Suicide is the second leading cause of death among Black youth and the numbers of Black youth who have died by suicide have increased since 2009. What is contributing to this increase? How can we better support our Black youth? Join us for an engaging 4-part webinar series as we explore answers to these questions and discuss some of the social influencers and stressors that have been associated with increased suicide risk. Throughout the series, we will explore the role of masculinity and emotional expression in Black boys, discrimination and bias toward Black LGBTQ+ youth, and racial stress and trauma.

In this introductory webinar, we will describe social influencers of health and their disproportionate impact on the social and emotional well-being of Black youth. We will also explore protective factors that foster strength, resilience, and radical healing in the Black community. 

With games such as League of Legends, Fortnite, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, youth, and young adults are often competitors or viewers of these popular games through E-Sports tournaments. In addition, within the last few years, sports betting has become legal in 32 states. These activities are heavily advertised through billboards, television, pop-up computers, and cell phone ads. With the growth of video gaming and gambling activities in communities across America and online, how does it affect youth and young adults? Middle school, high school, and college students can be at risk of being negatively affected by gaming, gambling, and activities that include a mix of both in their daily lives.

This webinar will discuss the prevalence and trends in youth gaming and gambling and the warning signs of problems with these activities. An overview of strategies to prevent youth problem gaming and gambling behavior will be presented.

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 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 - March 02, 2023
• Session 2 - March 09, 2023
• Session 3 - March 16, 2023
• Session 4 - March 23, 2023
• Session 5 - March 30, 2023
• Session 6 - April 06, 2023
• Session 7 - April 13, 2023

Please note, all sessions are held on Thursdays, as listed above, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 

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 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 - March 02, 2023
• Session 2 - March 09, 2023
• Session 3 - March 16, 2023
• Session 4 - March 23, 2023
• Session 5 - March 30, 2023
• Session 6 - April 06, 2023
• Session 7 - April 13, 2023

Please note, all sessions are held on Thursdays, as listed above, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 

Please join the National American Indian and Native ATTC for their virtual talking circle. This group will be facilitated by a Native guest and will focus on concerns about yourself, your family, your work, and/or your tribal community that you may be experiencing during these uncertain times. There is no fee or expectation to participate in this event. This is a respectful meeting space. Come share your concerns, offer support, and respect the group’s privacy. 

This webinar will explore the key characteristics that differentiate between stressful events and traumatic events to help you understand the most common trauma reactions including substance misuse, the typical course of recovery from trauma, and the major signs and symptoms of a stress disorder. Presenters will differentiate between actual trauma treatment and the components of trauma informed care, including the general treatment recommendations for appropriate treatment of patients with trauma exposure and SUD. Finally, the ways to best utilize the information provided in this training to everyday clinical practice, especially as it relates to American Indian/Alaska Native and rural populations, will be discussed. 

Day 2 of 6; ASCOT is 6-day training facilitated by a team of regional leaders who have worked across Washington State and beyond in community engagement, policy development, prevention programming, leadership development, equity literacy, and community change. The Prevention Specialist Certification Board of Washington approves the training and permits participants who fully complete the course to earn 24 prevention credit hours. For 2023, the training is only offered remotely until it becomes much safer to convene in person. The Washington Association for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention (WASVP) sponsors ASCOT and receives financial support from the NW HIDTA.

In exploring culturally responsive and equity-centered violence and substance use disorder prevention strategies and best practices, the ASCOT curriculum integrates the following -

• 4 cross-cutting themes
• 6 toolboxes
• Daily showcases
• A bank of online resources
• A participant completed course project

The Spring 2023 ASCOT training series is offered on Wednesdays over a seven (7) week period, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Participants will be actively engaged utilizing the Zoom platform.

