Past Events

SAVE THE DATE! The 2021 Virtual National Prevention Network Conference August 24-26, 2021 Our team will be presenting on the Advanced: Using Data to Design the Future for Substance Use Prevention Professionals: Mentoring Pilot Program on Tuesday, August 24th at 12:30 PM. And our Director, Scott M. Gagnon, MPP, PS-C will be presenting Training the Prevention Workforce in the Era of Commercial Cannabis on Wednesday, August 25th at 3:45 PM. Registration closes Tuesday, August 17: npnconference.org

Promoting Engagement and Motivation in The Middle School Classroom 4 Part Series Session 1- Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practices   Date & Times Wednesday, August 25, 2021 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm Alaska 03:00 pm – 04:30 pm Pacific 04:00 pm – 05:30 pm Mountain View in your timezone   Series Description Promoting engagement and motivation in the middle school classroom can be challenging, even more so as students are returning to the classroom in person. This four-part webinar series will describe a set of simple yet powerful practices that, when used consistently by teachers, can enhance engagement and motivation in middle school. Teachers and staff will learn simple practices to activate the Social Development Strategy, a proven approach to promoting healthy outcomes, in a school setting. This series will highlight each of the practices described in the practice guide, Promoting Evidence-Based Practices to Promote Agency in Middle School Students: Simple practices to activate the Social Development Strategy in a school setting.   Session 1 - Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practices Session 2 - Practices that Create Opportunities and Build Skills Session 3 - Practices that Promote Bonding and Recognition Session 4 - Practices that Support Healthy Beliefs   Audience Teachers, prevention practitioners and staff who are working directly with middle school students in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).   Presenters Sally Chapman M.Ed., is an educational consultant, working with the SDRG for the past 15 years on evidence-based programs for schools. Formerly, she was the executive director of an education company, a director of new product development for the education association ASCD, a curriculum and staff development director for a public school district, and a teacher in elementary and middle school classrooms. She holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Georgetown University, a master’s degree in educational policy and administration from the University of Kansas, and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Buena Vista University.       Kevin Haggerty, MSW, PhD., is a Professor in the UW School of Social Work and the Co-Director of the NW PTTC. He has directed the school-based intervention, the Raising Healthy Children study. Along with colleges in the UW College of Education and the Washington Office of Public Instruction, he has assembled a series of evidence-based practices to promote positive social and emotional development in middle school. Dr. Haggerty is the Director of the Social Development Research Group where he has conducted training for parents, teachers and community members and has focused on interventions to promote well-being and prevent substance misuse for the past 36 years.       Registration Register for Session 1 - Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practices   Continuing Education Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours for this live webinar event.   Questions Please contact Karen Totten ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration.  For any other questions, please contact Michelle Frye-Spray ([email protected]@casat.org).  

Please join us for our monthly PTTC Monthly Webinar Series! This month's topic is "Culture as a Healing Tool", featuring Aldora White Eagle, Ed.D. As Indigenous peoples, it is important to recognize the gifts that were bestowed upon us and using them as we center ourselves in times of chaos, peace, and uncertainty. As Arapaho people, we were given certain gifts, values, and lessons to assist and guide us as we navigate through our time on this earth. However, due to inter-generational trauma and colonization, we have lost our way, but by utilizing what Creator has gifted us, we are able to re-center our ways of thinking and healing. 1-2 EST . 12-1 CST . 11-12 MST . 10-11 PST . 9-10 AKST Contact Cindy Sagoe for details: [email protected]

SAVE THE DATE! The 2021 Virtual National Prevention Network Conference August 24-26, 2021 Our team will be presenting on the Advanced: Using Data to Design the Future for Substance Use Prevention Professionals: Mentoring Pilot Program on Tuesday, August 24th at 12:30 PM. And our Director, Scott M. Gagnon, MPP, PS-C will be presenting Training the Prevention Workforce in the Era of Commercial Cannabis on Wednesday, August 25th at 3:45 PM. Registration closes Tuesday, August 17: npnconference.org

