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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   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: 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 June 23 at 1:00 pm for Part 4 of a four-part webinar series on evaluation for substance use prevention professionals.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES 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 June 23 session at a later date.   This series is intended for professionals in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).   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).

  The Great Lakes PTTC offers this training to prevention practitioners in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.   This 90-minute webinar will review the best practices in effective coalitions. We will discuss the importance and role that coalitions play in successful prevention efforts. We will also discuss the importance of leadership in building strong a community coalition.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES Describe key characteristics of effective coalitions Describe best practices for building strong community coalitions Identify approaches for applying coalition best practices in your community   SPEAKERS   Dodi Swope, M.Ed., is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Massachusetts. Dodi’s background includes teaching in regular and special education settings and a clinical practice serving children and families in the Boston area. Most recently, Dodi has provided training and planning facilitation on a broad scope of community health initiatives.                Erin Ficker, CPRS, MPAff, serves as a prevention manager for the Great Lakes PTTC. Erin has worked in substance misuse prevention for more than 14 years, helping communities to use evidence-based strategies and data driven processes in prevention planning and implementation.  She works with community-level prevention practitioners and schools in developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining prevention interventions. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION Preventing Trauma and Its Consequences A Five-Part Webinar Series by the South Southwest PTTC Session 3: Ten Guiding Principles to Address Trauma in Prevention Work and Self-care for Prevention Professionals Prevention professionals commonly encounter clients and communities with a history of trauma and potentially traumatizing experiences in the field. Being unprepared or unaware of potential exposure to triggers and how to recognize, address and treat trauma symptoms can contribute to professional secondary traumatic stress. In addition, not using a trauma-informed approach to navigate individuals, families and systems can risk re-traumatization and hinder effective prevention of negative health outcomes for those already impacted by and vulnerable to trauma.   This presentation explores five principles of trauma-informed care: safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness and empowerment and five principles of self-care that help professionals in the field of prevention to promote the necessary state of wellness and health for themselves while skillfully and sensitively empowering communities.  Select the View Resource button above to watch the recording. Below is the PowerPoint for session three. PowerPoint Additional Resources   PRESENTER Fabricia Prado is a trilingual (Portuguese/Spanish/English) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Georgia. Fabricia has obtained certification as an ACE Interface Master Trainer through the National Hispanic and Latino PTTC and is working to increase community awareness of the prevalence of ACEs and its public health impact utilizing evidence-based approaches for building resiliency in the Hispanic and Latino organizations and communities.  She obtained her master's degree in social work from Kennesaw State University in 2012 and finished bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, PUC-GO, Brazil in 2007. Fabricia is a Certified Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional (CATP) and has received intensive training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and other trauma-sensitive approaches.     

Stigma disproportionately influences health outcomes and mental well-being for individuals with substance use disorder. Fear of being judged and/or discriminated against can prevent people from getting the help they need. According to results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 20.5% of people with substance use disorder do not seek treatment because of negative consequences associated with their work; 17% do not seek treatment for fear of negative judgements by friends or community. It can also prevent caregivers and others from providing needed services, including medical care. To decrease the impact of stigma, the Region 5 Great Lakes PTTC offered a Community of Practice to provide rural communities in Region 5 an opportunity to learn from one another and to foster the implementation of anti-stigma initiatives. The goal was to promote the use of evidence-based strategies for the prevention and reduction of stigma and provide an opportunity for group problem solving.   This report shares the lesson learned in the Community of Practice. 

Slides from the May 26, 2021 session, " Families and Relationships - Part 3". This session featured Avis Garcia, PhD, LAT, LPC, NCC, Northern Arapaho.

