to their community. AP/OD is the nation's first evidence-based parent leadership program designed by and for Latino parents with children ages 0-5 and adopted by diverse communities across the country. The bilingual 10-session curriculum promotes school readiness, family well-being, and advocacy by addressing best practices in brain development, key aspects of early childhood development, early literacy, early math, positive use of technology, transition to school, civic engagement, parent leadership, goal-setting, and planning for family success.
Webinar Recording and Slides
Engaging Families through Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Recording
Engaging Families through Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors slide deck
*This presentation and the information contained in it is proprietary information of Daisy Castañeda and Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors and may not be adapted, modified, or disseminated without the prior written permission of Daisy Castañeda. For more information, contact Daisy Castañeda (
[email protected]). This presentation is intended to be used by prevention professionals for learning purposes only. This presentation is not 508 compliant.
Additional Resources
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Brochure -Spanish (PDF)
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Brochure -English (PDF)
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Program and Session Overview (PDF)
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Implementation Plan Template (PDF)
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Implementation Process (PDF)
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Testimonials
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Evaluation
Presenter
Daisy Castañeda, MS., serves as the National Director of Training and is located at the national office. She is responsible for the design, planning, and implementation of AP/OD Program Acquisition Institutes which include in-person and virtual Institutes. She helps support AP/OD’s partnerships and community relationships by supporting special projects. Daisy is a native Angeleno and a first-generation college graduate. She holds a B.A. in Political Science with a focus on Public Administration and a master’s degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in leadership.
Questions?
Contact Kathy Gardner (
[email protected]) if you have additional questions about the content related to this webinar.
Published: March 6, 2023
Toolkit
A toolkit for behavioral health prevention and treatment providers, recovery community organizations, and individuals in recovery with practical information and tools to enhance their capacity to engage in effective stigma reduction efforts.
Published: March 3, 2023
Print Media
While building protection for all our young people is a common and aspirational goal for many from diverse walks of life, schools present a unique opportunity and challenge for doing so. This report describes a set of simple yet powerful practices that, when used consistently by teachers, can enhance middle school student agency and build student success skills. This report summarizes these activities and aligns the evidence-based practices to the components of the Social Development Strategy, a strategy for enhancing daily interactions with young people that have been proven to have far-reaching positive effects on their development.
Published: February 10, 2023
Print Media
This product was developed as a handout to be shared with people unfamiliar with the substance use prevention field. It is intended to be an informational tool, summarizing what prevention is and why it is important. The product describes the prevention framework and the core principles that guide prevention efforts. It also provides key facts illustrating the scope of substance use issues in the United States and the value of prevention. It also describes the many forms that prevention can take.
Published: February 6, 2023
Multimedia
Supplemental Resources:
Engaging Youth to Improve Substance Misuse Prevention: Information Guide Series
Youth Engagement (YE) is an approach to prevention in which prevention organizations effectively engage youth as leaders or partners in planning, tailoring, implementing, or evaluating prevention programming. In this webinar, Dr. Ballard will describe different models of YE for prevention, share tips for YE, and provide tools to guide members of the substance misuse prevention workforce through decisions about whether, and how, to incorporate YE into their prevention work.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the benefits and challenges of engaging youth voices to improve your substance misuse prevention efforts
Understand different models of youth engagement
Identify key questions to consider as you prepare to engage with youth to improve your substance misuse prevention efforts
Become familiar with tools and resources to help you incorporate youth engagement into your substance misuse prevention efforts
About the Presenter:
Dr. Ballard is an Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine in the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding how young people engage with their communities, increasing equitable and meaningful opportunities for youth voice in communities, and understanding how youth engagement can improve community efforts and promote healthy youth development. In one current project, funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, she applies ideas from developmental psychology to increase opportunities for youth voice in substance misuse prevention efforts. In another current project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, she is co-leading a randomized-controlled trial study to understand the effects of a school-based action civics intervention. Outside of work, Parissa spends time exploring mountains, creeks, and playgrounds around North Carolina, with her husband and four young kids.
Published: January 30, 2023
Multimedia
What is Prevention?
