Training Our training workshops and courses educate and empower the prevention workforce in supportive and interactive learning environments. Workshops Collaborating Across the Continuum of Care Designed to improve cross-sector collaboration, helping participants recognize the inherent synergies in their work. Addressing Opioid Overdose: Understanding the Role of Prevention Provides an introduction to overdose prevention, including factors associated with overdose and promising prevention strategies. Delivering Effective Technical Assistance Focuses on the importance of meeting clients where they are and tailoring content to their needs. Going Virtual: Tips for Delivering a Quality Webinar Presents with the essential ingredients for developing effective, interactive and information-rich webinars that maintain the audience's interest and attention. Increasing Cultural Competence to Address Health Disparities Explores the connections between behavioral health disparities, cultural competence, and substance misuse prevention. Making It Last! Sustaining Prevention Programming Explores what sustainability looks like in the context of substance misuse prevention and how to prepare a community sustainability plan. View All Courses Opioid Overdose Prevention: Understanding the Basics Explore factors associated with overdose and promising prevention strategies in this award-winning course. Introduction to Substance Misuse Prevention: Understanding the Basics Learn about the history of prevention, key concepts and definitions, and specific drug effects—and get a glimpse of the effects of substance use and addiction on the brain. An Introduction to SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework Take a guided tour of the SPF, a data-driven planning process designed to help you more effectively address substance misuse and related prevention needs in your community. Prevention SustainAbilities: Understanding the Basics Find out what sustainability looks like in the context of substance misuse prevention—and how to prepare for sustainability planning in your community. Prevention SustainAbilities: Planning for Success Explore a step-by-step process for developing a written plan to sustain successful substance misuse prevention practices in your community. Ethics in Prevention: A Guide for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners Moderated course examining the six principles in the Prevention Code of Ethics and a decision-making process to use when faced with an ethical dilemma. Involving Youth in Your Substance Misuse Prevention Program Develop the knowledge and skills to effectively engage youth in all aspects of your substance misuse prevention efforts – from planning to evaluation. Go Get It! Finding Existing Data to Inform Your Prevention Efforts Explore strategies for identify, locating, and accessing the data you need to assess the substance use prevention needs of your community. Focusing on Focus Groups Discover the key elements of focus group design and delivery through case examples that highlight the many ways focus groups can be used to support prevention practice. View All