The National American Indian and Alaska Native PTTC is pleased to announce a technical assistance and learning collaborative project focused on helping behavioral health providers serving Native American communities develop and strengthen their skills of early identification and intervention using the SBIRT Model. Four sites/ cohorts will be chosen from the applicants to participate in the project. Goals for SBIRT Training: Provide a 3-hour webinar training to introduce and describe the SBIRT model Post-training, provide up to 3 personalized sessions to discuss and practice implementing the model into practice. Each post-training session will be up to 2 hours and will address any challenges that arise in real practice with clients Offer resources to further individual’s practices

    ***REGISTRATION FOR THIS TRAINING SERIES IS NOW CLOSED***   The Great Lakes PTTC offers this training for prevention and behavioral health professionals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. Recovery Coaching a Harm Reduction Pathway (RCHRP) is a three-day training curriculum developed to address a fundamental gap of knowledge, skills, and competencies essential for addressing populations affected by substance use. RCHRP does not provide harm reduction training techniques but focuses on informing peer-based recovery support professionals about working with those who are often overlooked in the behavioral and primary health care continuum.   TRAINING SCHEDULE August 24, 25, and 26, 2021 8:30am–4:00pm Central 9:30am–5:00pm Eastern   LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define harm reduction as a practice and as a social movement Examine one’s beliefs and values around a harm reduction pathway of recovery Compare and contrast principles of harm reduction and recovery coaching Define and locate opportunities for improving a Recovery-Oriented System of Care that serves People Who Use Drugs Discuss advocacy and practices around social justice issues as part of harm reduction Practice newly acquired knowledge and skills supporting a harm reduction pathway of recovery Develop a personal action plan for further development of harm reduction recovery coaching skills   INTENDED AUDIENCE  SUD Peer Recovery Support professionals who’ve completed a recognized 30–46-hour recovery coaching fundamentals training, such as CCAR Recovery Coach Academy   CERTIFICATES Registrants who attend in full will receive a certificate of attendance via email approximately two weeks after the sessions.    TRAINING MANUALS Printed manuals will be mailed to all participants.  Please indicate the address that you want your training materials sent to (i.e., working from home instead of office address).   PRESENTER Jim Wuelfing is the owner and principal associate of the New England Center, dedicated to exceptional training, facilitation and consulting services for nearly 40 years. In the recovery supports arena he has been a major contributor in the design and delivery of several curricula including the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches, as well as Developing Excellence in Recovery Coaching and Recovery Coaching a Harm Reduction Pathway. Jim has aided in the formation of several statewide recovery community organizations and has served on the board of the Massachusetts Organization of Addiction Recovery. Jim also has a decades long experience working on social justice issues focusing on racial inequities and understanding the dynamics of power and privilege. He co-wrote with Arthur Woodard, Jr. the nationally well-received training Racism of the Well- Intended.    

   Date: August 20, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 11:00 AM—12:30 PM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION Prevention professionals are often asked to present data, but how do we present data so others can easily understand it? In this virtual workshop, participants will learn strategies for how to choose data presentation styles that effectively convey key data insights without clutter or confusion. Participants will leave the workshop with concrete advice to improve data communication skills.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES Choose the most effective chart for their data Use color for emphasis and action Use data in context for maximum (and realistic) impact Reduce clutter so data insights can be easily understood   Practice Lab: Data Presentation Peer-Sharing Session - Thursday, September 2, 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT After the workshop, test out your new skills on your own, then join us again on Thursday, September 2 to share how it went! This will be an optional peer-sharing session to continue the discussion on successful data sharing. In this moderated practice lab session, you will have the opportunity to share your successes and continued challenges, and learn from colleagues in the prevention field. You can attend both sessions or just choose one. 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 of 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 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.   CONTACT HOURS Participants will be awarded a certificate of completion for 1.5 hours (Aug. 20 workshop) and/or 1 hour (Sept. 2 Lab).   About the webinar: This webinar was developed in response to a need identified in HHS Region 1 (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT) to address design and data presentation skills for substance misuse prevention professionals. This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The New England PTTC program is supported by SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $750,000 with 100 percent funded by SAMHSA/HHS (SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by SAMHSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