January 26, 2023
This recorded presentation, developed with the brand-new prevention professional in mind, will help orient viewers within the field of primary substance misuse prevention. Viewers will gain basic insight into primary prevention concepts such as risk and protective factors, evidence-based interventions, the Strategic Prevention Framework, and the coalition model.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Define primary prevention
Explain the importance of using a data-informed planning process
Identify who does prevention work within a community
Presentation Materials
Recording for What is Prevention
Slide Deck for What is Prevention (PDF)
Audience:
Community, tribal, jurisdiction, and state-level substance misuse prevention practitioners and allied health partners located in the Pacific Southwest region, including American Samoa,
Arizona, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau.
Presenter:
Britany Wiele, CPS, is a Project Coordinator, Workforce Development at the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse technologies (CASAT) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). In her role at CASAT, Britany serves as a Training and Technical Assistant Specialist for SAMHSA’s Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center which aims to expand the capacity of the substance misuse prevention workforce. She is a Certified Prevention Specialist with experience working with community coalitions in all areas of the Strategic Prevention Framework. Prior to joining CASAT, she worked for Join Together Northern Nevada providing leadership in developing effective community-wide youth and adult programming, implementing evidence-based programs, and building community partnerships. Britany has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of California, Riverside.
Questions?
Contact Britany Wiele (
[email protected]) if you have additional questions about the content related to this webinar.
Published: January 26, 2023
Multimedia
Recording: Supporting Grandfamilies as Caregivers in the Opioid Crisis
DESCRIPTION:
It is estimated that 2.6 million children are raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, other extended family, and close family friends who step forward to care for them when parents are unable. With the rise in heroin and other opioid use, more relatives are raising children because the parents have died, are incarcerated, are using drugs, are in treatment or are otherwise unable to take care of their children. We understand that these children experience physical and cognitive health challenges as their caregiver’s face hurdles with housing, school enrollment, health, and legal issues as they struggle with their own grief. This webinar will present evidence-based interventions designed to strengthen the resilience of these children along with tested approaches for supporting grandparents in this role.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants in this webinar will be able to:
Identify the trends around children being raised by grandparents because of the opioid crisis
Explain how children and grandfamilies are impacted by the opioid epidemic, including as they navigate these relationships
Identify strategies for building skills and support systems for grandparents that are assuming the responsibility of caring for vulnerable grandchildren
PRESENTER:
Chuck Klevgaard, BSW, CSPS
Chuck Klevgaard is a nationally recognized expert in substance misuse prevention, public health, and school-based health. Drawing on his experience in collective impact and prevention-focused partnerships, he builds the capacity of states, tribes, schools, communities, and cities to use evidence-based substance misuse prevention and intervention strategies. He specializes in behavioral health support; training and technical assistance; and evidence-based alcohol, opioid, and substance misuse programs and policies. Nationwide, he provides trainings to prevent opioid overdose, including working with first responders to administer naloxone. As a consultant to Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center, Klevgaard provides training and technical assistance to substance misuse prevention entities within the Great Lakes region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio. Klevgaard, a Certified Senior Prevention Specialist through the Illinois Certification Board, Inc., holds a BSW from Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Published: January 19, 2023
Multimedia
Our guests are Kate Kelley, Director of Community Programming with the Alliance of Southwest Missouri and Crystal Dalmasso, Prevention Specialist & Training Consultant with a TTA provider in Kansas called DCCCA. In this episode we discuss SAMHSA’s recent Core Competencies training pilot.
Visit the SAMHSA Evidence Based Practices Resource Center at:
https://www.samhsa.gov/resource-search/ebp
Published: January 19, 2023
eNewsletter or Blog
The Great Lakes Current is the e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.
The January 2023 issue honors National Birth Defects Prevention Month by sharing resources and media from SAMHSA that focus on the effects of marijuana use during pregnancy. This issue also features new products from the Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC, HealtheKnowledge content specific to women's reproductive health, and opportunities for mental health and SUD professionals to participate in ongoing research studies.
As always, The Great Lakes Current provides links to all the upcoming events and trainings for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.
