Past Events

World Class Resources to Discover Genetic Risks for Suicide Death Presenter: Hilary Coon, PhD April 15th, 2020 @ 11:00 am MT (10:00 PT/12:00 CT/1:00 ET) Suicide leads to over 47,000 preventable deaths annually in the U.S. alone. In addition, suicide has increased by 33% in the U.S. in the last two decades. While environment plays a critical role, suicide has a strong genetic component. With the unique resources available to the Utah Suicide Research Program, we have the opportunity to make significant contributions to the understanding of this genetic aspect of suicide risk, with the ultimate goal of development of personalized interventions. This presentation will give an update on research progress and how results may impact the future of prevention and treatment.  

Build your Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills through the free Motivational Interviewing Learning Collaborative! Third Wednesday each month, beginning February 19, 2020.  10:00-10:45am CST The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC will host a series of interactive calls via Zoom for people who want to enhance their MI skills. This learning opportunity provides practitioners 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. Attend all sessions or select from the menu (see list of dates and topics below). Calls last for 45 minutes You only need to register one time for the Zoom link to the calls  ​​​ Trainer: Laura Saunders State Project Manager, Wisconsin Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC Laura A. Saunders, MSSW, is the Wisconsin State Project Manager for the Great Lakes Addiction, Mental Health and Prevention Technology Transfer  Centers. Her position is housed at the UW–Madison, where she’s worked since 1988. Since 2001, Laura has provided SBIRT and Motivational Interviewing training to physicians, nurses, medical students, psychologists, specialty addiction treatment providers, social workers, physical therapists, health educators, and staff who work in correctional settings. She has provided feedback and coaching to hundreds of social workers, correctional staff,  and other human service providers who are interested in using evidence-based practices with fidelity. Laura joined the international group of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2006 (Sophia, Bulgaria) and is an active member of the Wisconsin MINT group. Topics by Date February 19 Your MI Spirit Is Showing March 18  Let Your Partner (Client, Consumer, Customer, Patient) Know You're Working Hard to Understand April 15 WHY Not Ask WHY And Other Things to Think About With Open Questions May 20 Taming Your Inner Cheerleader: Be Proud Of You and How Well You Can Use Affirmations June 17 Gold Star Things to Say (Genuinely!)  July 15 What To Do When the Client Says Something About Changing Their Behavior August 19 What to Do When The Client Seems Stuck About Changing Their Behavior September 16  Pay Attention to Discord October 21 Guess What Happens When You Ask for Change Talk? November 18:   TBD December 16:   TBD 

  The National American Indian & Alaska Native PTTC will be holding virtual sessions to support our Native communities in these challenging times. Our first session will include a time of listening when you can share thoughts and concerns about the current needs and challenges that your communities and programs are facing, as well as bringing up topics you would like us to cover in future sessions. We hope these meetings will be supportive and helpful, and that we can help connect you with the resources you need. Also feel free to reach out to Cindy Sagoe in advance to let her know if there are any topics you specifically want us to be prepared to address. We hope each and every one of you are staying safe and we look forward to connecting with you soon! - Your National American Indian & Alaska Native PTTC team in collaboration with tribal leaders

This webinar will not be live.  To best meet your training needs, we will be pre-recording webinars and posting them on our website so you can view them at your convenience. If you register you will get an email when the webinar is posted on YouTube and our website.   Lawmakers have developed, enacted, and applied a variety of policy strategies that target society- and community-level influences to reduce underage drinking and its associated consequences. This webinar will highlight Social Host Liability Laws aimed at decreasing social access to alcohol by underage youth and deterring underage drinking parties. Speakers: Chuck Klevgaard Chuck Klevgaard delivers training and technical assistance to support substance misuse prevention throughout the Midwest. Klevgaard has supported communities and health agencies as they adopt evidence-based alcohol, opioid, and other substance misuse programs or policies. Klevgaard also serves as a prevention manager to the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Klevgaard earned his BSW from Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is a Certified Senior Prevention Specialist through the Illinois Certification Board, Inc.   Kellie Henrichs is the Program Manager for the Alcohol Policy Resource Center at Prevention First. Kellie brings over two decades of successful experience in substance misuse prevention and policy work. A subject matter expert in youth prevention education, communication campaigns, strategic planning, and community coalitions, Kellie regularly provides training and technical assistance to providers throughout Illinois. Kellie works with communities to reduce underage drinking by analyzing data, identifying contributing factors, implementing policy efforts, and engaging law enforcement. A strong believer that communities have the power to create change, Kellie works to empower key stakeholders, community leaders, and coalitions to work together to address underage drinking. Kellie enjoys spending time with her husband and teenage children and experiencing the adventures and misadventures life has to offer.  