The Great Lakes PTTC offers this training for prevention practitioners in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in response of a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. This first in a two-part training series on sustainability of prevention will focus on the basics.  We will define prevention, explore the role of prevention in the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), and outline the approaches to sustainability.  This training is built from of research on what makes sustainability efforts successful and how you can consider sustainability from day one.  Register for Part 2: Sustainability as a Key to Success LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define sustainability as part of the SPF process List the components of prevention to sustain Describe three approaches to sustainability Describe three keys to sustainability success   CERTIFICATES Certificates of attendance will be emailed to all who attend the session in full. PLEASE NOTE: Enrollment is capped at 50.  Please sign up early.  If you register and are not able to attend please let us know as soon as possible so that we can allow someone from the waiting list to join the training.     PRESENTER Erin Ficker serves as a prevention manager for the Great Lakes PTTC. For more than 14 years, Erin has been 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 to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain prevention interventions.     

The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC offer this training for behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. All 45-minute sessions will be from 12:30–1:15 PM CST. You will need to register for each session you want to attend. The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC will host a series of interactive calls for people who want to broaden and enhance their use of Motivational Interviewing skills in their role of leader or supervisor. This learning opportunity provides supervisors with a no-cost, easy to access opportunity to continue to build their practice skills towards fidelity. All sessions will be geared towards multiple levels of learning.  Supervisors may choose to attend all sessions or select from the menu of options. Dates and topics are listed below. Learning Objectives: Observe and practice fundamental skills: Listening, open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarization Describe Motivational Interviewing: purpose, benefits and limitations Prepare to apply the spirit of Motivational Interviewing to supervision interactions   Dates and Topics:  1/20/21: Motivational interviewing and supervision: The evidence base REGISTER 2/17/21: REALLY listening to understand REGISTER 3/17/21: The spirit of MI in supervision REGISTER 4/21/21: Let your employee know you’re working hard to understand them REGISTER 5/19/21: Guiding others towards change with your open mind REGISTER 6/16/21: Taming your inner cheerleader- Increasing confidence and importance to change in your staff REGISTER JULY: NO SESSION 8/18/21: Encouraging change while handling being stuck with care REGISTER 9/15/21: A big clue that you and the employee aren’t on the same page REGISTER 10/20/21: Growing and supporting change in your employee REGISTER 11/17/21: Planning for change REGISTER DECEMBER: NO SESSION

The Great Lakes PTTC supports 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. Learning Community Sessions August 18, 2021 August 25, 2021 September 1, 2021 September 8, 2021 All sessions meet from 10–12 Central /11–1 Eastern Time The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Learning Community will  provide an opportunity for substance misuse prevention practitioners to explore the SDOH and how they intersect with the work we do in the substance misuse prevention field. The goal is to promote the use of data, evidence-based strategies, and partnerships to address SDOH h in your community. The learning community will provide an opportunity for group problem-solving and learning.   What is a Learning Community? A learning community is a group of volunteer participants who interact regularly on a specific topic. In a learning community environment, professionals share their experiences, develop and discuss interests, and build community.   Benefits of Participating Interaction with peers who are facing similar challenges and implementing creative responses to addressing SDOH through your work in substance misuse prevention Access to information and expertise in this area Certificates of Participation for up to 10 hours   Who Should Apply? · Substance misuse prevention professionals in the Great Lakes PTTC region interested in taking action to address SDOH in their communities   How to Apply Complete the application form at: https://tinyurl.com/LearnCommty Application deadline: July 30, 2021   Expectations Participate actively in each of the four virtual learning community sessions on August 18 and 25 and September 1 and 8, from 10–12 Central Time/11–1 Eastern Time Participate on camera and audio for the duration of each session Engage in efforts to address SDOH, or be ready to start such efforts Capacity limit: Note that only 30 participants will be invited to participate. Please submit an application only if you can commit to attending all four of the learning community sessions (August 18 and 25, September 1 and 8, from 10–12 CT/11–1 ET).   Presenter Kris Gabrielsen has worked in the substance misuse prevention field since 1991. She was the Associate Director of the Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), co-created the first Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training (SAPST) curriculum, and co-authored the textbook, Substance Abuse Prevention: The Intersection of Science and Practice. She facilitates learning opportunities with states and communities across the nation to bridge the gap between research and practice, assisting prevention professionals in maximizing their effectiveness. Kris trains prevention practitioners with a range of experience levels, from “newbies” to the more “seasoned” practitioners. She strives to create highly interactive learning experiences in her webinars, trainings, communities of practice, learning labs, and enhanced prevention learning series. As the field evolves, Kris enjoys the challenge of finding new and creative opportunities to assist prevention practitioners to increase their effectiveness.