  Webinar: The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community   Webinar Date: May 20, 2021   Webinar Description Working in the field of prevention and healthy youth development, most of us have all heard the term, ‘risk and protective factors’ but what does that really mean? The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. Join Kevin Haggerty, the Director of the Northwest PTTC, and John Briney, Research Scientist and Data Manager, for a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy youth development – what they are, why they’re important, and how to measure them at the community level.   Objectives By the end of this 3-session series participants will be able to: Define ‘shared risk and protective factors’ for healthy youth development Describe how risk and protective factors are determined  Discuss how understanding of shared risk and protective factors is evolving  Explore what understanding risk and protective factors means for your community’s work in prevention? Explain at least 3 methods for obtaining community-level information on the risk and protective factors for YOUR community’s youth and discuss pros and cons of these different approaches Share how youth survey measures were developed and tested for risk and protective factors Decide on one next step for YOUR community    Presenters Kevin Haggerty MSW, Ph.D. specializes in prevention programs at the community, school and family level. He is the Director of the Social Development Research Group. Dr. Haggerty serves as the PI/ Project Director for the Northwest PTTC.  He is a Professor at the University of Washington (UW) School of Social Work. For more than 30 years, he has focused on developing innovative ways to organize the scientific knowledge base for prevention so that parents, communities and schools can better identify, assess and prioritize customized approaches that meet their needs.  He has an extensive research background in the intersection of biological and environmental risks for drug abuse in emerging adults and is an expert on substance abuse and delinquency prevention. Additionally, Dr. Haggerty is an investigator of the Community Youth Development Study, which tests the effectiveness of the Communities That Care program.   John Briney is the Senior Data Manager at the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) with more than 25 years of experience in social science research. The majority of his work at SDRG has focused on the Community Youth Development Study, a randomized test of the Communities That Care prevention planning system.  He currently manages data across several research projects and assists communities with the administration and analysis of the Communities That Care Youth Survey through his work with the Center for CTC. John has a background in Political Science and Public Administration. During his recent COVID-19 quarantine he has spent far too much time with his wife and two children in their home in rural eastern Oregon.John S. Briney is the Data Manager at the School of Social Development Research Group.   Webinar Recording View Webinar   Webinar Slides Download Slides - The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community   Additional Resources Communites that Care - Youth Survey Scale Dictionary   View the Other Webinars in this Series: The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 1: Risk Factors The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 2: Protective Factors

  The Great Lakes PTTC and MHTTC present this training for behavioral health and prevention practitioners in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This session presents the Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience framework as a lens to understand community-level trauma, with a focus on its application in preventing and addressing substance misuse and mental health crisis. The session will outline skills needed for a prevention workforce prepared to accelerate equity, justice, and community-trauma-informed approaches within vulnerable communities.   Learning Objectives  Share the Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience (ACE|R) framework to identify how community-level trauma contributes to high rates of substance misuse and mental health crisis. Highlight the skills and role for preventionists in applying health equity principles in their work across multiple systems, and discuss aspects of community change for mental health and well-being. Identify why an equity and justice orientation is essential to upstream prevention approaches.   Speakers Sheila Savannah, MA, Managing Director at Prevention Institute, has over 30 years of experience in supporting multisector collaborations and community change initiatives. Her focus has always emphasized the necessity of mobilizing youth, families and courageous leadership to address the norms and conditions that lead to disproportionate outcomes in health, safety and wellbeing. Much of this work is currently done through multiple national and regional communities of practice – all of which use a primary prevention approach to reduce multiple forms of violence and improve mental wellbeing. Based in Houston, Sheila provides leadership on projects that work to improve community environments and address problems of mental health, trauma, substance misuse, and violence. Previously, Sheila was a division manager with the Houston Public Health Department and the Office of Adolescent Health and Injury Prevention. Sheila holds a BJ in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Houston at Clear Lake.    Ruben Cantu, BA, Program Manager, has over 20 years’ experience in public health, health equity, racial justice, program and organizational management, and technical assistance and capacity building. At Prevention Institute, he leads projects on community trauma and mental health and wellbeing. Ruben provides training, coaching, and strategic support on policy development, sustainability, partner development, and communications. Prior to joining Prevention Institute in 2016, Ruben was Associate Director at the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, where, among other accomplishments, he authored the state’s strategic plan for reducing mental health disparities. Ruben has consulted with community organizations across the U.S.