Suicide Assessment and Response for K-12 Populations  Presenter: Erin Briley, MS, NCSP April 8th, 2020 @ 11:00 am MT (10:00 PT/12:00 CT/1:00 ET) Responding to mental health crisis and risk of suicide in a school setting presents unique challenges and considerations for mental health practitioners, educators, and parents. Participants in this sessions will learn recommended best practices for assessing children and adolescents for suicide and initiating appropriate response to youth experiencing thoughts of suicide in a K-12 school setting. Special attention will be given to common screening and assessment tools used in school settings, best practices for utilizing an interdisciplinary team approach to respond to youth experiencing thoughts of suicide in a school setting, and ways to identify risk and protective factors for youth and adolescents at risk of suicide.    

Enhanced Prevention Learning Series Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning Overview This 7-week distance learning series offers participants a unique, interactive experience to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, processes, and strategies to develop the necessary resources to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Sustainability planning involves a series of concrete tasks to create feasible, ongoing support for essential components of your prevention work. Elements of sustainability planning include examining the impact of strategic planning processes, such as SAMSHA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and interventions, priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development. This learning series incorporates online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, self-study and reading assignments, group activities, and discussion designed to guide participants through each of the five critical components of sustainability planning. Trainers will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate a sustainability process with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year.   Session Dates Session 1 - April 7, 2020 Session 2 - April 14, 2020 Session 3 - April 21, 2020 Session 4 - April 28, 2020 Session 5 - May 12, 2020 Session 6 - May 19, 2020 Session 7 - May 26, 2020 Session Times 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Alaska 01:00 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific 02:00 pm – 3:30 pm Mountain   Trainers Jill Parker, BS, has been working in the field of public health for over twenty years. She is currently the Executive Director of the Utah Association of Local Health Departments and Utah Association of Local Boards of Health. In this role, she coordinates with and supports the 13 local health departments across the state, serves as a legislative liaison, and works to spread the message on the essential role of public health in communities. She also serves on the Executive Board of the Utah Coalition for Opioid Overdose Prevention and the Utah Poison Control Center Advisory Board. Michelle Frye-Spray  MS CPS, is a Project Manager at the University of Reno, CASAT. She is currently the Coordinator for the Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Michelle leverages her knowledge of prevention science with over 25 years of prevention-related experience to design and deliver engaging and impactful training and technical assistance. Her skills include coaching prevention practitioners to integrate prevention science into practice and apply data-informed planning to establish prevention practices and interventions worth sustaining.   Continuing Education In order to receive 16 continuing education hours, participants are expected to view the 20-minute video tutorial, attend the live technology training, be prepared for and join each session and actively engage in discussions.   Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others   Register here: https://www.pttclearning.org/courses/getting-ready-for-sustainability-planning-r10/ Space is limited to 15 participants Cost is Free!   Questions? Contact Matt Minten ([email protected]) for any questions or difficulty in registering.

  The first hour will introduce prevention approaches for building resilience with individuals and across communities.  In addition to the typical roles for clinicians in building support for recovery, participants learn strategies for strengthening inclusive communities that foster a sense of belonging for everyone.  The second hour will address how to leverage relationships between clinicians, the women they serve, and their children.  This overview will introduce the current evidence for healthy families through a developmental lens. Taking this perspective allows clinicians to be more deliberate in fostering understanding, building strength, and increasing resilience. Co-sponsored by Wayside Recovery Center. Trainer: Chuck Klevgaard delivers training and technical assistance to support substance misuse prevention throughout the Midwest. Klevgaard has supported communities and health agencies as they adopt evidence-based alcohol, opioid, and other substance misuse programs or policies. Klevgaard also serves as a prevention manager to the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center. This is a closed event. However, you can learn more about our upcoming training and technical events on the Great Lakes PTTC website under Upcoming Events. If no upcoming events are taking place near you, please contact your nearest state project manager to inquire about future training opportunities in your region.