Published: January 17, 2023
Toolkit
This toolkit and PowerPoint presentation walk substance misuse prevention practitioners and coalition members through the first two tasks of Step 3 of the Strategic Prevention Framework: Prioritizing risk and protective factors and selecting an evidence-based strategy.
Published: January 5, 2023
Toolkit
This crosswalk identifies tasks commonly associated with each step of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and aligns them with sustainability milestones and practitioner skills needed to meet these milestones. This can be used to determine capacity building needs within communities/counties implementing the SPF process.
Published: January 5, 2023
Toolkit
An effective logic model will act as a roadmap that tells your prevention workgroup where it is starting from, where it is going, how it will get to where it is going, and if it is going in the right direction. The attached document will aid preventionists as they work through the process of creating an effective logic model for prevention curricula.
Published: January 5, 2023
Toolkit
Evaluators use pseudocodes to protect a participant's anonymity when asking protected questions. Pseudocode means a "fake code" that severs the link between the data and the provider. The attached document explains pseudocodes and how to create them.
Published: January 5, 2023
eNewsletter or Blog
The January 2023 Dialogue contains articles on: Addiction: Multiple Pathways to Recovery | Mental Health: Coping After a Death by Suicide | Prevention: SAMHSA’s 19th Annual Prevention Day | ORN: African American History Month | Regional Spotlight: Beyond BARS
Additional sections include behavioral health observances, virtual training and webinar events, Region 3 news, and new resources.
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.
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Published: January 4, 2023
Toolkit
Efforts to prevent substance misuse generally fall under one of two broad approaches: individual and environmental strategies. Individual strategies focus on interventions to change attitudes and intentions, provide knowledge, and develop skills to help individuals resist influences that would lead them to use substances. These interventions involve working repeatedly with individuals and small groups, requiring a tremendous amount of resources to reach a large portion of the community population.
Environmental strategies, such as policy change, focus on changing the environments that shape individual behavior. The goal is to make the healthy choice the easy choice. Policy change also provides a greater opportunity to address health disparities.This guidebook will help you and your coalition make sense of the policy process by breaking it down step-by-step.
In detail, the guide will cover:
How to draft the Policy Action Statement
Building compliance of the policy with the responsible organization(s) or entity
Collecting data to establish a link between the Community Condition and the Proposed Policy
Developing an Issue Brief that makes the case for the Policy and offers the policy solution
Drafting the Policy Language
Utilizing media advocacy
Organizing and mobilizing for support
Preparing and presenting your policy to Decision Makers
Supporting policy implementation and compliance
Evaluating the policy campaign process and impacts
By working through the supporting activities, you and your partners will gain experience in forming, implementing, and promoting the compliance with ATOD policies. These policies have the potential to make alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs less accessible, less affordable, and less prevalent, thereby reducing the community-level harms associated with these substances.
This guidebook was adapted from Implementing and Supporting Policies to Prevent Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Misuse Information Guide Series funded by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.
Published: November 8, 2022
eNewsletter or Blog
The November 2022 Dialogue contains articles on: Addiction: Gaming Addiction | Mental Health: Helping Children Cope with Death & Grief | Prevention: Veterans and Substance Use Prevention | ORN: Native American Heritage Month | Regional Spotlight: The Recovery Bank
Additional sections include behavioral health observances, virtual training and webinar events, Region 3 news, and new resources.
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.
Sign up to receive the Dialogue in your mailbox.
Published: November 1, 2022
eNewsletter or Blog
The Great Lakes Current is the e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.
The November‒December 2022 issue honors National Impaired Driving Prevention Month (December) by sharing resources and media from SAMHSA's "Talk. They Hear You.®" campaign for underage drinking prevention. This issue also features prevention-focused HealtheKnowledge courses, two new Counselor's Corner blog posts about the relationship between SUD and music, the Great Lakes ATTC's "Embracing Change" article on the ATTC/NIATx Service Improvement Blog, and even more brand new products and resources from HHS Region 5.
You will also find links to all the upcoming events and trainings for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.
