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Discover the vital role peer supports play in fostering resilience, empathy, and sustainable pathways to recovery. Join Dr. Mo (Melissa Dittberner), PhD, CPS, PS, LMT, on a journey to understand the power of human connection and how peer supports are shaping a more inclusive, compassionate, and supportive future for individuals and communities alike.

Learning objectives

• Comprehensive Understanding: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the role and significance of peer supports in mental health, addiction recovery, and community well-being.
• Human Connection in Recovery: Recognize the transformative power of human connection in the context of recovery, and how peer supports play a pivotal role in facilitating meaningful connections.
• Practical Applications: Understand practical applications of peer support methodologies, including effective communication, active listening, and collaboration within the peer support framework.

Session attendants will learn about the types of bullying, strategies to disrupt bullying in schools, and focus specifically on how to leverage school resource officers, bus drivers, and other safety personnel in their bullying prevention efforts.

This webinar is presented by the NW Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Collaborative

Description: This presentation will review the CLEARS Project that uses a “policy codesign” approach to bring together law enforcement, people with lived/living experience of drug use and legal involvement, and service providers to develop local solutions to drug use around Washington State.

Presenter: Mandy Owens, PhD: Dr. Owens is an Assistant Professor at the Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. Her work focuses on the intersection between substance use and the criminal legal system, including research and implementation efforts with law enforcement, jails, and prisons around Washington State. Dr. Owens also is a licensed and practicing psychologist working with people with substance use disorder.

Objectives: by the end of this webinar, participants should be able to: 1. Identify “policy codesign” as an evidence-based strategy to bring together diverse stakeholders. 2. Learn about the CLEARS (Community-Law Enforcement Aligning in Response to Substance Use) Project in three sites around Washington State: Clallam, Thurston, and Yakima Counties. 3. Describe local solutions to address crisis response to drug use with law enforcement in rural WA areas.

Join the National American Indian and Alaska Native Childhood Trauma TSA Center in learning from native author, artist, and speaker Tanaya Winder!

Indigenous people have undergone much historical, ancestral, and personal trauma. At times it can be difficult to process these traumas or soul wounds, but one way to cope and help make sense of these events is through presence and mindfulness. A grounded mindset can be accessed through asking powerful questions and exploring new perspectives through reflective and expressive writing. Learning how to render your emotions on the page is a form of “heartspeak.” Heartspeak can be one of the most helpful skills because it is a means of processing joys, hurts, and everything in between.

This workshop offers writing prompts to help you tap into parts of your journey that you want to reexamine with compassion and kindness. You will also learn writing prompts and techniques that you can implement in your own talking/healing circles, workshops, or client sessions. Facilitation techniques and what it means for you to create and maintain space to find light and a sense of belonging and acceptance in yourself and your communities will also be covered. The goal is to help you discover how writing can be used as a healing tool to develop a better understanding of the human condition regarding loving others and yourself.

Note: Writing to heal sessions are being offered every other week on Wednesdays and Fridays. The same material will be covered in both sessions each week. 

Wednesday sessions: 

• 2/21, 2-3 p.m.
• 3/6, 2-3 p.m.
• 3/20, 2-3 p.m.
• 4/3, 2-3 p.m.
• 4/17, 2-3 p.m.

This course will discuss the pathophysiology of psychostimulant toxicity, treatment. This lecture will also discuss the illicit market for psychostimulants and how it has evolved over the past decade. 

Workshop 5 of 6 in the "Trauma-informed, in school sessions" workshop series. View the series page for full details.

How might we partner with parents, caregivers and families through trauma informed approaches to support the mental health and well-being of the children and teens in their lives? In 2023, Project Cal-Well (a cross-agency mental health initiative led by the California Department of Education to promote mental health awareness and wellness among California's K-12 students) designed the Family Guide to Supporting Young People’s Mental Health and Well-Being for parents and other caregivers (available in English and Spanish), with input from families, educators, mental health professionals, and youth. By sharing tips for families on how to have conversations about social media use, mental health, anti-LGBTQ experiences, bullying and more, this guide provides parents and other caregivers with information and easy-to-use strategies to support their children’s overall well-being and mental health.