Date: August 17, 2021 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1.75 NAADAC* Time: 1:00 PM—3:00 PM ET Cost: FREE     COURSE DESCRIPTION By adopting a new approach, clinicians can greatly improve how they engage with these patients. This presentation will improve providers' ability to engage and build rapport by challenging assumptions that lead to stigma, applying principles of harm reduction, and performing a four-step brief intervention model that enhances the motivation of patients to decrease their risk of illness and death. As a result, clinicians who once considered these patient visits "difficult" can begin to perceive them as valuable opportunities to help patients adopt safer behaviors and forge their pathway to recovery. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Describe the role of stigma towards patients with unhealthy substance use List the basic principles of a Harm Reduction approach to patient care Perform a four-step brief intervention in less than five minutes Use telehealth platform functions to effectively engage patients PRESENTER Jim Winkle, MPH has trained hundreds of providers and clinical team members how to address substance use with primary care and emergency medicine patients. As the creator of the SBIRT Oregon website, Jim has designed screening forms, clinic tools and training videos used by health professionals across the country. Jim currently works as a consultant, delivering training and technical assistance to medical systems, universities, and professional organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 *CONTACT HOUR ELIGIBILITY In order to be eligible for the 1.75 NAADAC contact hours/certificate of attendance, you must join the live webinar in the Adobe Connect Room. Certificates must be requested within one week of the event and will be processed within 30 days. If you are having issues accessing the room/application at the time of the event: Please email [email protected] at the start of the webinar so that we can assist you.

Webinar 2: Introduction to Positive Community Norms August 16, 2021 @ 12:00 pm ET/ 11:00 am CT/ 10:00 am MT Learn the essential seven steps for planning, building, and evaluating a Positive Community Norms intervention. Participants will be provided seven 10-minute videos to watch as "homework" before attending this 90-minute interactive discussion that will provide plenty of time for real time questions and answers.  Participants will: Identify the Seven Steps of the Montana Model of Positive Community Norms Communication Discuss how misperceptions influence attitudes and behaviors Explain how the Positive Community Norms approach corrects misperceptions to impact behavior and increase health   To register for the other webinars in the series, click here:  Social Norms Webinar Series: Using the Science of the Positive to Increase Your Community Impact Registration is required for each webinar in the free 3-part webinar series. Participants are encouraged to attend all 3 of the webinars. Each session is 90-minutes. 4.5 continuing education hours (CEHs) are available.  *Please visit our Continuing Education page for more information.   

Our staff will be presenting a workshop and/or poster as a part of this event. For more information, visit the  website: https://convention.apa.org/ Presentation: Spiritual Roundtable: Adapting Assessment and Psychological Practices with Native Communities.

Drug Endangered Children Community of Practice The Community of Practice (CoP) provides a platform for Drug Endangered Children's Alliance (DEC) members to share their work. If you are interested in hearing personal inquiries, case studies, or networking with other DEC Alliance members, or just want to learn more about the DEC Alliances, attend our CoP event!   Who should attend? This CoP is for you if you are a DEC Alliance member in our region (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas).   CoP Partners: Our partners at the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children will be joining for this event!    

