Past Events

The Great Lakes PTTC  offer this training for prevention practitioners in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI.  This event if offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. This three-hour interactive training will provide an introduction to the substance use prevention field.  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.  Registration: Enrollment is limited to 50 participants. Please register and you will receive an approval from the Zoom host within 24 hours.  LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Define prevention Describe how prevention differs from other fields Identify key models used in prevention Define key terms used in prevention List four strategies used in prevention   Trainer: Erin Ficker, CPRS, MPAff 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.    Certificates of attendance will be emailed to all who attend the session in full within two weeks of the event. 

Date: May 14, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 1:00 PM—2:00 PM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: The New England PTTC and New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) partners to bring you this webinar on suicide prevention. Learn from experts about the latest research and evidence-based approaches for suicide prevention.   Learn more about National Prevention Week (NPW) with the New England PTTC (HHS Region 1) as we provide webinars and resources related to the 2021 NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics.   About this event: This event was developed to address needs identified in HHS Region 1 (ME,  NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide substance misuse prevention professionals with training related to SAMSHA's NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics . This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through the  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA),  SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03. 

Date: May 13, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 1:00 PM—2:00 PM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: In recognition of National Prevention Week, the New England PTTC is hosting a panel of speakers to foster conversations about vaping prevention. The webinar will center around our newest resource, In the Air, a novel in the style of graphic medicine to foster conversations with young people around vaping, choices around substance misuse, and risk and protective factors. Learn how you can use it in your work and learn how to get your copy.   Join the Graphic Medicine creative team to learn about the writing and creation of the product, how the story came to be, the research behind the graphics, and the youth voices that were centered in shaping of the story. Joining the discussion panel are the author, illustrator, editor/content expert, and student advocate.    THE PANELISTS Daniel Fitzgerald, MPH, ICPS, National Senior Manager - Advocacy for the American Lung Association Russ Cox Youth panelist Moderator: Sarah Johnson, Training Project Coordinator, New England PTTC   Learn more about National Prevention Week (NPW) with the New England PTTC (HHS Region 1) as we provide webinars and resources related to the 2021 NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics.   About this event: This event was developed to address needs identified in HHS Region 1 (ME,  NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide substance misuse prevention professionals with training related to SAMSHA's NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics . This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through the  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA),  SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03. 

Building a Strong Prevention Science Foundation The Risk and Protective Factor Framework: A 3-Part Series   Session 2: Protective Factors   Webinar Description and Objectives 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.   Session 1: Risk Factors Session 2: Protective factors Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community   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      Date Thursday, May 13, 2021   Times 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Alaska 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. Pacific 01:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Mountain Find it in your timezone.   Audience Community, state, and tribal prevention practitioners, allied health partners and partners members working to prevent substance misuse in the Northwest Region (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).    Presenter 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.   Registration Register for the Webinar - The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 2: Protective Factors   Questions? Please contact Clarissa Lam Yuen ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For any other questions, please contact Michelle Frye-Spray ([email protected]).

Do your presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to tackle tough topics and information overload?   We use presentations as one of our primary strategies to share content knowledge, build skills, ignite calls to action and affect culture change. Many of us have attempted to create compelling presentations, however most of us never receive any formal training in presentation design - despite all we expect presentations to do for us. In this three-hour virtual workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and deliver exceptional presentations using the tools and resources they already have.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES After the session, participants will be able to: • Apply a four-step process to create brain-friendly presentations • List the most common presenter mistakes and understand how to prevent them • Use tools and techniques that enhance learning • Increase audience engagement and participation • Use and display data effectively • Design compelling, polished visual aids for presentations   TARGET AUDIENCE Native American and Alaska Native nonprofit and public sector professionals, substance use prevention professionals, behavioral health professionals, public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations   TRAINING DATES There are two FREE training dates with the same content. Participants should choose one: • May 6, 2021 - 10:00am-1:00pm CST • May 13, 2021 - 10:00am-1:00pm CST   ABOUT THE TRAINERS: 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’ 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 to 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 are not graphic designers, artists, or especially tech savvy. Everything they do, you can do too!