Preventing Underage Alcohol Use Part 2: Addressing Use Among Younger Youth Josh Esrick, MPP, and Robin LaVallee, MPP May 12, 2021, 2-3:30 PM EST COURSE DESCRIPTION This webinar will support alcohol prevention efforts for elementary- and middle school-aged youth. It will include a review of the data on younger youth alcohol use prevalence and patterns, and research on its risk and protective factors. The webinar will discuss how to improve needs assessment efforts focusing on this population, including strategies to improve primary data collection. It will also identify and highlight evidence-based prevention programs intended to serve this younger population. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Overview prevalence data on younger underage alcohol use Identify risk and protective factors most relevant to younger youth Discuss opportunities to improve needs assessment and data collection processes Explore evidence-based prevention strategies and related 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. Robin A. LaVallee, MPP, is a Senior Research Associate at Carnevale Associates, LLC. She has over a decade of experience applying her expertise in policy research, evaluation, performance measurement, data collection, and analysis in the public health, substance use, and criminal justice arenas. For more than ten years, Ms. LaVallee previously conducted alcohol epidemiology and policy research supporting the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System and National Alcohol Education Program. She currently supports the Office of the Chief Financial Officer's performance management and strategic planning efforts within the Office of Justice Programs.  

The purpose of this worksheet is to help entities to identify where current and proposed regulations and policies are strong and where more specific prevention-informed approaches may be needed. This worksheet can be used as a supplemental tool in conjunction with the Northwest PTTC report, Alcohol Regulatory Systems: Integrating Support for Public Health and Safety and A Prevention Practitioners' Toolkit to Understanding HHS Region 10 State Cannabis Policies and Regulations. Directions: Check the areas impacted by the law/rule and note strengths and areas for improvement. The final section provides a look at broader impact areas.   The Policy Analysis Worksheet is a part of two Toolkits: View other resources available in the Alcohol Awareness Toolkit: #ProofIsInTheNumbers. View HHS R10, Cannabis Toolkit Resources

Preventing Underage Alcohol Use Part 1: An Overview of Data and Strategies Josh Esrick, MPP, and Robin LaVallee, MPP April 28, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST COURSE DESCRIPTION This webinar will provide a broad overview of the current state of underage drinking and related prevention efforts. It will include a review of the data on the prevalence of alcohol use and alcohol use patterns, along with data on the adverse effects of underage alcohol use and research on its risk and protective factors. The webinar will also discuss what is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on underage alcohol use. Finally, it will provide an overview of Federal underage drinking prevention efforts and the types of evidence-based strategies that prevention professionals can implement. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Summarize the data on the state of underage drinking and its consequences Explain the research on risk and protective factors for engaging in underage drinking Explore what is known and unknown about the impact of COVID-19 Overview Federal prevention efforts Highlight evidence-based prevention strategies and related 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. Robin A. LaVallee, MPP, is a Senior Research Associate at Carnevale Associates, LLC. She has over a decade of experience applying her expertise in policy research, evaluation, performance measurement, data collection, and analysis in the public health, substance use, and criminal justice arenas. For more than ten years, Ms. LaVallee previously conducted alcohol epidemiology and policy research supporting the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System and National Alcohol Education Program. She currently supports the Office of the Chief Financial Officer's performance management and strategic planning efforts within the Office of Justice Programs.    

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 3: Conducting a Program 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 April 14 at 1:00 pm for Part 3 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 April 14 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).

The eighth edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features the launch of In the Air, a graphic medicine built to foster conversations with and among the young, a roadmap tool to assist new prevention professionals, in New England, to hit the ground running during the orientation phase, wellness resources from the PTTC network, awareness campaign toolkits, and regionally and nationally developed events and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. View the newsletter.