• Day One, Wednesday, 3/8/2023
• Day Two, Wednesday, 3/15/2023
• Day Three, Wednesday, 3/22/2023
• Day Four, Wednesday, 3/29/2023
• Day Five, Wednesday, 4/12/2023
• Day Six, Wednesday, 4/19/2023

Priority will be given to practitioners who are committed to fully attending all six (6) of the scheduled sessions and participating as an active member of the course learning community.

Scholarships and Training Costs:

Throughout 2023, Northwest HIDTA is providing a number of full tuition scholarships for interested Washington State community advocates, providers and leaders. Recipients of scholarships are asked to be diligent stewards of these fiscal resources by committing to attend all 30 hours of the online training.  If you would like to be a recipient of a scholarship, simply initiate the registration process via the Zoom link and indicate your interest.

$850 is the cost for the training, materials, and resources. 

Once you have completed the online registration, you will receive payment information directly from WASAVP. Once WASAVP is in receipt of your payment or confirmation about your scholarship, you will then receive written confirmation of your enrollment into the training series. The training is limited to the first 20 who complete registration and payment.

Questions:           Please link to WASAVP's website www.wasavp.org for additional information.

In registering for Day 1/6 of ASCOT (March 8, 2023) secures registration for all six days of the training.

This is an expanded version of the popular TOR Care & Share sessions that began in early 2020, now open to all prevention, treatment, and recovery professionals working with Native populations. This session is a guided discussion for participants to share their expertise, unique tribal and community practices, and offer peer-to-peer support for others serving Native people and tribal communities. Discussion topics are determined by registration responses.

This session is held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.

“No man is an island,” and as prevention practitioners, we collaborate with partners to build healthier communities day in and day out. We have many tools to support our work but, like a chef with a dull knife or a health care provider with a broken stethoscope, these tools are only useful if they are kept in good working order. Join us for a series virtual technical assistance sessions to explore three tools – sustainability plans, strategic plans and logic models – that can support your efforts to create community change. 

This webinar will cover the products typically utilized in vape devices, such as THC. We will also discuss the components and constituents and associated health risks. Finally, we will discuss available some resources for helping people quit smoking or vaping.

Our nation’s health care system too often leaves people of color and other minorities behind, while chronic underfunding continues to create devastating effects on health care outcomes.

What can we do to address these long-standing failures in our health care system? How can we close the gap in health care access for historically underserved communities? Find out during this webinar! 

Topics to be covered include:

• Important insights from the thought-provoking academic study.
• The far-reaching consequences of health inequity on Black Americans.
• How inequities have yielded significantly worse outcomes for marginalized communities.
• The impacts of neglecting to act on systemic health inequalities.

Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based approach to empower behavior change and enhance client recovery outcomes. At a higher level, how can we use MI skills to expand access to tobacco cessation services and treatment? How can we lead with an MI mindset and best address tobacco-related disparities?

Join the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control on Wednesday, March 15, 11-1 p.m. PT for a masterclass to explore how you can use MI strategies to create systems-level change in tobacco cessation efforts. This masterclass workshop – Part 2 in a series – will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss case scenarios with peers and National Council for Mental Wellbeing Senior Advisor, Pam Pietruszewski, MA, and Director, Practice Improvement, Tamanna Patel, MPH, CDP.

• How to identify coalition strengths and challenges related to policy development and implementation
• Understand the five internal steps of the Policy Adoption Model necessary to prepare a policy for public discussion, debate and support
• Learn the five external steps of the policy process with an emphasis on media advocacy, community organizing and post-adoption policy compliance 

Whether it is cross-racial or as a Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) provider, understanding the socio-emotional challenges and legacy of racism on Black Mothers is an imperative part of first doing no harm and empowering healing and well-being. This presentation honors the ways in which Black Mothers have inherited the pain and impact of racism, and how our systems and institutions have embedded those racial disparities at great cost to them and their children. Included will be points of consideration and action for providers toward solution-focused interventions for this important population.