Date: May 12, 2021 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1.5 NAADAC Time: 2 PM—3:30 PM ET Cost: FREE   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 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

  Webinar Description Identifying the impacts of complex community work is often challenging due to the time lag between the work and the ultimate affects to the clients. Ripple Effects Mapping gives you the ability to tell your stories of the direct and indirect impacts of your work, while simultaneously being engaging and fun. It starts with appreciative inquiry interviews in small group settings, before leading a mapping process that involves storytelling in an online group setting. As participants share their experiences with the facilitator, their stories about the accomplishments, partnerships, and contributions are virtually mapped on the screen. At the conclusion, the participants will have a digital map that contains the learning, actions, and condition changes that happened as a result of a program, workshop series, or event.   Objectives Introduce members to the benefits of using Ripple Effects Mapping to identify the intended and unintended outcomes. Demonstrate how it captures impacts of complex or evolving work. Show how it is useful when outcomes are difficult to conceptualize & measure with other methods.   Date Wednesday, May 12, 2021   Time 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. Alaska 01:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Pacific 02:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. Mountain Find it in your timezone.   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).   Presenters Debra Hansen M.Ed., is a professor and county Extension Director with Washington State University, focusing on community and economic development in rural Stevens County. Debra was one of the original architects of Ripple Effects Mapping, developed in 2008 to discover poverty reduction outcomes in individual communities that participated in the Washington’s Horizons Program. She continues to map programs and train others to use this engaging tool. Hansen has a master’s degree in Adult Education from Penn State.         Rebecca Sero, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Evaluation Specialist for Washington State University Extension, responsible for increasing the organization’s capacity to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of its programs and services. Rebecca helps conduct and train on “in-depth” Ripple Effects Mapping and is most often engaged with determining how to best analyze the rich data that is produced from REM evaluations. Sero has a Ph.D. from Purdue University and a M.S. from Miami University.           Registration Register for the Webinar: Ripple Effects Mapping   Certificates Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours for this live webinar event.   Questions? Please contact Clarissa Lam Yuen ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For any other questions, please contact Janet Porter ([email protected]).

Date: May 12, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 1:00 PM—2:00 PM EST Cost: FREE   APPLICATION IS OPEN for New England PTTC Project Project ECHO® - Prevention in the Era of Commercial Cannabis (HHS Region 1). Learn more and apply by June 30, 2021.   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: Three of the six New England states have legalized adult-use cannabis which has paved the way for commercial cannabis industries in these states. Meanwhile, other New England states are contemplating joining the ranks. How do we need to shift cannabis prevention strategies in an era of commercial cannabis? Join us for a panel of prevention professionals from legalized New England states to learn how they have approached cannabis prevention in this new environment.   Learn more about National Prevention Week (NPW) with the New England PTTC (HHS Region 1) as we provide webinars and resources related to the 2021 NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics.   About this event: This event was developed to address needs identified in HHS Region 1 (ME,  NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide substance misuse prevention professionals with training related to SAMSHA's NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics . This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through the  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA),  SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03. 

Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS): Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning   Series Description This 7-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, strategic planning process, and strategies to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Additional steps in sustainability planning include priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development. The trainer will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate sustainability planning with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion.   Audience Prevention practitioners, coalition coordinators, and allied partners working to prevent substance misuse in communities and tribes located in Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center HHS Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Prevention professionals interested in this course but who work outside of Region 10 are encouraged to contact their region’s PTTC to learn what opportunities for similar courses are available to them.   Session Dates Session 1 - May 12, 2021 Session 2 - May 19, 2021 Session 3 - May 26, 2021 Session 4 - June 02, 2021 Session 5 - June 09, 2021 Session 6 - June 16, 2021 Session 7 - June 23, 2021   Session Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Alaska 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. Mountain   Facilitator Kris Gabrielsen, MPH, has worked in substance misuse prevention for nearly 30 years. She served as the Associate Director of the Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), co-authored the first Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training curriculum, and co-authored the textbook, Substance Abuse Prevention: The Intersection of Science and Practice. She currently works with states and communities across the nation to bridge the gap between research and practice, assisting prevention professionals in maximizing their effectiveness.      Continuing Education Participants who complete all 7 sessions will receive a certificate of attendance for 16 contact hours. No partial credit is given for this course if participants miss more than one session. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.   Registration Register for the EPLS: Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others. Space is limited. Enroll now!   Cost is Free!   Questions? Please contact Clarissa Lam Yuen ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration.  

Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS): Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning   Series Description: This 7-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, strategic planning process, and strategies to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Additional steps in sustainability planning include priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development. The trainer will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate sustainability planning with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion.   Audience: Prevention practitioners, coalition coordinators, and allied partners working to prevent substance misuse in communities, tribes and jurisdictions located in Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center HHS Region 9: 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.   Dates and Times: States & American Samoa: Weekly on Tuesdays: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 8, 15, and 22 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM Pacific (including Arizona) 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Hawaii 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM American Samoa Pacific Jurisdictions: Weekly on Wednesdays: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, and 23 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Republic of the Marshal Islands 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM Pohnpei and Kosrae 08:00 AM – 09:30 AM Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, and Yap 07:00 AM – 08:30 AM Republic of Palau   Trainer: Kris Gabrielsen, MPH,has worked in substance misuse prevention for nearly 30 years. She served as the Associate Director of the Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), co-authored the first Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training curriculum, and co-authored the textbook, Substance Abuse Prevention: The Intersection of Science and Practice. She currently works with states and communities across the nation to bridge the gap between research and practice, assisting prevention professionals in maximizing their effectiveness.       Participant Commitments and Expectations View a 20-minute video on how to maximize the video conferencing platform and complete the Session 1 prep packet prior to the first session on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Attend each of the seven (1.5 hour) sessions in series Complete up to an hour of independent learning activities between each session Use a web-camera and have the appropriate technology to join the online videoconferencing platform (i.e., internet connection, built-in or USB webcam, laptop/tablet, built-in/USB/Bluetooth speakers & microphone Actively engage and be on camera 90% of the time during each session since this is not a webinar series, and active participation is essential to gain/improve skills.   Continuing Education: Participants who complete all 7 sessions will receive a certificate of attendance for 16 contact hours. No partial credit is given for this course. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements. *Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others.   Register Here: EPLS: Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning Registration Page EPLS: Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning Marketing Flyer   Space is limited to 20 participants.   Cost is Free!   Questions? Contact Karen Totten ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For all other questions, please contact Janet Porter ([email protected]).  

Date: May 11, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 1:00 PM—2:00 PM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: What are the implications of shifting alcohol consumption patterns and loosened alcohol laws on public health and how should the prevention field respond? Join us for a panel featuring researchers and policy experts as we discuss the changing alcohol landscape amidst the pandemic.   Learn more about National Prevention Week (NPW) with the New England PTTC (HHS Region 1) as we provide webinars and resources related to the 2021 NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics.   About this event: This event was developed to address needs identified in HHS Region 1 (ME,  NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide substance misuse prevention professionals with training related to SAMSHA's NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics . This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through the  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA),  SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03. 