Date: August 10, 2021 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1 Time: 1 PM—2 PM ET Cost: FREE   COURSE DESCRIPTION Polysubstance use is the recurrent use of multiple illicit substances, legalized substances, or prescription drugs in a manner other than as prescribed. Preventing polysubstance use is a key prevention priority due to its prevalence, consequences, and disproportionate impact among minority populations. Primary care providers can be a key collaborator in addressing polysubstance use, and substance use overall, due to their scope and influence among all populations. The Central East PTTC created a new infographic, Polysubstance Use in Primary Care Settings, to explain these concepts and overview prevention strategies for primary care providers. This webinar will introduce this infographic, explain why it was created, explore the information it provides, and answer audience questions about it. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Summarize the importance of addressing polysubstance use Discuss the role of primary care providers in prevention Overview primary care prevention strategies for polysubstance use Explore ways to use the Central East PTTC Infographic 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 training and technical assistance to numerous organizations at the Federal, state, and local levels. 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           *CONTACT HOUR ELIGIBILITY In order to be eligible for the contact hours/certificate of attendance, you must join the live webinar in Zoom. Certificates must be requested within one week of the event and will be processed within 30 days. If you are having issues accessing the event: Please email [email protected] at the start of the webinar so that we can assist you.  

A cultural enhancement of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT) Training for clinicians who work with American Indian/Alaska Native children and their families who have been exposed to trauma. August 9th -12th, 2021 A special collaboration with The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC)! Registration and more information are available at www.icctc.org  Limit is 10 participants. Lodging and travel are the responsible of the individual or their agency. Weekly zoom case consultation calls are scheduled to help clinicians implement the model. A zoom link will be provided upon completion of in person training. For those sites implementing the TFCBT model, we will provide a therapeutic Honoring Children Mending the Circle Toolkit for free that contains a variety of books, relaxers, puppets, worksheets, posters, stickers, etc. The Toolkit is used during the training and all content is available for viewing. Trainees can see how items from the Toolkit can be used in sessions as demonstrated by the trainers. Limited to one Toolkit per site and limited to the available number of free toolkits as provided by the above funding sources. However, we can provide additional toolkits on a reimbursement cost basis or can provide the Toolkit content list that will allow you to purchase on your own. For more information about the training please contact [email protected] or angelamize@ ouhsc.edu. Sponsored by the Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network  

Youth Inhalant Use: Facts about a Potentially Re-emerging Trend   NEW: Date and Times Thursday, July 29, 2021 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm Alaska 01:00 pm – 02:30 pm Pacific 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm Mountain   Webinar Description and Objectives Inhalant abuse hasn’t really been on the mainstream radar for prevention for a while, as rates for US youth have been relatively low and relatively stable. New 2020 data from Monitoring The Future shows a potential uptick in the use of inhalants among 8th graders. Are you prepared to help your coalition learn the basics so that they can be on the lookout for this in your community? Join Dalene Beaulieu, Sr. CTC specialist, as she talks about inhalant abuse facts and prevention tips, along with a look at the new data. By the end of the webinar, participants will: Be able to discuss current facts about youth inhalant use. Identify strategies for preventing youth inhalant use.   Audience Prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members working to prevent substance misuse in tribes, communities, and states in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).   Presenter Dalene Beaulieu, MS, is a Senior Communities That Care (CTC) Specialist.  Dalene is a CTC Specialist and coach, and a Master Trainer for Guiding Good Choices. Since 2011, she has been proactively assisting communities across the globe with the implementation of the CTC model. Prior to joining SDRG in 2015, Ms. Beaulieu coordinated the activities of a CTC Coalition in Maine for 12 years. Dalene has helped to educate community members about inhalant abuse and prevention techniques in Maine and beyond.       Registration Register for the Webinar - Youth Inhalant Use: Facts about a Potentially Re-emerging Trend   Continuing Education Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours for this live webinar event.   Questions Please contact Karen Totten ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration.  For any other questions, please contact Michelle Frye-Spray ([email protected]@casat.org).

Please join us for our monthly PTTC Monthly Webinar Series! This month's topic is "Culture as a Healing Tool", featuring Aldora White Eagle, Ed.D. As Indigenous peoples, it is important to recognize the gifts that were bestowed upon us and using them as we center ourselves in times of chaos, peace, and uncertainty. As Arapaho people, we were given certain gifts, values, and lessons to assist and guide us as we navigate through our time on this earth. However, due to inter-generational trauma and colonization, we have lost our way, but by utilizing what Creator has gifted us, we are able to re-center our ways of thinking and healing. 1-2 EST . 12-1 CST . 11-12 MST . 10-11 PST . 9-10 AKST Contact Cindy Sagoe for details: [email protected]