How did the guide’s authors partner with students and their families to create this guide? How might we support students and families to dig into its information and leverage this resource to partner with parents and other caretakers? Join us to explore these questions, and the guide itself, while learning from several of its authors about how the guide’s development process was trauma informed.

Participants will: (1) learn about the development and content of the guide; (2) have the opportunity to consider how to get the guide and related local resources into the hands of families; and (3) generate ideas for how to use individual sections of the guide to align with a school’s continuum of trauma-informed approaches and social, emotional, and behavioral supports.

In this webinar, the Mental Health America of South Central Kansas (MHASCK) Prevention Team will share how they address youth mental health in Wichita, Kansas, to prevent serious mental illness and emotional disturbances. This team focuses on “wide net, low barrier” mental health education that engages young people in social-emotional learning, healthy coping skills, and substance use avoidance. They consider their approach a holistic attempt to equip students with basic understanding and tools to help them navigate the challenges they face at each stage of development. 

With a staff of five, the MHASCK Prevention Team annually serves around 2,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade through multi-week programing at their schools, after-school clubs, parks and rec camps, and other community gathering points. Through grant funding, they offer these services at no cost to the sites or students they serve. 

Attendees will be able to learn more about the specific curriculums used, the values-driven success the team has found, and ways to engage students in accessible and meaningful relationships. MHA South Central Kansas will explore how to build connections, what has worked and what hasn’t, and focus on practices that any caring person can use to help educate and equip young people in their mental health journey. 

Join the U.S. Department of Justice's Office Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for this three-part youth townhall series of webinars, in which we will hear directly from mentees and young people as they discuss their experiences, insights, and visions related to mentoring alongside pressing contemporary issues.  

• Part two: Thursday, August 15, 2024, 10-11:30 a.m. 
• Part three: Thursday, December 19, 2024, 10-11:30 a.m.

By delving into the concept of cultural humility and understanding the distinctions between individualist and collectivist cultures, our aim is to harness this knowledge to enhance equity and the quality of services provided to underserved communities of color.

This webinar will also be held on Thursday, June 13, 10-11:30 a.m. Please note, both sessions offer the same content. Please choose the session that suits your schedule.

View the attached flyer to learn more!

We all play an important role in ensuring children are safe, healthy and happy. Learn what you can do as a parent, youth, community member or professional working with children to help prevent adversity and promote positive experiences so kids can thrive. Join us for a conversation about how communities can support families to create bright futures for all children.

Join us for a Minerva 2.0 technical assistance/support call for Minerva 2.0 users (CPWI, CBO and project providers, and tribe and urban Indian organization partners).

Whether you have just started using the system, or are a seasoned user, this call is designed to support users through Minerva 2.0 functions, features, and answer any data entry-related questions. There is no registration, please join using the Microsoft Teams link below.

Questions will be answered in the order shared. If there are questions or topics you wish to have addressed during the call, consider sending you question(s) in advance to PrevMIS@hca.wa.gov, and include your prevention manager. Don't have a specific question? Feel free to join and listen.

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As part of the Liquor and Cannabis Board’s (LCB) ongoing rulemaking to implement the legislation, the agency is holding a series of virtual rule workshops in March and April to discuss and gather feedback from interested parties on draft proposed rule language that is being considered.

Several sections of the rules (Chapter 314-55 WAC) require modifications to implement the legislation. Two sessions will be held covering the same topic/rule sections to provide an opportunity for those who are unable to attend one of the sessions an opportunity to engage and provide feedback. There is no need to attend both sessions.

The workshop schedule is provided below with the rule section(s) that will be discussed at the workshop sessions. Additional sessions covering the same topics/rule section may be necessary and the rulemaking workshop schedule is subject to change.

Workshop Series Schedule

Rule sections for discussion
WAC 314-55-010 (Definitions) and WAC 314-55-080 (Medical cannabis endorsements)

• Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 3-4 p.m.
• Thursday, March 28, 2024, 1-2 p.m.

Rule sections for discussion
WAC 314-55-095 (Cannabis servings and transaction limits), WAC 314-55-105 (Packaging and labeling), and WAC 314-55-106 (Cannabis warning symbol)

• Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 3-3:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 12, 2024, 1:30-3 p.m.