Native American Summit on Spirituality: Cultural Inclusion into Mental Health Assessments for Native Americans Please note: This is a series of virtual meetings that have been announced in place of our original face-to-face event, which will be rescheduled. Click the registration button above to register for our second virtual session on April 3 from 2-4pm EDT, 1-3pm CDT, 12-2pm MDT, 11am-1pm PDT, 10am-12pm ADT.  The American Indian and Alaska Native ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC have invited spiritual leaders from American Indian and Alaska Native communities to come together to discuss the importance of spirituality in the treatment of behavioral health and mental health disorders. Spirituality is often left out of counseling and therapeutic relationships, but is an essential part of healing and change for many clients.  Behavioral health, mental health, and addiction treatment professionals, spiritual leaders, social workers, and other health service professionals are welcome to attend this important discussion on methods for integrating spirituality into their work with clients.

Peer-Sharing Call: Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 1 to 2:00 pm ET Few would argue that understanding the past is key to shaping a safe and healthy future. In the context of prevention, this means applying lessons learned from our past successes to new prevention priorities emerging regularly on the landscape. This two-part series will examine lessons learned from prevention efforts to curb vaping and e-cigarette use among young adults, and explore opportunities for applying these lessons to the prevention of other emerging substances such as methamphetamines, cocaine, and adult use marijuana. Peer-Sharing Call: participants will have an opportunity to share their real-world experiences addressing vaping, and work together to distill strategies they can apply to other prevention problems their communities are facing. Please see our events page for the March 25, 2020 webinar on this topic! During both virtual events, participants will have an opportunity to pose questions, discuss challenges, and connect with other prevention professionals. Click on the link below to register: Peer Sharing Call: Wednesday, April 1, 2020   We hope you can join us!

  Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS): Organizational Elements of Effective Coalitions   Description This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors. Participants will explore a variety of organizational principles that will assist them in the overall development of their coalition by learning more about how to engage and sustain involvement of key stakeholders and members over time, how to utilize dynamic group-development strategies, and how their efforts can connect with other coalition efforts in their area. The learning series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to an effective community coalition structure when focusing on primary prevention. Participants will have the opportunity during the course to discuss specific "next steps" questions.   Audience Community-level prevention practitioners and allied partners working to prevent substance misuse in the Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center HHS Region 9: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii,Nevada, Republic of Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau. Prevention professionals interested in this course but who work outside of Region 9 are encouraged to contact their region’s PTTC to learn what opportunities for similar courses are available to them.   Session Dates and Time States & American Samoa: March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, and May 5, 12  04:00 pm – 05:30 pm Mountain 03:00 pm – 04:30 pm Pacific 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm Hawaii 11:00 am – 12:30 pm American Samoa Jurisdictions: April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and May 6, 13 10:00am – 11:30am Republic of the Marshall Islands 09:00am – 10:30am Pohnpei and Kosrae 08:00am – 09:30am Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, and Yap 07:00am – 08:30am Republic of Palau    Facilitator Meghan Blevins is a Systems Change Specialist at Penn State's EPISCenter and certified Communities That Care (CTC) Plus coach.  In this role, she helps guide communities through the CTC process. Her focus areas are youth involvement, communications, and curriculum.  She has presented at the Commonwealth Prevention Alliance conference, the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development conference, and CADCA’s 28th National Leadership Forum    Continuing Education  In order to receive up to 15 continuing education hours, participants are expected to view the 20-minute video tutorial; attend the live technology training; be prepared for and join each session; and actively engage in discussions.    Register Here https://www.pttclearning.org/courses/organizational-elements-of-effective-coalitions-r9-mar-apr/ Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others      Cost is Free! Questions? Contact Matt Minten at ([email protected]) for any questions or difficulty in registering.  

This event has been postponed. Please check back soon or email [email protected] for more information. Thank you.

COVID-19 is changing many aspects of our life, including how we do our work. Given the current challenges, prevention practitioners have limited ability to convene collaborative groups in traditional ways and, as a result, there is increasingly the need to move prevention efforts online. Join us for a virtual peer-sharing opportunity to hear preventionists from across Region 2 share strategies for bringing prevention into the virtual realm. Some of the questions we’ll explore include: What prevention activities can and should continue under the current circumstances? How can you use social media to get your prevention messages out? What are best practices for working in the virtual space? What innovative steps are you taking to move your prevention work online?     To register, click here.   We hope you can join us!