Problem Gambling Prevention: The Facts, Using Public Health Models, and Integrating Programming with Substance Misuse Prevention Heather Eshleman, M.P.H. March 24, 2021, 1-2 PM EST COURSE DESCRIPTION March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. With the legalization of sports betting in mid-Atlantic states as well as increased internet gambling due to COVID-19 restrictions, gambling has never been more accessible to youth and adults. Basic facts on youth and adult gambling will be discussed with emphasis on data from MD, DC, WV, DE, PA, and VA. Public health models will be used to show how problem gambling can be prevented and integrated with alcohol and substance misuse prevention programming. LEARNING OBJECTIVES To learn problem gambling facts and the basics of problem gambling prevention. To examine how public health models can be used to prevent problem gambling in youth and adults. To explore how to integrate problem gambling prevention strategies with the work of alcohol and substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion. PRESENTERS Heather Eshleman, M.P.H., is the Prevention Manager at the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling.  She works collaboratively with community organizations, schools, and government agencies to prevent underage and problem gambling as well as oversee special population and youth grants.  She currently leads the Center’s efforts in compiling an underage and problem gambling prevention needs assessment to provide baseline data to guide future prevention strategies.  She served as the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Supervisor at the Anne Arundel County Department of Health from 2006-2019, overseeing the Substance Abuse Prevention coalitions, the Opioid Misuse Prevention Program, the Strengthening Families Program, the Fatal Overdose Review Team, and Coordination of the Students Against Destructive Decisions Chapters.  Before becoming Supervisor, from 2002-2006, Heather was a Grants Administrator at Anne Arundel County Department of Health.  Heather received her Masters in Public Health from the University at Albany School of Public Health and her Bachelor’s degree in School and Community Health Education from Towson University.  Heather served in the United States Peace Corps in Morocco, North Africa, as a Maternal and Child Health volunteer, working on hygiene promotion and pre-natal care for two years.    

Understanding and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in Prevention Josh Esrick, MPP, and Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip March 10, 2021, 1-2:30 PM EST COURSE DESCRIPTION The aspects of life that influence a person’s health, including their likelihood of engaging in risky behavior such as substance use, are numerous and varied. They range from very immediate, personal characteristics all the way up to overarching societal trends and conditions. The Social Determinants of Health are these larger social or environmental aspects that influence us, such as the economic status of the neighborhoods in which we live, our access to quality health care services, and the amount of discrimination we face. This webinar will introduce and discuss the social determinants of health in greater detail and explain which aspects have been found to be significantly linked to substance use. It will also discuss how we can follow a public health approach to prevention and how we can use environmental strategies to address them. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain what the social determinants of health are and how they relate to the socio-ecological model of prevention Discuss the social determinants of health linked to increased risk of substance use Overview of the public health approach to prevention and the role of environmental strategies Examine the research on examples of environmental strategies 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.    

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).

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

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.

Prevention Practices that WORK!  A webinar for Prevention Professionals in Region 8 States: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, & Wyoming    In prevention, we do more than just meet - we strive to change in your community. Change in community behavior can come from implementing prevention strategies. Figuring out the right prevention strategy for YOUR community can be a challenge. By following an evidence-based model, you will learn how to change your community by selecting the prevention practices that meet your unique needs. This session will review the evidence-based strategic models to help you select programs, policies or practices right for your community. Specific evidence-based model programs will be highlighted in the session.  Objectives: Identify at least three evidence-based prevention programs that are considered model programs.  Demonstrate understanding of strategic evidence-based models to guide professionals in identifying appropriate prevention strategies for their community.  Explain where to find additional support and resources to implement the Strategic Prevention Framework model successfully.    Presented by: Susannah Burt, Prevention Program Administrator, Utah Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Webinar Recording (Captions will be added soon) Presentation .PDF Slides

Capacity Building and Planning – SPF    Dates  Part 1 (Capacity Building): May 21, 2019  Part 2 (Planning): May 28, 2019    Description  Capacity building and planning are important steps in the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). This two-part webinar covers each step in detail and provides information on how to successfully implement these steps.    Key Webinar Features  Part 1 highlights opportunities and strategies for strengthening local-level capacity to participate in prevention efforts by increasing the buy-in and support of a diverse range of community stakeholders.  Part 2 prepares participants to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to address identified needs with meaningful involvement from the cultural groups that will be served by our efforts.    Presenters  Jessica Goldberg – 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.  Shai Fuxman, EdD – is a senior research scientist at EDC. Shai has extensive experience in social and emotional learning, youth development, school-based trauma-informed care, and substance misuse prevention. He also has expertise in program evaluation, cultural competence, and quantitative and qualitative research. Shai holds an M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University.   Part 1:   Part 2:   Supplemental Materials: Transcript Part 1 Transcript Part 2 Session Slides Part 1 Session Slides Part 2  