The Great Lakes PTTC offers this training for 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 2-hour interactive training will provide an introduction to the field of substance use prevention. The training will cover basic definitions used in the prevention field, explore key models such as the continuum of care, the strategic prevention framework, and provide an overview of evidence-based strategies for substance use prevention. This training is intended for those new to the field, with 0-2 years’ experience.    LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Define Prevention Describe how prevention is different than other fields Identify key models used in prevention Define key terms used in prevention List four strategies used in prevention   CERTIFICATES Certificates of attendance will be emailed to all who attend the session in full within two weeks of the event.    Presenter: Erin Ficker Erin serves as a prevention manager for the Great Lakes PTTC. For more than 14 years, Erin has been 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 to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain prevention interventions.   

Selecting Evidence-based Interventions: Finding the Best Fit   Webinar Overview Prevention leaders are dedicated to improving the health of their communities through effective strategies to reduce substance misuse and its related consequences. Perhaps the most critical decisions prevention staff weigh are what set of interventions to implement, typically with limited resources. This webinar will provide an introduction to the best processes and resources available to use when making these critical decisions. Attendees will also be given priority to enroll in a new 6-week distance learning course for in-depth, skill-based and real-world learning and practice in selecting evidence-based programs, practices, and policies.    Objectives By the end of this training, participants will be able to: •    Describe key features of an evidence-based intervention •    Name at least two locations to locate potential evidence-based interventions •    Describe the three conditions for determining the “fit” of an evidence-based intervention     Webinar Dates and Times States and American Samoa July 28, 2021                 Time Zone 03:00 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. Pacific (Including Arizona) 12:00 p.m. – 01:00 p.m. Hawaii 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. American Samoa Jurisdictions July 29, 2021                 Time Zone 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Republic of the Marshall Islands 09:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Pohnpei and Kosrae 08:00 a.m. – 09:00 a.m. Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, and Yap 07:00 a.m. – 08:00 a.m. Republic of Palau (view in your time zone)   Audience Community, tribal, and state-level substance misuse prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members located in the Pacific Southwest states and jurisdictions of American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.   Presenter Alyssa O’Hair, MPH, MA, CPS. Alyssa O’Hair is a Senior Manager, Workforce Development at the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). With over 10 years of experience providing training and technical assistance, she currently serves as the Project Director for the Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center, which aims to build the skills of the substance abuse prevention workforce. Alyssa has extensive subject matter knowledge in training and technical assistance provision; public health approach for prevention; community needs assessments; data-driven decision-making; and evaluation design and methodology.         Certificates of Attendance Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance for 1.0 hour for participating in the live event.   Registration Register for the Webinar: Selecting Evidence-based Interventions: Finding the Best Fit   Cost is Free!   Questions  Please contact Karen Totten ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For any other questions, please contact Alyssa O'Hair ([email protected]).