Date: March 26, 2020 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1 NAADAC Time: 1 PM—2 PM ET Cost: FREE Missed Parts 1-5? Click here COURSE DESCRIPTION The fifth step to implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to prevention is evaluate ongoing efforts and develop a feedback loop to make adjustments. This requires developing and following an evaluation plan and having processes in place to modify or change interventions that are not having a successful impact. This webinar will discuss evaluation strategies, maintaining epidemiological surveillance efforts, and steps to developing and maintaining an evaluation feedback loop. It will also walk through ways that technology can be used to support the evaluation process.   COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Discuss the importance of evaluation Describe the challenges to evaluating prevention interventions and potential strategies to overcome them Explain the importance of long-term surveillance and updating needs assessments Walk through how to develop a continuous feedback loop SERIES DESCRIPTION A Six-Part Webinar Series on the Strategic Prevention Framework and Related Topics This six-part webinar series developed by the Central East PTTC will support and build the capacity of the prevention workforce. The series is a skill building training that will detail the steps to implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to prevention using the five stages of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework: 1) Needs Assessment, 2) Building Capacity, 3) Planning, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The series will explain the importance of each stage and what aspects of the strategic planning process they cover, techniques for completing each stage, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. This series will also discuss other relevant topics, such as: ethical approaches to prevention, how to prioritize data, and how to modify programs, among others. Webinars will be held on December 3, December 17, January 28, February 20, March 16, and March 26. Each webinar will be scheduled at 1pm EST and recordings will be made available 2-3 weeks after the webinar concludes on this site.   SERIES LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain the importance of an evidence-based approach to prevention Discuss the five stages of the Strategic Prevention Framework Examine how to apply the Strategic Prevention Framework to implement evidence-based prevention interventions Describe common challenges and strategies for overcoming obstacles 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. Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Webinar: Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 1 to 2:30 pm ET Few would argue that understanding the past is key to shaping a safe and healthy future. In the context of prevention, this means applying lessons learned from our past successes to new prevention priorities emerging regularly on the landscape. This two-part series will examine lessons learned from prevention efforts to curb vaping and e-cigarette use among young adults, and explore opportunities for applying these lessons to the prevention of other emerging substances such as methamphetamines, cocaine, and adult use marijuana. In this webinar, we will examine current and emerging substance misuse trends to prepare participants to locate sources of local, regional and state-/jurisdiction-level data, and identify an approach to preventing substance misuse (through the lens of vaping prevention) to provide prevention practitioners with the resources they need to implement effective strategies across priority prevention topics. Diane Litterer of the New Jersey Prevention Network will be joining our webinar as an expert contributor. Also, look on our events page for the April 1, 2020 peer-sharing call on this same topic! During both virtual events, participants will have an opportunity to pose questions, discuss challenges, and connect with other prevention professionals. Click on the link below to register: Webinar: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 We hope you can join us!

  The world of what we have considered “gambling” has shifted dramatically in recent years. In this webinar, participants will gain an understanding of recent technological trends in gaming, and how these trends have blurred the lines between what is gaming and gambling. The webinar will focus on the data, science, and trends, in particular, regarding the public health risks facing youth.   Presented by: Julie Hynes, MA, CPS - Executive Director, Oregon Council on Problem Gambling March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month. To learn more about Problem Gambling Awareness Month and problem gambling prevention, visit the National Council on Problem Gambling.  