This half-day (4 hours) live session is ideal for busy individuals looking for introductory or refresher training. Whether you’re a clinician in a behavioral health setting, a supervisor trying to boost staff morale or a nurse helping patients manage diabetes, motivational interviewing (MI) training can help you create conversations that empower people to make meaningful changes.

Curriculum pace and flow is intentionally designed to maximize engagement and interaction in a virtual environment.

• CTAS open office hours
• Final Q&A

In this webinar, you will: 

• Understand the connection between trauma, mental wellbeing and commercial tobacco use;
• Explore how a trauma-informed approach can inform our tobacco cessation strategies; and
• Discuss best practices to address commercial tobacco use through a trauma-informed resiliency-oriented lens.

This webinar is hosted by the Rede Group and is part of a series of training opportunities designed for the Youth Cannabis & Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program [YCCTPP].

The intended audience for this webinar are prevention practitioners in Washington.

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 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 - March 02, 2023
• Session 2 - March 09, 2023
• Session 3 - March 16, 2023
• Session 4 - March 23, 2023
• Session 5 - March 30, 2023
• Session 6 - April 06, 2023
• Session 7 - April 13, 2023

Please note, all sessions are held on Thursdays, as listed above, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 

If you have completed the Minerva training and have a Minerva user login, you may join the Minerva TA Calls. No registration is needed - join using the link below. Questions will be taken in the order submitted and you are welcome to listen in on the call to learn from others.​ These online calls are intended for CBOs, CPWIs, and projects.

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The diet industry is a $72 billion industry. Our culture is obsessed with weight loss and idolizes thinness, often equating it to health, beauty and morality. This westernized view of "health" has contributed to the alarming number of eating disorders across the world, with more than 28 million Americans alone struggling. Health At Every Size ® (HAES) is a modern approach that challenges the "thin ideal" and offers an inclusive approach to the treatment and care of bodies at all sizes, providing insight into the idea that health is more than just a number.

This webinar will explore diet culture’s influence on the healthcare industry today and how that influence has led to bias and harm, especially for those in larger bodies. Attendees will learn how to use the principles of HAES to identify their own biases around health and break down cultural stereotypes to move towards self-healing and body acceptance.

The increasing use of electronic vaporizing devices (i.e. “vaping”), especially among youth and young adults, presents a challenge for public health and substance use treatment stakeholders. The decline in tobacco product use since the 1990s has been one of the great public health success stories in recent years. However, rising rates of vaping threaten to undo that success. Vaping of other substances, such as cannabis, is also on the rise and presents a related challenge. This two-part webinar series will discuss how, why, and to what extent vaping rates have increased across different populations and review effective public health and treatment responses to vaping.

This webinar will overview data on the scope of vaping and how it contrasts with historical and ongoing trends in other forms of nicotine and cannabis use. The webinar will discuss the risks from vaping and how they compare to other substance use risks. It will also summarize known risk factors for use and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on use rates. Lastly, the webinar will discuss the inconclusive evidence for the use of vaping as a smoking cessation tool for adults.

Join the National American Indian and Alaska Native PTTC for this four-part webinar series. In order to promote good health, prevent disease, and provide cultural connections we are offering a series to address the health disparities across Indian country.  We intend to bring together those who serve in American Indian/ Alaska Native communities to learn about Native nutrition and its impact on prevention and healing. Experts will share their traditional knowledge to connect us to ancestral foods that can be used today in our journey to wellness.

Sessions in this series will be held on: 

• Tuesday, March 21, 2023 
• Tuesday, March 28, 2023 
• Tuesday, April 4, 2023 
• Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Effectively using social media platforms and being media literate is critically important in a digital age. Improving prevention practitioners’ media literacy and their use of social media platforms can enhance communication with key audiences and result in more effective prevention efforts. This three-part webinar series aims to do this by helping participants better understand core concepts such as media literacy, social media strategies, and the role of advertising in substance use, and develop skills to think critically about social media, its’ messages, and its role in prevention.