Published: October 21, 2022
Multimedia
Video Tutorial
This short presentation is a companion product to Slide Deck for You, The Social Development Strategy: 5 Proven Keys to Raising Healthy, Successful Youth. Prevention practitioners can use the video tutorial to prepare their own presentation on the Social Development Strategy using the Slide Deck for You.
Video Tutorial for Social Development Strategy: 5 Proven Keys to Raising Healthy, Successful Youth
Slide Deck for You Resource
SDS. 5 keys to Successful Youth. Slide Deck for You. Northwest PTTC_4.pptx
Published: September 28, 2022
eNewsletter or Blog
The September 2022 Dialogue contains articles on: Addiction: Famililes in Recovery | Mental Health: National Suicide Prevention Month | Prevention: Suicide Prevention Awareness | ORN: Mobilize Recovery | Regional Spotlight: A Journey to Recovery
Additional sections include behavioral health observances, virtual training and webinar events, Region 3 news, and new resources.
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.
Sign up to receive the Dialogue in your mailbox.
Published: September 6, 2022
Multimedia
Recording: Girls and Women: Substance Misuse Trends and Prevention Strategies
Data now show that girls and young women, ages 12 to 20, are drinking more alcohol than their male counterparts. There are some key considerations that prevention specialists should know as they design strategies to curb harmful drinking behaviors among girls, such as the association between underage drinking and mental health conditions including depression and anxiety. This webinar highlights strategies for coupling prevention approaches with mental health support.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Identify trends in misuse among women including related consequences
Describe factors that place women at risk for harmful consequences
List prevention strategies shown to be effective with this population
PRESENTERS:
Erin Ficker, MPAff, CSPS
Erin serves as a prevention manager for the Great Lakes PTTC. For more than 14 years, Erin has worked in substance abuse prevention supporting communities to use evidence-based strategies and data-driven processes in substance abuse prevention planning and implementation. She works with community level prevention practitioners and schools in the development, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of prevention interventions.
Stephanie Asteriadis Pyle, PhD, CPS
Stephanie Asteriadis Pyle, PhD, CPS, Emeritus is a former Project Manager for the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT). Dr. Asteriadis Pyle established Nevada’s first substance use disorder library and clearinghouse at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) campus and during her tenure at UNR/CASAT served as the C0-I or PI for 36 grants and contracts for substance use prevention for students at UNR and Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) and problem gambling prevention for aging populations in Nevada. Dr. Asteriadis Pyle most recently managed and wrote for the CASAT OnDemand website and blog for five years, synthesizing research for professionals in SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery and related behavioral health fields.
She continues to teach CAS 255, an introductory course in substance misuse prevention she has taught face to face or online since 2007
Published: August 31, 2022
Print Media
List of resources on Cannabis developed by the National Hispanic and Latino Prevention Technology Transfer Center
Awareness about Cannabis Use among youth
English: Awareness about Cannabis Use among youth
Portuguese: Conscientização sobre o uso de cannabis entre os jovens
Marijuana Prevention Among Hispanic And Latino Youth Factsheet
English: Marijuana Prevention Among Hispanic And Latino Youth Factsheet
Spanish: https://pttcnetwork.org/sites/pttc/files/2022-08/PTTC-Marijuana-Youth-Spanish.pdf
Portuguese: https://pttcnetwork.org/sites/pttc/files/2022-08/PTTC-Marijuana-Youth-Portuguese.pdf
Marijuana Prevention Among Hispanic And Latino Adults Factsheet
English: Marijuana Prevention Among Hispanic And Latino Adults Factsheet
Spanish: https://pttcnetwork.org/sites/pttc/files/2022-08/PTTC-Marijuana-Adults_Spanish.pdf
Portuguese: https://pttcnetwork.org/sites/pttc/files/2022-08/PTTC-Marijuana-Adults_Portuguese.pdf
Vaping 101: and Latino Youth: Devices, risks, prevention efforts, and solutions (Webinar)
English: Vaping 101: and Latino Youth: Devices, risks, prevention efforts, and solutions