Please join us for part two, Capacity Building of the seven-part series covering the steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework. Learn more and register for the entire series here: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/south-southwest-pttc/event/webinar-series-pfs-academy-2020-making-steps-strategic   Determine how to engage diverse community stakeholders Describe how to develop and strengthen a prevention team Identify opportunities to raise community awareness about the issues   Prevention contact hours available to those who register and complete this webinar.   Carlton Hall is the President and CEO of Carlton Hall Consulting LLC (CHC) , a multi-faceted, full-service consulting firm designed to provide customized solutions and enable measurable change for communities, organizations, families and individuals. Carlton Hall has been providing intensive substance abuse prevention focused and community problem solving services to the nation for the last 25 years. His responsibilities, unique set of skills and experience have made him one of the most highly sought after instructors and guides for community problem solving in every state and territory in the nation as well as internationally, with successful achievements in South Africa, Ghana, Bermuda, Kenya and others. Carlton spent twelve years with the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) serving in several leadership positions and including most recently, Acting Vice President, Training Operations, and Acting Director for CADCA's National Coalition Institute. In this role, Carlton provided critical leadership supporting the successful design, and delivery of the community outreach component of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s DEA 360 Strategy in priority cities across the country. Carlton is one of the primary architects of CADCA's National Coalition Academy. The Academy, a year-long coalition development program, is designed to increase the effectiveness of communities in drug demand reduction producing population level outcomes.  Currently, Carlton and the CHC team provide executive training and technical assistance support to the Southeast PTTC (Region 4). Learn more about Carlton at http://carltonhallconsulting.com/about.html

Substance Use Disorder Services In The Days Of A Pandemic: You're Going To Need A Bigger Boat!     Friday, March 20, 2020  1:00pm ET, 12:00pmCT 11:00am MT, 10:00amPT Providing SUD services during a pandemic requires a mix of disaster preparedness, safety precautions, telehealth, and ethics. During her tenure as a leader in SUD treatment, Sheila Weix has been involved with emergencies related to the HIV epidemic, 9/11, and the 2008 economic collapse. She is currently applying this experience in an outpatient treatment service that includes medication-assisted treatment in rural Wisconsin during the COVID19 pandemic. Webinar participants will learn about: Safety precautions How to move all services to telehealth Reimbursement contingencies Leadership actions underway to address this rapidly changing situation 

Program Description: There is an alarming rise in the number of American teens and adults who are trying vaping. It is reversing the hard-fought declines achieved in the use nicotine. Vaping may pose serious and avoidable effects on health and brain development and the potential for addiction in youth. This Project ECHO will bring expert faculty together with groups from across New England who are focusing their efforts on substance use prevention to share knowledge and strategies to further their efforts to reduce vaping and its associated harms through case-based learning. This Project ECHO® on reducing vaping is first of a series of ECHO Projects to be initiated by the NEPTTC. Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an evidence-based distance learning method developed by researchers at the University of New Mexico. The 9-month program begins in October 2019 with monthly sessions between October and May.   Learning Objectives: Speed the dissemination and adoption of prevention evidence-based protocols, guidelines and practices. Share prevention efforts that are occurring across the communities in New England. Build prevention capacity across communities/states. Promote the ability to collect and analyze data.  

Description This presentation will describe key brain regions affected by drug misuse and how experimental paradigms model prevention strategies. Hosted by: Michael Nader, PhD Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the brain regions associated with reward, impulsivity, and learning 2. Convey a basic understanding of how major classes of drugs interact with these brain regions 3. Explore several models of laboratory research on drug misuse and examine how key findings from laboratory research provide evidence for major prevention and treatment effort   About Michael Nader, PhD Michael A. Nader, Ph.D. is a behavioral neuropharmacologist with research interest in the areas of substance abuse, impulsivity, brain dopamine receptor function and animal models of human disease. His research examines individual differences in drug effects, highlighting sex differences, social rank and drug history as important organismal variables that influence outcome. He studies cocaine, nicotine, THC, oxycodone and methamphetamine in models of drug reinforcement, cognition and the study of physiological consequences to chronic drug treatment using telemetry devices. For nearly 30 years, his laboratory has utilized an extremely novel animal model involving nonhuman primate social behavior and intravenous drug self-administration; the original studies involving socially housed male monkeys was recognized with a MERIT Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Dr. Nader has served on the Board of Directors for College on Problems of Drug Dependence, is the past-chair of the Behavioral Pharmacology Division at the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and is a past member of NIDA Council. He has been at Wake Forest School of Medicine since 1992 and has mentored 4 post-doctoral fellows, 11 Ph.D. students, 2 M.S. students and served on 26 dissertation committees. Dr. Nader is past Director of the Graduate Program in Physiology and Pharmacology, past Chair of the Dean’s Research Advisory Committee at Wake Forest School of Medicine and has had over 60 graduate and undergraduate students participate in laboratory rotations. In 2013 he gave a TEDx talk on US drug policy and the benefits of animal research. He was also the recipient of the 2015 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Mentorship Award.