Rule sections for discussion
WAC 314-55-102 (Quality assurance and quality control) and WAC 314-55-109 (Cannabinoid additives)

• Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 2-3:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 26, 2024, 10-11:30 a.m.

The draft rules for each rule section will be publicly disseminated approximately one week prior to the associated workshop session via a GovDelivery announcement. The session information with virtual links and draft rules will be posted on the LCB Cannabis Rulemaking Webpage.

The sessions will not be recorded, and although participants can mute/unmute and turn on/off video, the chat feature will not be available. Following the discussions, a recap of the feedback received will also be posted on the website. For those unable to attend the sessions, we encourage written comments on the topics for discussion.

If you have any questions regarding this announcement or to provide written comments, please email rules@lcb.wa.gov.

Pre-registration for this Zoom meeting is required. 

The meeting access link will be included in your registration confirmation email.

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" We often ask young people to think about their futures, but the world we're asking them to think about living in is changing quickly. From screen time to social media to emerging substance use trends to being trauma-informed, preventionists have to stay up to date on the health of young people- so have you thought about climate change? Climate change is on the minds of upwards of 80% of young people, making it a standout issue. Increased stressors on communities, families, and individuals can mean increased mental health challenges, as well as other public health concerns, and people and communities will have different abilities to adapt to these changes depending on a host of socioeconomic factors. This training is designed as a conversation to help you begin to be climate-informed about these issues and more, so these subjects are familiar to you when bolstering youth and community resiliency, and helping young people find hopeful answers to the question, "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" 

This lecture is designed to address a critical and contemporary clinical challenge: understanding the impact of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids on individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD).

Workshop 6 of 6 in the "Trauma-informed, in school sessions" workshop series. View the series page for full details.

As systemic inequities and trauma are often intertwined, addressing their connection becomes crucial in trauma-informed school communities. Centering equity in every student interaction and adult partnership supporting the school system is essential. The capacity for the adults responsible for implementing trauma-informed practices grounded in equity is nurtured through equity-centered coaching.

In this workshop, we will explore the principles of equity-centered coaching to cultivate trauma-informed school environments. Coaching conversations, grounded in active listening, cultural humility, and psychological safety, model the equitable interactions we hope administrators have with educators and providers so that educators and providers can offer the same experience with their students.

Together, we will examine our own identities, assumptions, patterns, and beliefs - creating space for new perspectives. This self-reflection enables us to recognize how inequities and trauma manifest in our schools. As we build self-awareness about our experiences and worldviews, we become better able to perceive concerning dynamics and interrupt cycles of harm.

This workshop invites us to envision the trauma-informed and healing-centered schools we desire – places where adults possess the tools to nurture their well-being and fully empower students. We will review evidence-based tools, rationale, and resources to foster cultural humility, mitigate systemic barriers, and build trusting partnerships across the school community.

There is growing concern among prevention specialists and public health officials regarding older adults and substance use, misuse, and increasing substance use disorders. Substance use in older adults is complicated and is often overlooked, especially when individuals are experiencing other aging related health conditions. While the number of older adults experiencing substance use disorders dramatically increased in the last 20 years, prevention services have not been tailored to the needs of older adults. This webinar will highlight the growing problem, approaches to understanding the older adult population in your community, and available strategies. Additionally, we will hear directly from preventionists who are implementing programming with this population.

This builds off some of the foundational and historical content covered in “Introduction to Prevention Science.” (see above)

*Required unless Coordinator has more than 2 years of experience with CPWI, has attended SAPST, and has attended either a CPWI Orientation and/or New Coordinator Basic Training series.

Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

These workshops are drawn from the Art & Science of Community Organizing Training (ASCOT) curriculum and are designed for busy community leaders, advocates, allies, organizers, mobilizers, and champions in their work to prevent substance use disorders and local violence, while also promoting equity, inclusion and access. Facilitators are dedicated WA State prevention advocates and advocates with decades of experience.

$75 per workshop; $200 for the entire series.

*Northwest HIDTA is partnering with WASAVP to offer these workshops at no cost to individuals, organizations and communities.

Full workshop cost waivers are available; just ask.