The Reality of Legal Marijuana and Hispanic Latino Youth. Myths, Truths, Consequences (Webinar)
English: The Reality of Legal Marijuana and Hispanic Latino Youth. Myths, Truths, Consequences
Smoking and Vaping in the Americas: Considerations about Prevention and Public Policies (Webinar)
English: Smoking and Vaping in the Americas: Considerations about Prevention and Public Policies
Spanish: Fumar y Vapear en las Américas: Consideraciones Sobre Prevención y Políticas Públicas
Portuguese: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/national-hispanic-latino-pttc/product/fumando-e-vaporizando-nas-americas-consideracoes
FACTSHEET: Smoking and Vaping in the Americas: Policy implications for Prevention
English: Smoking and vaping in the Americas: Policy implications for Prevention
Spanish: Fumando y vapeando en las Américas: Implicaciones Políticas para la Prevención
Portuguese: Fumando e vaporizando nas Américas: Considerações sobre Prevenção e Políticas Públicas
List of resources on Cannabis developed by the PTTC Network
Marijuana Facts Vs Myths
English: Marijuana Facts Vs Myths
Spanish: Mitos Y Realidades De La Marihuana
Portuguese: Mitos E Verdades Sobre A Maconha
Marijuana Science Education
English: Marijuana Facts Vs Myths
Spanish: El Cannabis Y El Cerebro Adolescente
Portuguese: Cannabis e o Cérebro do Adolescente
Cannabis in the United States: A Toolkit for non-citizens in Maine
English: Cannabis in the United States: A Toolkit for non-citizens in Maine
Spanish: Cannabis en los Estados Unidos: Un kit de herramientas para no ciudadanos en Maine
Portuguese: Canábis nos Estados Unidos: Um Conjunto de Ferramentas para Não Cidadãos do Maine
Available in 6 other languages: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/new-england-pttc/2021-fellowship-program-product-cannabis-united-states-toolkit-non
Research, Policies, and Practices: Federal and Community-level Perspectives on Vaping
English: Research, Policies, and Practices: Federal and Community-level Perspectives on Vaping
Cannabis Pharmacology for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners
English: 3-Part Series: Cannabis Pharmacology for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners
Microlearning Toolkit in English
English: Microlearning Toolkit: Cannabis Prevention 101
Focus on Cannabis Prevention
English: Focus on Cannabis Prevention
List of resources on Cannabis developed by SAMHSA
Know the Risks of Marijuana
English: Know the Risks of Marijuana
Know the Risks of Marijuana: Multimedia Resources
English: Know the Risks of Marijuana: Multimedia Resources
Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth
English: Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana
English: Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana
Consejos para adolescentes: la realidad sobre la marihuana (Spanish)
Spanish: Consejos para adolescentes: la realidad sobre la marihuana (Spanish)
List of resources on Cannabis developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cannabis (Marijuana)
English: Cannabis (Marijuana)
Spanish: El Canabis (marihuana)
List of resources on Cannabis developed by the the Partnership to End Addiction
Marijuana Talk Kit: Get practical information and guidance on talking with your child about marijuana.
English: Marijuana Talk Kit for Parents and Caregivers
Spanish: Kit de conversación sobre la Marihuana
Cómo Hablar Sobre el Uso de Marihuana
Spanish: Cómo Hablar Sobre el Uso de Marihuana
Prevention & Early Action Marijuana: What You Need to Know to Help Protect Children, Teens and Young Adults
English: Prevention & Early Action Marijuana: What You Need to Know to Help Protect Children, Teens and Young Adults
Marijuana: What School Professionals Should Know and Do Marijuana presentation for school professionals: A comprehensive presentation to share with staff and school personnel.
English: Marijuana: What School Professionals Should Know and Do Marijuana presentation for school professionals: A comprehensive presentation to share with staff and school personnel
Marijuana: What Health Care Professionals Should Know and Do Marijuana presentation for Health Careprofessionals: A comprehensive presentation to share with staff and school personnel.
English: Marijuana: What Health Care Professionals Should Know and Do Marijuana presentation for Health Careprofessionals: A comprehensive presentation to share with staff and school personnel
Published: July 13, 2022