This informational webinar will provide an overview of the New England Leadership Development Program.  This is a program that is available to addiction professionals across the continuum of services, including prevention professionals.  The New England PTTC is proud to support in co-sponsoring this program developed by the New England ATTC.  This webinar will provide an opportunity for individuals with interest in applying to the program to learn more about it from the developers, instructors, and past participants.     ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (LDP): The New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) is pleased to announce the 4th cohort of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) for addictions professionals from across the continuum of care. The LDP has been designed by Peter Smith, MBA, an expert in leadership development, with input from a committee of addictions professionals. This program will focus on key leadership skills using a range of learning methods designed to increase your effectiveness immediately.  One of the elements of this program includes the use of an intact learning community that includes participants from all aspects of care: prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery. The goal is to create a learning community that is as diverse as possible to represent the profession and those served.   PROGRAM GOALS:  Address the on-going need for effective individual leadership skill development and increasing the addiction profession’s leadership capacity.  Provide a learning experience that will ‘accelerate’ leadership development to complement work experience.   Developing effective leaders is of particular importance as the profession faces the overdose crisis, a changing behavioral healthcare landscape, and the impending retirement of many "baby boom" generation leaders.   TARGET AUDIENCE: The Leadership Development Program (LDP) is for emerging leaders from the addictions prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery profession in New England as well as behavioral healthcare, criminal justice, and other healthcare professionals. Criteria that define an emerging leader for this program include: Current (or previous) work experience in a supervisory or managerial capacity or role; this experience need not be exclusively in the addictions profession. Applicants without prior supervisory experience may be considered if they demonstrate exceptional qualities and potential for leadership roles. Operational management skills that include employee supervision, goal setting, budgeting, and/or managing financial resources. Have been identified as possessing exceptional leadership potential by others within the profession.   NOTE: Acceptance to this program is subject to a selection process based on target audience objectives and is not guaranteed   LEARN MORE AND APPLY ONLINE.   SPACE IS LIMITED! REGISTRATION APPLICATION TO FOLLOW     BROUGHT TO YOU BY:   IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:   Contact Us: Denise Adams - Tel: (207) 621-2549 Email: [email protected] or Raymond Sanchez - Tel: (401) 863-6486 Email: [email protected]

Date: March 16, 2020 Format: Webinar Contact Hours: 1 NAADAC Time: 1 PM—2 PM ET Cost: FREE Missed Parts 1-4? Click here COURSE DESCRIPTION The fourth step to implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to prevention is to implement specific programs or environmental strategies. This implementation process should be based on an already-developed action plan, utilize available capacity, and address specific prevention needs. When necessary, it should also include making any cultural adaptions required to ensure relevancy and appropriateness. This webinar will describe and walk through different kinds of evidence-based programs and environmental strategies, how to determine the best conceptual and practical fit of different interventions, and how to modify interventions to meet desired needs. It will also walk through ways that technology can be used to support the implementation process.   COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Discuss the importance of selecting an evidence-based intervention Overview the extent of evidence-based programs that exist Overview the extent of evidence-based environmental strategies that exist Describe the key considerations for selecting an intervention Walkthrough how to appropriately modify interventions SERIES DESCRIPTION A Six-Part Webinar Series on the Strategic Prevention Framework and Related Topics This six-part webinar series developed by the Central East PTTC will support and build the capacity of the prevention workforce. The series is a skill building training that will detail the steps to implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to prevention using the five stages of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework: 1) Needs Assessment, 2) Building Capacity, 3) Planning, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The series will explain the importance of each stage and what aspects of the strategic planning process they cover, techniques for completing each stage, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. This series will also discuss other relevant topics, such as: ethical approaches to prevention, how to prioritize data, and how to modify programs, among others. Webinars will be held on December 3, December 17, January 28, February 20, March 16, and March 26. Each webinar will be scheduled at 1pm EST and recordings will be made available 2-3 weeks after the webinar concludes on this site.   SERIES LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain the importance of an evidence-based approach to prevention Discuss the five stages of the Strategic Prevention Framework Examine how to apply the Strategic Prevention Framework to implement evidence-based prevention interventions Describe common challenges and strategies for overcoming obstacles 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. Emily Patton, MSc, PgDip holds a Masters of Science in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Swansea University and a Postgraduate Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh. She offers significant professional experience in the fields of public policy development and analysis, criminal justice research, data collection and analysis, program development, and performance management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Lawmakers have developed, enacted, and applied a variety of policy strategies that target society- and community-level influences to reduce underage drinking and its associated consequences. This webinar will highlight two evidence-based policies:  Restrictions at community events designed to reduce commercial availability of alcohol to underage youth Restrictions on advertising aimed reducing youth exposure to pro-alcohol messages Join us for Part 2: April 9, 2020  Alcohol Policy Series: Social Host Liability Laws Presenters Chuck Klevgaard delivers training and technical assistance to support substance misuse prevention throughout the Midwest. Klevgaard has supported communities and health agencies as they adopt evidence-based alcohol, opioid, and other substance misuse programs or policies. Klevgaard also serves as a prevention manager for the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Klevgaard earned his BSW from Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is a Certified Senior Prevention Specialist through the Illinois Certification Board, Inc.   Kellie Henrichs is the Program Manager for the Alcohol Policy Resource Center at Prevention First. Kellie brings over two decades of successful experience in substance misuse prevention and policy work. A subject matter expert in youth prevention education, communication campaigns, strategic planning, and community coalitions, Kellie regularly provides training and technical assistance to providers throughout Illinois. Kellie works with communities to reduce underage drinking by analyzing data, identifying contributing factors, implementing policy efforts, and engaging law enforcement. A strong believer that communities have the power to create change, Kellie works to empower key stakeholders, community leaders, and coalitions to work together to address underage drinking. 