Título: Conversando sobre Luto e COVID-19 na Comunidade Hispânica e Latina: Experiências de vida e Estratégias da Terapia de Aceitação e Compromisso (This webinar will be in Portuguese: Talking about Grief and COVID-19 in the Hispanic and Latin Community: Life Experiences and Therapeutic Strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) SAVE THE DATE [English] *** Este evento ao vivo será realizado inteiramente em Português. Você terá a oportunidade de participar ativamente, fazer perguntas e trocar experiências ao longo da apresentação. Trabalharemos internamente para traduzir e regravar o evento, para que as informações também estejam disponíveis em espanhol e inglês. Descrição: Desde o início da pandemia causada pela COVID-19 temos sofrido coletivamente mudanças drásticas no nosso cotidiano. Além disso, temos que lidar com muitas perdas individuais incluindo o adoecimento ou morte de entes queridos, amigos ou conhecidos e muitas preocupações novas como a nossa saúde física e mental, as incertezas quanto ao futuro, como ajudar a nós mesmos, nossos parentes e amigos enlutados, e como nos sentirmos seguros de novo enquanto mantendo a esperança e a responsabilidade social.  Considerando que o familismo é um dos valores mais fortes e um fator de proteção importante para a comunidade hispânica e latina, essa experiência coletiva de luto, perda, saudade amplificada, coloca em risco o bem-estar e a saúde física e mental das nossas comunidades. O presente webinar é uma oportunidade de abrirmos um espaço para que nossos sentimentos sejam validados e reflexões sejam feitas sobre como vivenciar o processo de luto da melhor maneira possível. Estaremos compartilhando estórias de experiências vividas, discutindo como lidar com os novos ajustes do período pós-vacinação, as divergências de opinião, a prevenção ao abuso de substâncias e estratégias da terapia de aceitação e compromisso de como navegar as dores mantendo uma vida que faz sentido ser vivida.  Objetivos de Aprendizado: Descrever o processo de luto, perdas individuais e coletivas e suas implicações no contexto da pandemia.  Discutir a nova ideia de normalidade no período pós-vacinação, preparação para o retorno a atividades presenciais e as recomendações do CDC; considerações de valores culturais relacionados a vida familiar e social e a convivência com perspectivas e expectativas divergentes para o atual momento. Revisar informações e dados sobre o Abuso de Substâncias e Saúde Mental no contexto da pandemia e estratégias de prevenção com foco no autocuidado e manejo do luto Estratégias da Terapia de Aceitação e Compromisso no processo de vivência do luto     Sobre a apresentadora Fabricia Prado, LCSW Fabricia Prado é Trabalhora Social Clínica Licenciada (LCSW) trilíngue (Inglês/Espanhol. Português) no estado da Geórgia. Ela obteve seu mestrado em Serviço Social pela Kennesaw State University, e mestrado em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, PUC-GO, Brasil. Ela tem trabalhado com a comunidade latina na Geórgia desde o início de seu programa de pós-graduação em 2010 tendo atuado em várias áreas de atuação, incluindo gerenciando um programa de Terapia Online financiado pelo Departamento Americano de Administração de Serviços de Saúde Mental e Abuso de Substâncias (SAMHSA) priorizando latinos em áreas rurais e carentes da Geórgia para oferecer tratamento para pessoas com transtornos por uso de substâncias e de saúde mental. Fabricia obteve certificação como Master Trainer através do ACE Interface e pelo NHL PTTC/ATTC está trabalhando para aumentar a conscientização da comunidade sobre a prevalência de Experiências Adversas da Infância (ACEs) e seu impacto na saúde pública para o desenvolvimento de resiliência nas organizações e comunidades hispânicas e latinas. Fabricia obteve treinamentos especializados em Redução de Estresse Baseado em Mindfulness, Terapia Cognitiva Comportamental focada em trauma e Dessensibilização e Reprocessamento por meio dos Movimentos Oculares (EMDR), Terapia de Aceitação e Compromisso (ACT) dentre outros. Atualmente, Fabricia trabalha em clínica particular e tem trabalhado com o centro nacional hispânico-latino de treinamento e Assistência técnica em prevenção (PTTC) e centro nacional hispânico-latino de treinamento e Assistência técnica em Abuso de Substâncias (ATTC) sob sua abordagem cultural e linguística para expandir recursos de treinamento e conferencias web a fim de incluir apresentações e traduções para a língua Portuguesa.