Date: May 11, 2021 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1 NAADAC Time: 12 PM—1:30 PM ET Cost: FREE   COURSE DESCRIPTION Before the U.S. entered the COVID-19 pandemic, it has long suffered the epidemic of opioid deaths. Opioid use disorder affects 40.5 million people worldwide, and with the pandemic, we have seen these numbers rise exponentially. This webinar will address the impact of COVID-19 on individuals who misuse opioids and how the sudden change in everyday life increases their usage. It will explore how the pandemic has exacerbated mental instability and caused interruptions in potential treatment for people who misuse opioids. In addition, the webinar will present methods and resources to mitigating the risk of opioid deaths associated with vulnerable populations. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Introduce the background and history of the Opioid Epidemic, as well as the rise of opioid deaths during COVID-19 Discuss why individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection  Understand how a disruption in access to opioid antagonist treatment can lead to harmful effects on the individual Discover the importance of harm reduction sites, syringe service programs, interventions, and access to treatment PRESENTERS De'Asia Harris, MPHc is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, with a Public Health Practice and Policy program concentration.  She earned her Bachelor of Science in Economics from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in May of 2017.  She is also a graduate research assistant for the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity (CRGE) at the University of Maryland. She currently works as a Medical Assistant at an Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic in Washington, D.C., and an intern for The Danya Institute's Central East Region Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC). This summer, she will be partnering with the University of Miami's Minority Health Research Training (MHRT) program to research health disparities in the Dominican Republic. Upon completion of her MPH program, she plans to pursue her Ph.D. in Community Prevention. Her career goal is to pursue public health research focusing on economic stability and public health among underserved populations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Leah Blackall, MPHc is the Training and Technical Assistance intern for the Central East PTTC. Currently, an MPH candidate at the University of Maryland, focusing on Public Health Practice and Policy. Her ultimate goal is to find solutions to eliminate health disparities within the healthcare system and improve access and quality of care.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Date: May 10, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 1:00 PM—2:00 PM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: Normally we are behind the scenes, but for this panel, the New England PTTC staff will be in front of the camera, previewing the week of programming for National Prevention Week, and discussing some exciting new PTTC products and programs.   Learn more about National Prevention Week (NPW) with the New England PTTC (HHS Region 1) as we provide webinars and resources related to the 2021 NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics.   About this event: This event was developed to address needs identified in HHS Region 1 (ME,  NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide substance misuse prevention professionals with training related to SAMSHA's NPW daily health themes focused on pressing substance use topics . This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through the  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA),  SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03. 

It’s National Prevention Week and what better way to celebrate than to get to know your friendly, regional Prevention Technology Transfer Center? The Northeast and Caribbean PTTC provides training and technical assistance services to the substance misuse prevention field in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, New York and New Jersey to improve implementation and delivery of effective interventions. We invite you to join us for lunch (12-12:30pm) on Monday, May 10th, to meet our staff, hear about our past efforts and learn how we can support your work in three of the most critical areas of prevention (and more!).

Building a Strong Prevention Science Foundation The Risk and Protective Factor Framework: A 3-Part Series   Session 1: Risk Factors   Webinar Description and Objectives 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.   Session 1: Risk Factors Session 2: Protective factors Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community   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      Date Thursday, May 6, 2021   Times 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Alaska 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. Pacific 01:00 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. Mountain Find it in your timezone.   Audience Community, state, and tribal prevention practitioners, allied health partners and partners members working to prevent substance misuse in the Northwest Region (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).    Presenter 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.   Registration Register for the Webinar - The Risk and Protective Factor Framework - Session 1: Risk Factors   Questions? Please contact Clarissa Lam Yuen ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For any other questions, please contact Michelle Frye-Spray ([email protected]).

Do your presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to tackle tough topics and information overload?   We use presentations as one of our primary strategies to share content knowledge, build skills, ignite calls to action and affect culture change. Many of us have attempted to create compelling presentations, however most of us never receive any formal training in presentation design - despite all we expect presentations to do for us. In this three-hour virtual workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and deliver exceptional presentations using the tools and resources they already have.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES After the session, participants will be able to: • Apply a four-step process to create brain-friendly presentations • List the most common presenter mistakes and understand how to prevent them • Use tools and techniques that enhance learning • Increase audience engagement and participation • Use and display data effectively • Design compelling, polished visual aids for presentations   TARGET AUDIENCE Native American and Alaska Native nonprofit and public sector professionals, substance use prevention professionals, behavioral health professionals, public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations   TRAINING DATES There are two FREE training dates with the same content. Participants should choose one: • May 6, 2021 - 10:00am-1:00pm CST • May 13, 2021 - 10:00am-1:00pm CST   ABOUT THE TRAINERS: 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’ 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 to 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 are not graphic designers, artists, or especially tech savvy. Everything they do, you can do too!