  Enhanced Prevention Learning Series: Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)   Overview This 7-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS).  This learning series will build participants’ understanding of shared protective factors and how the Social Development Strategy organizes protection into a strategy for action.  Participants will learn and practice using the SDS and its components to design activities that will build protection in families, schools, coalitions and communities. This EPLS provides online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to building protection using key learnings from prevention science. Community-level prevention practitioners and allied partners working to prevent substance misuse in the 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.   Dates:   Session 1 – March 12, 2020 (Zoom technology session) Session 2 – March 19, 2020 Session 3 – March 26, 2020 Session 4 – April 02, 2020 Session 5 – April 09, 2020 Session 6 – April 16, 2020 Session 7 – April 30, 2020 Times: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Alaska  11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Mountain NOTE: There is NOT a session on April 23, 2020.     Facilitators: Kevin P. Haggerty, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work, Director, Social Development Research Group, Director Northwest Prevention Technology Center. Kevin specializes in prevention programs at the community, school and family level. 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. Blair Brook-Weiss, MSPH, Senior Communities That Care Specialist. Blair is a Specialist with the University of Washington’s Center for Communities That Care (CTC) and leads the Center’s training and coaching core. She is a certified Communities That Care trainer and coach. She has extensive experience providing CTC workshops and proactive technical assistance to community leaders, boards and coalitions. Dalene Dutton, MS, Communities That Care Specialist.  Dalene is a certified CTC Master Trainer and coach. Since 2011, she has been proactively assisting communities across North and South America with the implementation of the Communities that Care (CTC) model. Prior to joining SDRG in 2015, Ms. Dutton coordinated the activities of a Communities That Care (CTC) Coalition in Maine for 12 years.   Continuing Education In order to receive up to 15 continuing education hours, participants are expected to view the video tutorial; attend the live technology introductory/orientation session; complete individual readings and learning activities as assigned; be prepared for and join each session; and actively engage in group discussions.  Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this registration opportunity to others.     Register here: https://www.pttclearning.org/courses/epls-building-protection-using-the-social-development-strategy-sds-region-10/ Space is limited to 25 participants       Cost is Free!   Questions? Contact Clarissa Lam Yuen ([email protected]) for any questions or difficulty in registering.

  In this webinar, participants will learn about the findings and resources in the recently released SAMHSA resource guide: Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults.  This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities seeking to prevent substance misuse among young adults. The presenter will describe relevant research findings, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challenges, and offers useful resources. Learn first hand from one of the developers of this important guidance resource for the prevention field!   Presented by: Kim Dash, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Education Development Center   Webinar Recording