• Webinar 1: Social Media Best Practices - March 21, 2023, 11:30 - 1 p.m. 
• Webinar 2: Media Literacy as a Practical and Transferrable Skill - April 11, 2023, 11:30 - 1 p.m. 
• Webinar 3: Using Media in Susbtance Misuse Prevention - May 2, 2023, 11:30 - 1 p.m. 

Day 3 of 6; ASCOT is 6-day training facilitated by a team of regional leaders who have worked across Washington State and beyond in community engagement, policy development, prevention programming, leadership development, equity literacy, and community change. The Prevention Specialist Certification Board of Washington approves the training and permits participants who fully complete the course to earn 24 prevention credit hours. For 2023, the training is only offered remotely until it becomes much safer to convene in person. The Washington Association for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention (WASVP) sponsors ASCOT and receives financial support from the NW HIDTA.

In exploring culturally responsive and equity-centered violence and substance use disorder prevention strategies and best practices, the ASCOT curriculum integrates the following -

• 4 cross-cutting themes
• 6 toolboxes
• Daily showcases
• A bank of online resources
• A participant completed course project

The Spring 2023 ASCOT training series is offered on Wednesdays over a seven (7) week period, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Participants will be actively engaged utilizing the Zoom platform.

• Day One, Wednesday, 3/8/2023
• Day Two, Wednesday, 3/15/2023
• Day Three, Wednesday, 3/22/2023
• Day Four, Wednesday, 3/29/2023
• Day Five, Wednesday, 4/12/2023
• Day Six, Wednesday, 4/19/2023

Priority will be given to practitioners who are committed to fully attending all six (6) of the scheduled sessions and participating as an active member of the course learning community.

Scholarships and Training Costs:

Throughout 2023, Northwest HIDTA is providing a number of full tuition scholarships for interested Washington State community advocates, providers and leaders. Recipients of scholarships are asked to be diligent stewards of these fiscal resources by committing to attend all 30 hours of the online training.  If you would like to be a recipient of a scholarship, simply initiate the registration process via the Zoom link and indicate your interest.

$850 is the cost for the training, materials, and resources. 

Once you have completed the online registration, you will receive payment information directly from WASAVP. Once WASAVP is in receipt of your payment or confirmation about your scholarship, you will then receive written confirmation of your enrollment into the training series. The training is limited to the first 20 who complete registration and payment.

Questions:           Please link to WASAVP's website www.wasavp.org for additional information.

In registering for Day 1/6 of ASCOT (March 8, 2023) secures registration for all six days of the training.

This dynamic interactive workshop will explore how your coalition or prevention program can optimize your prevention messaging and reach a larger audience through the world of podcasting. Learn how to create your own podcast through this interactive workshop where you will have an opportunity to practice doing a 3- to 5-minute podcast.

This webinar focuses on the plight of children and parents from Central America who have sought asylum in the U.S. Drawing on his research, clinical work, and the available literature, Zayas identifies the forces that drive families to make precarious journeys to safety and the effects of immigration detention. He then points to the numerous stressors and traumas suffered by children, operating from the perspectives of human attachment and mental health. Zayas poses critical questions for providers of all types who assess, treat, and organize services for these families.

The meeting will be hosted on ZOOM from 9-11 a.m. with a 3rd-hour training from 11 a.m.-noon. 

Pre-registration for this no-cost meeting is required. Click on the Zoom link below to go to the registration page.

Please join the National American Indian and Alaska Native ATTC for a 5-part Behavioral Health webinar series hosted by Dan Foster, PhD, (Western Band Cherokee-Dakota/Lakota) and Suzan McVicker, PhD, (Cherokee Descendent), Warren “Bim” Pourier, MA, LPC, (Lakota), as they present on Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. These 120-minute webinars will offer an overview of IFS and its applications in a clinical setting. Discussion also will include cultural considerations, recovery, re-entry, and addressing elements of the human condition. An interactive format will be used with a brief Q and A period reserved at the end of each event.