Course Description: In 2020, the ATTC Stimulant Workgroup released a day long curriculum on Stimulants and their Impact on Brain & Behavior. This two-hour webinar will combine parts of that curriculum to address “Stimulants: What are They and Who Uses Them” and “Stimulants: Impact on the Brain and Body”. It will include information on secondary and tertiary prevention. Goals: 1. Introduce the topic of stimulants and look at who is using them 2. Review some basic information about cocaine and methamphetamines 3. Review the basics of the brain and neurochemistry, especially how it affects adolescents Cost: Free Trainer: Mary McCarty-Arias Credits: This training meets the requirements for two renewal hours (CASAC, CPP, CPS) and two initial hours (CPP, CPS) through New York State’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS). The NJ Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services offers reciprocity for CADC, LCADC, and LPC.

  The Mountain Plains PTTC is sponsoring the following presentation:    Tuesday, May 4th @ 9:15-10:15 am  Got Resistance? Using MI to Tackle Ambivalent and Oppositional Clients Larry Chatterton, M.Ed. This fun and informative skill building workshop will focus on overcoming discord and sustain talk with MI skills, thus enhancing motivation to change. We will discuss specific skills to engaging and breaking down barriers, as well as increasing, evoking and responding to change talk. Once participants have attended this program, they will leave able to: 1) Describe specific skills to deal with “resistent” clients which can quickly turn resistance into change talk to help clients understand the source of their resistance and move them forward in the change process; and, 2) Explain the difference between discord and sustain talk and demonstrate how to respond to each.    For more information about the conference or to register click here: https://esimgt.com/generations-2021/ 

Date: May 3, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 10:00 AM—11:00 AM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: This resource aims to meet universal developmental training needs of the substance misuse prevention workforce in New England. It is not specific to any one funding source or program and can be used by new preventionists entering the field working in any federal, state, or locally funded prevention coalition, organization, or initiative. Join us to learn about the tool and how you can use it to onboard new substance misuse prevention staff. View and download the New England Prevention Specialist Onboarding and Orientation Roadmap 2021.   About the webinar: This webinar was developed to address a need identified in HHS Region 1 (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide substance misuse prevention professionals with tools for substance misuse prevention. This webinar is hosted through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA), SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement #5H79SP081020-03. 

Webinar Series, Part 2 of 2 Implementation 101: What is the SPF Implementation Step?    Part 2 Overview  Part 2 of this series will discuss the importance of fidelity especially when making adaptations to a program. This webinar will also cover monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting program strategies and the importance of developing an implementation action plan and what to include in the plan.   Part 1:  Webinar Dates and Times States and American Samoa Tuesday, April 27, 2021            Time Zone 04:00 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.            Mountain 03:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.            Pacific 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m.            Hawaii 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.            American Samoa Jurisdictions Wednesday, April 28, 2021       Time Zone 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.            Republic of the Marshall Islands 09:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.            Pohnpei and Kosrae 08:00 a.m. – 09:30 a.m.            Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, and Yap 07:00 a.m. – 08:30 a.m.            Republic of Palau   Part 2:  Webinar Dates and Times States and American Samoa Thursday, April 29, 2021           Time Zone 04:00 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.            Mountain 03:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.            Pacific 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m.            Hawaii 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.            American Samoa Jurisdictions Friday, April 30, 2021               Time Zone 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.            Republic of the Marshall Islands 09:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.            Pohnpei and Kosrae 08:00 a.m. – 09:30 a.m.            Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, and Yap 07:00 a.m. – 08:30 a.m.            Republic of Palau   Audience Community, tribal, jurisdiction, and state-level prevention practitioners and 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 Kristen Gabrielsen, MPH, has worked in substance misuse prevention for nearly 30 years. She served as the Associate Director of the Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (WCAPT), co-authored the first Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training curriculum, and co-authored the textbook "Substance Abuse Prevention: The Intersection of Science and Practice." She currently works with states and communities across the nation to bridge the gap between research and practice to maximize their effectiveness.       Certificates of Attendance Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance for 1.5 hours for participating in the live event.   Part 2 Registration  Register for the Webinar- Implementation 101: What is the SPF Implementation Step? Part 2   Part 1 Information and Registration  Information and registration for the Webinar - Implementation 101: What is the SPF Implementation Step? Part 1   Questions? Contact Karen Totten ([email protected]) for any questions or difficulty in registering. For any other questions, please contact Janet Porter ([email protected]).