In this Issue: Culture is Community Additional Resources What's Happening Around the Region? Epi Corner: Humility, Respect, Understanding, and Inclusion: Working with Indigenous Peoples

View supplemental resources Presented by: Ivan Juzang, MBA Description: This session is designed to improve prevention professionals’ cultural competency and ability to communicate with low-income communities of color (particularly urban, African-American communities), to provide them with behavioral health information in a way that is effective and culturally-relevant. The webinar addresses why traditional forms of health communications may not be cost-effective or culturally-sensitive, and also how they may be insulting to low-income audiences and counter-productive to a prevention program’s goals. Learning Objectives: Increase their awareness and understanding of the worldview and specific cultural and communication dynamics of African-American communities. Identify key differences between oral-based and literate-based cultures. Gain information and context that enhances empathy for clients who reflect different backgrounds, experiences and worldviews from outreach and other staff at the agencies and programs designed to serve them. Learn the steps required to develop trauma-informed, culturally relevant messaging and materials, including how to develop messages that include references to stress & trauma, resilience and healing/recovery, so that they resonate with audiences who live in at-risk environments. About Ivan Juzang, MBA Ivan Juzang, MBA, Founder and President of MEE Productions Inc., is a leading expert in health communications and social marketing. He has over 25 years of first-hand experience working on health disparities and public health issues affecting low income, underserved and devalued communities across America. Mr. Juzang’s work focuses on how service providers, community-based organizations and the public health community can present trauma-informed and culturally-relevant health information in such a way that lifestyle changes are sustainable in the context of an economically-challenged and stressed-out life. MEE specializes in community-centered approaches that acknowledge the social determinants of health, honor personal assets and resiliency, infuse protective factors and embrace trauma-informed strategies. MEE has been engaged in substance abuse prevention work since 1991 in low-income urban communities across the country.  Its specific opioid misuse work has been conducted in urban, suburban and rural communities over the last five years, in places that include Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, with Prevention Coalitions across Ohio and statewide agencies in Louisiana. Mr. Juzang was a member of the Advisory Committee on Public Issues for The Ad Council and a current board member of Power to Decide (formerly the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy). From 2003-2009, Mr. Juzang was a member of The Office of National Drug Control and Policy's Behavior Change Expert Panel. Mr. Juzang received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, and his MBA from The Wharton School of Business.  

Adaptation in Substance Misuse Prevention: Improving Effectiveness and Achieving Better Outcomes: Peer Sharing Call    Date  November 9, 2020    Description  Adaptation is often an inevitable factor in implementing a prevention program. This peer sharing call further discusses adaptation and its crucial role in effective prevention and how adaptations can help overcome unforeseen challenges, like those introduced by COVID-19.    Key Discussion Points  Define key adaptation-related concepts  List steps in the process of implementing “best fit” adaptations  Examine real world examples of adaptations to distill elements of success  Identify considerations for adapting interventions in response to changing community contexts  Share experiences, pose questions, and discuss challenges relating to adaptation    Presenters  Ivy Jones-Turner, MPA - 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.  Jessica Goldberg - Is a training and technical assistance specialist with Education Development Center. Jess, a certified prevention specialist and highly skilled trainer, designs and delivers impactful learning events, consultation, and coaching support. For over a decade, she has specialized in building capacity to improve behavioral health at the national, state, regional and local levels. She brings a deep commitment to health equity and mental health equity to her leadership of in-person and virtual training and technical assistance (TTA). Her areas of expertise include preventing youth substance use; promoting cross-sector collaborations; addressing health disparities; and supporting needs assessment, strategic planning, logic model development, and sustainability planning. Jess holds an MSW and MPH from Boston University.  Samantha Harries – Is currently the Director of Operations at the New Jersey Prevention Network, a public health agency working to create healthier communities by reducing the burden of substance abuse, addiction and other chronic disease. Previously the director of a County based prevention agency, she has been in the field of prevention for over 20 years and deeply involved with evidence-based programming at the local community, regional and statewide level     Supplemental Materials: Session Slides Transcript