Sessions are the 4th Friday of the month:

• March 22
• April 26
• May 24
• June 28
• July 26

All sessions are 10 a.m. to noon. 

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2023), Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) (Short Title: AWARE) NOFO SM-23-001.

The purpose of this program is to develop a sustainable infrastructure for school-based mental health programs and services. Recipients are expected to build collaborative partnerships with the State Education Agency (SEA), Local Education Agency (LEA), Tribal Education Agency (TEA), the State Mental Health Agency (SMHA), community-based providers of behavioral health care services, school personnel, community organizations, families, and school-aged youth. Award recipients will leverage their partnerships to implement mental health-related promotion, awareness, prevention, intervention, and resilience activities to ensure that school-aged youth have access and are connected to appropriate and effective behavioral health services. With this program, SAMHSA aims to promote the healthy social and emotional development of school-aged youth and prevent youth violence in school settings.

Eligible applicants are States and Territories, including the District of Columbia; political subdivisions of States (e.g., county, LEA); Indian tribes, or tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25); health facilities, or programs operated by or in accordance with a contract or award with the Indian Health Service; or other public or private non-profit entities. Recipients who received funding under the Project AWARE NOFOs SM-20-016, SM-21-006, SM-22-001, or SM-22-018 are not eligible to apply under this announcement.

Research shows that alcohol use and misuse among women are increasing. During this virtual lunch and learn SSW PTTC Evaluator, Nicole Schoenborn and Epidemiologist, Dr. Beverly Triana-Tremain will provide an overview of data collected for our newest data brief, "Women and Alcohol Drinking to Cope in a Pandemic World." This brief provides context for why problem drinking is increasing in prevalence among women. It also compares national data to HHS Region 6 states' data (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas), and explores strategies for addressing the problem. 

The increasing use of electronic vaporizing devices (i.e. “vaping”), especially among youth and young adults, presents a challenge for public health and substance use treatment stakeholders. The decline in tobacco product use since the 1990s has been one of the great public health success stories in recent years. However, rising rates of vaping threaten to undo that success. Vaping of other substances, such as cannabis, is also on the rise and presents a related challenge. This two-part webinar series will discuss how, why, and to what extent vaping rates have increased across different populations and review effective public health and treatment responses to vaping.

This webinar will examine evidence-based and promising public health policy recommendations and treatment strategies for addressing and reducing vaping use. It will also review the gaps in knowledge that still exist due to the recent emergence of vaping as a major public health issue. Despite these gaps and lack of comprehensive treatment guidelines, there are promising programs such as CATCH My Breath and smokeSCREEN, as well as the potential for pharmacological interventions when warranted. In addition to discussing these strategies, the webinar will review potential public health policies for addressing environmental factors related to risk of vaping. It will also summarize recent federal and state regulatory actions to address vaping. Lastly, the webinar will provide a small group discussion opportunity for participants to share their experiences addressing vaping.

1. Discuss incorporating changes, like COVID 19, to the existing TBHA.
2. Explore new ways to leverage the TBHA for improved coordination and collaboration.

1. What lessons have you learned through COVID-19 that could be applied to an updated TBHA?
2. Have you identified other topics or areas of the TBHA that need updated?
3. How can information and resources within the TBHA best be shared and utilized?

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 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 - March 02, 2023
• Session 2 - March 09, 2023
• Session 3 - March 16, 2023
• Session 4 - March 23, 2023
• Session 5 - March 30, 2023
• Session 6 - April 06, 2023
• Session 7 - April 13, 2023

Please note, all sessions are held on Thursdays, as listed above, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 

Join the Oregon Poison Center for a special National Poison Prevention Week presentation with Dr. Rob Hendrickson, medical director of the Oregon Poison Center at OHSU and professor of emergency medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine. Includes 40-min lecture and 10-min Q&A.