Date: April 29, 2021 Format: Webinar   Time: 1:00 PM—2:00 PM EST Cost: FREE   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION: Prevention specialists have a unique role in working with a variety of populations and cultures, and understand the importance of cultural humility in this work. Prevention is more effective when you understand the people you are serving. This guide seeks to offer prevention specialists a more in-depth perspective on South West Asian, Northern African (SWANA) populations in New England through four perspectives: geography, linguistics, specific substance concerns, and risk and protective factors.   Join us to learn more about this guide and how you can work more closely with SWANA people in your area.   About this webinar: This webinar was developed to address a need identified in HHS Region 1 (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI) to provide a more in-depth perspective on South West Asian, Northern African (SWANA) populations in New England.

  Webinar Description and Objectives Adolescent depression has been of great concern to prevention practitioners especially given the challenges presented by the pandemic and the stress it has put on young people. This webinar will introduce the research base for adolescent depression prevention interventions. Dr. Paul Rohde will provide an overview of one intervention, the Blues Program, which applies a cognitive-behavioral approach to preventing adolescent depression. The webinar will also highlight how this program can be applied to individual settings. By the end of the webinar, participants will: Gain an understanding of the research base for adolescent depression prevention interventions. Obtain a solid introduction to a cognitive-behavioral indicated prevention depression group intervention (Blues Program). Consider how they can apply this intervention or components of the program to their specific settings.   Date Thursday, April 29, 2021   Times 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Alaska 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific 12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. Mountain Find it in your timezone.   Audience Community, tribal, and state-level prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members working to prevent substance misuse in the Northwest Region (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).   Presenter Dr. Paul Rohde is a Senior Research Scientist at Oregon Research Institute (ORI) and has over 30 years of experience as a research scientist with a focus on the etiology, treatment, and prevention of adolescent and young adult depression, eating disorders, and obesity. He has managed 8 federally funded research projects and been the Co-Investigator on an additional 20 federally funded studies. Most of these studies have been randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating prevention or treatment interventions in young people. He has published over 165 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books and has served on several journal and federal grant review boards. Dr. Rohde has been a licensed clinical psychologist in Oregon since 1990.       Registration Register for the Webinar - Preventing Adolescent Depression: Introduction to the Blues Program in the Context of COVID-19   Certificates Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours for this live webinar event.   Questions? Please contact Clarissa Lam Yuen ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For any other questions, please contact Janet Porter ([email protected]).

This session of Design It! is currently full.  If you are still interested in attending one of these sessions, we are offering both parts 1 and 2 again.  Part 1 on June 3: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/great-lakes-pttc/event/presentation-development-and-design-training-prevention-0 Part 2 on July 22: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/great-lakes-pttc/event/design-it-presentation-design-part-2-deeper-dive-design Registrations for both are currently open. If those dates work for you, we strongly recommend registering now, as they do fill fast.    April 29, 2021 10:30am– 12pm Central 11:30 am–1:00 pm Eastern The Great Lakes PTTC offers this training for prevention practitioners in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI.   In this 90-minute hands-on session participants will be guided through a variety of design techniques, gaining practice in developing the skills they need to design compelling, polished visual aids for presentations. Learning Objectives After the session, participants will be able to: Design compelling, polished, visual aids for prevention presentations For the greatest benefit from this session, participants are strongly encouraged to attend Part 1: Presentation Development and Design for Prevention Professionals: April 22, 2021 9:00 am–12:00pm Central 10:00 am–1:00pm Eastern Register Trainers: 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’ 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 to 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. They’ve presented at the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s Leadership Forum, the Maine Public Health Association Annual Meeting, the New England Institute of Addiction Studies, the New England School of Best Practices, and provided training and technical assistance to non-profit organizations throughout New England. They have been featured on the Organizing for Change podcast and have an on-demand webinar available through HealtheKnowledge. Certificates of attendance will be available to all who attend the training in full.

Date: April 28, 2021 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1.5 NAADAC Time: 1 PM—2:30 PM ET Cost: FREE   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 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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.