Adaptation in Substance Misuse Prevention: Improving Effectiveness and Achieving Better Outcomes: Webinar  Date  November 2, 2020    Description  Adaptation is often an inevitable factor in implementing a prevention program. This webinar introduces adaptation and its crucial role in effective prevention and how adaptations can help overcome unforeseen challenges, like those introduced by COVID-19.    Key Discussion Points  Define key adaptation-related concepts  List steps in the process of implementing “best fit” adaptations  Examine real world examples of adaptations to distill elements of success  Identify considerations for adapting interventions in response to changing community contexts    Presenters  Ivy Jones-Turner – is a training and technical assistance specialist with Education Development Center. 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.  Jessica Goldberg - is a training and technical assistance specialist with Education Development Center. Jess, a certified prevention specialist and highly skilled trainer, designs and delivers impactful learning events, consultation, and coaching support. For over a decade, she has specialized in building capacity to improve behavioral health at the national, state, regional and local levels. She brings a deep commitment to health equity and mental health equity to her leadership of in-person and virtual training and technical assistance (TTA). Her areas of expertise include preventing youth substance use; promoting cross-sector collaborations; addressing health disparities; and supporting needs assessment, strategic planning, logic model development, and sustainability planning. Jess holds an MSW and MPH from Boston University.  Kim Dash – Kim Dash is a senior research scientist with Education Development Center. Kim develops, evaluates, and promotes the use of evidence-informed public health interventions. An expert in evaluation, she uses qualitative and quantitative methods to assess public health program and policy implementation and effectiveness. She specializes in evaluation capacity building and directed a national initiative that helped 500 community-based organizations design and evaluate innovative prevention programs for underserved populations. Kim holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina and a PhD in Child, Youth, and Family Policy from Brandeis University.      Supplemental Materials  Handout 1: Continuum of Adaptation and Fidelity  Handout 2: Finding the “Best Fit” Adaptations  Handout 3: Adaptation Planning Form Session Slides Session Transcript Webinar Flyer

Pharmacology for Prevention Specialists: Pharmacology of Psychostimulants (Cocaine & Methamphetamine)   October 22, 2020   Webinar Description Join us for the third offering in our pharmacology webinar series. This webinar will explore the pharmacology of psychostimulants with a focus on cocaine and methamphetamines. The presenter will cover how psychostimulant addiction impacts major brain regions and the acute and chronic symptoms associated with cocaine and methamphetamine use. Specific features of psychostimulant dependence and withdrawal will be discussed specifically symptoms that occur when a person is discontinuing their use. The webinar will use Zoom technology and the format will be interactive with ample time for questions.   Objectives Define addiction and how it impacts regions of the brain. Describe the acute and chronic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine use and withdrawal.     Presenter Ron Jackson, MSW, LICSW, is a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work where he teaches courses on addiction and its treatment methods. He recently retired as the Executive Director of Evergreen Treatment Services (ETS), a private non-profit organization, in Seattle, Washington, that provides outpatient opioid treatment in clinics in western Washington and street-based case management services for homeless persons with substance misuse disorders (REACH Program) in Seattle. He served for 10 years as a Co-Principal Investigator for the Washington Node of NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network and is currently on the Advisory Board for the NWATTC.  Mr. Jackson has worked in the field of addiction treatment since 1972.         Webinar Recording View Webinar   Webinar Slides Webinar Slides - Pharmacology for Prevention Specialists: Pharmacology of Psychostimulants (Cocaine & Methamphetamine)   Additional Resources NCHS Data Brief: Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine: United States, 2009–2018