Title: Conversando sobre Luto e COVID-19 na Comunidade Hispânica e Latina: Experiências de vida e Estratégias da Terapia de Aceitação e Compromisso (This webinar will be in Portuguese: Talking about Grief and COVID-19 in the Hispanic and Latin Community: Life Experiences and Therapeutic Strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) *** Please note: this live event will be held entirely in Portuguese.  We will translate and re-record the event, so that information is also available in Spanish and English. Description: Since the beginning of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, we have collectively suffered drastic changes in our daily lives. We also have to deal with many individual losses including the illness or death of loved ones, friends or acquaintances and many new concerns such as our physical and mental health, uncertainties about the future, how to help ourselves, our relatives and friends bereaved, and how to feel safe again while maintaining hope and social responsibility. Considering that Familism is one of the strongest values and an important protective factor for the Hispanic and Latino community, this collective experience of grief, loss, and amplified homesickness, puts the physical and mental health well-being of our communities at risk. This webinar is an opportunity to open a safe space to validate our feelings and to reflect on how to experience the grieving process in the best possible way. We will be sharing stories of lived experiences, discussing how to deal with the new adjustments of the post-vaccination period, differences of opinion, substance abuse prevention and acceptance and commitment therapy strategies on how to navigate the grief processes maintaining a life that is meaningful to us.  Learning Objectives:  Describe the grieving process, individual and collective losses and its implications in the context of the pandemic. Discuss the new idea of normality in the post-vaccination period, preparation for returning to face-to-face activities and CDC recommendations; considerations of cultural values related to family and social life and living with divergent perspectives and expectations for the current moment. Review information and data on Substance Abuse and Mental Health in the context of the pandemic and prevention strategies with a focus on self-care and grief management Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Strategies in the process of experiencing grief     About the presenter Fabricia Prado, LCSW Fabricia Prado is a Trilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) (English/Spanish. Portuguese) in the state of Georgia. She obtained her master's degree in social work from Kennesaw State University and completed her master’s degrees in Psychology from Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, PUC-GO, Brazil She has been working with the Latino community in Georgia since the beginning of her graduate program in 2010, she has served in a variety of fields, including managing an Online Therapy program funded by the US Department of Mental Health Services Administration and Abuse of Mental Health Substances (SAMHSA) prioritizing Latinos in rural and underserved areas of Georgia to provide treatment for people suffering from substance use disorders and mental health. Fabricia has obtained her 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. Fabricia obtained specialized training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focused on trauma and Desensitization and Reprocessing through Eye Movements (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) among others. Currently, Fabricia works in a private practice and has been working with the National Hispanic and Latino Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) and the National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology (ATTC) on their cultural and language efforts to expand training resources and conferences to offer presentations and translations into Portuguese.

  COURSE DESCRIPTION Need Sensing: Learning with the PFS Grantee 2019 Cohort This webinar will provide an opportunity for the 2019 Partnership for Success grantees to share the challenges and successes of data collection, analysis, and dissemination work. Tailored for epidemiologists and evaluators, participants in this webinar will discuss preferences for how future webinars for this group will be structured and the content/subject areas of the presentations.   PRESENTER Dr. Beverly Triana-Tremain has nearly 35 years of public health teaching, research, and consulting experience. Her background and skillset blend theoretical and practical approaches in evaluation, research, and quality improvement processes. She is a fellow in the National Public Health Leadership Institute and in 2006 established Public Health Consulting, LLC, to assist agencies in improving the public health system. She serves as a technical consultant to various local, state, and national private and public organizations in evaluation, research, and quality improvement. She has been the evaluator or quality improvement consultant on grants received from RWJF, CDC, SAMSHA, HRSA for nonprofit, state, and local health departments. She is an epidemiologist with the Southwest Prevention Center at the University of Oklahoma. In this role, she serves Region 6 as Epidemiologist for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) Prevention Training and Technology Transfer Center (PTTC). There she assists states with increasing the use of data in decision making. Her passion is helping organizations slow down and understand the processes that promote authentic and quality strategies to improve the public’s health.      

The Great Lakes PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. Participants will learn about community resilience, including the difference between individual, family and community resilience. This webinar, part 1 of a two-part series, will introduce participants to elements of community resilience and strategic areas to focus on and their effects on trauma and violence.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define a community resiliency model/ differentiate between individual, family and community  List elements of community resilience List strategic areas to focus on    This is part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2: Implementing a Community Resiliency Approach: A Chicago Example August 11, 2021 10:00–11:00am Central  Register   SPEAKER Cornelia Janke Principal International Technical Advisor International Development Division Education Development Center   Cornelia Janke, principal international technical advisor at EDC, designs and manages international education programs, mobilizing communities to become active participants in the education system. She has considerable expertise in assessing, planning, and implementing international education programs and has helped to manage change through education reform efforts in some of the world’s most challenging environments for more than 20 years. Janke’s work has taken her to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti, Timor Leste, Rwanda, and South Sudan, where she has managed complex, multimillion dollar projects and created effective linkages between policy and practice. She is keenly interested in research and strategies that aim to make educational development in fragile and post-conflict contexts as effective and sustainable as possible     CERTIFICATES  Certificates of attendance will be emailed to all participants who attend the session in full.