The CDC Alcohol Program is celebrating their 20th anniversary of "preventing excessive alcohol use to reduce disease, injury, and death."

Recertification training is for facilitators who have been trained and certified (3 or more years ago) to facilitate SFP 10-14 with families in their local communities. To maintain current certification, facilitators should recertify to receive the most current program updates, updated research of SFP 10-14, leadership development with implementation teams, and review of current research- and practice-based strategies for successful family engagement in prevention programming. Recertification is valid for three (3) years. Recertification is six hours via Zoom with an additional two hours of asynchronous work for a total of 8 hours of training.

Training Dates:
December 15-16, 2021

Time: 9 am - 12 pm (each day)

Trainer: AnaMaria Diaz Martinez, SFP 10-14 National Trainer

Registration is required. 

Training Cost: $0.0

Registration Questions: sfp.1014@wsu.edu or a.martinez@wsu.edu

Social Emotional Learning Advisory Committee

Let your voice be heard!

The Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Advisory Committee and the Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee (EOGOAC) will be jointly hosting a virtual family and community forum on Thursday, November 4th from 5pm-7pm to discuss Social Emotional Learning.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is broadly understood as a process through which individuals build awareness and skills in managing emotions, setting goals, establishing relationships, and making responsible decisions that support success in school and in life. At its core, SEL is about supporting social emotional wellbeing and ensuring every young person feels a deep sense of belonging in their school and community. In this uniquely challenging moment, it is critical that we come together to listen, learn and better understand the impacts of the last year on the social and emotional health of children of color. We are inviting students, families and communities to share with us how our schools should work with families and communities of color to create equitable opportunities for positive social emotional learning (SEL).

Topics of discussion will include:

• Student belonging
• Culturally responsive SEL
• Co-Designing SEL with families
• Preparing the educator workforce for SEL

Space will be limited, so please pre-register. Priority will be given to students, families and community members. Spanish and ASL interpretation will be provided. If you need accommodations or language interpretation, please indicate on your registration. 

What: Family and Community Forum 

Who: Families, students, school staff, advocates, educators, community members 

When: Thursday, November 4th from 5pm-7pm

Where: Virtual through Zoom platform 

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Programming is offered each day from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. PT with two short breaks.

November Sessions: Nov. 2, 9, 16

Participation Rates

• Workshop: $650
• Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®): $288

Given the continued emergence of an interconnected society, a global pandemic, and protests and unrest calling for racial justice, building organizational capacity for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion is more critical than ever. The need for leaders within social sector organizations to understand and engage the current environment is essential in building an equitable society for all. 

This journey begins by ensuring all people feel valued at work. It mandates the co-creation of an inclusive workforce that can foster the development of a healthy, productive, and peaceful society in which all people can participate and reach their full potential. 

During this virtual workshop presented by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities-Council on Accreditation, participants will explore their relationships with equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a safe environment and make progress on developing an EDI action plan for their organizations.  

Because advancing EDI requires more than just basic knowledge and the will to improve, presenters will help participants understand their own biases as well as the role of historical discrimination, non-inclusive behavioral actions, and culture in creating an unjust society. 

The workshop will include presentations of valuable information, facilitated discussions, reflection opportunities, and dedicated planning time. In addition to learning about core concepts, participants will put ideas into action with facilitated planning time. Everyone will have the opportunity to begin developing action plans for advancing their organizations’ EDI journeys. As such, organizations are encouraged to send multiple employees that together can develop or work on current EDI plans for advancement.

About the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) 
To be equipped to advance equity within your community, organization, and beyond, it is essential to also understand and advance your personal journey. Enhance your participation in this workshop with the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®), which provides valuable and actionable information about your own mindset/skillset toward cultural difference and commonality. The IDI®, a 50-item online questionnaire, has been developed and tested using rigorous cross-culturally validated psychometric protocols with over 220,000 respondents from a wide range of cultural groups and countries. 

Add this assessment to your workshop registration to receive practical and in-depth information. Individuals will receive a customized IDI® Individual Profile Report and participate in a 60-minute one-on-one debrief session with Alliance-COA Director of Evaluation and Research Phyllis Richards to discuss their results and develop a plan to meet their personal intercultural development goals. Richards is a qualified administrator of the IDI® and has more than a decade of experience in working collaboratively to address systemic racism and improve cultural competency.

Workshop Goals

• How EDI has changed over time within the U.S. as a result of legislation
• Understand the skills needed to advance your EDI personal journey
• How biases, racism, and incivility are barriers to building an EDI-enriched workplace culture 
• Understand their organization’s phase of EDI maturity, and how to move to the next phase
• A multi-faceted approach for co-creating an organizational culture that fosters EDI
• Options for addressing critical current issues
• How to structure an organizational plan to advance EDI using results-based strategies
• Create the skeleton plan with facilitator support
   

Webinar Description 

Many of us know and agree that diversity, equity, and inclusion are important considerations in prevention practice. In this webinar, we will discuss action steps, both personally and professionally, to bring the conversation of equity to life.

Objectives

By the end of the webinar participants will be able to: 

• Define foundational terms like disparity, equity, inequity and social determinants of health
• Describe how to prioritize equity in prevention planning
• Describe why equity is an ethical and practical component of our prevention job competencies

Join the Northwest ATTC for its next webinar, featuring trainer Paul Hunziker, MA, LMFT, SUDP.

Including families in SUD treatment can create a powerful long lasting positive impact on outcomes while at the same time including families can create many additional complexities to providing treatment. Creating and maintaining a strong family program can be an elusive goal or may feel like a daunting task. This webinar will examine what components of family programming we know to be most effective and discuss different ways to effectively incorporate families into SUD treatment. 

Learning objectives:

1. Review research on the benefits of including families in SUD treatment.
2. Examine the spectrum of family programming configurations.
3. Discuss simple ways to increase family involvement.

Certificate of attendance availalbe for all those who attend the live event. 

CLAJ Fall Seminar on Psychiatric Disorders in Incarcerated Populations: Challenges for Correctional Facilities and the Public Health System

November 11, 2021

2:00pm to 3:30pm (Eastern)

Mental health and substance use disorders are common in youth and adults in correctional facilities in the United States. Services are insufficient, and after release, there are many barriers to linkage to services in the community.

Join the Committee on Law and Justice for a seminar that will explore and discuss psychiatric disorders in incarcerated populations and challenges for correctional facilities and the public health system.

The seminar will highlight: (1) services needs and service utilization during incarceration – in jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers; and (2) linkage to community services. The objective of the seminar is to address how we might improve the systems that provide care.

 (Hosted by Alcohol Policy Panel of San Diego County)

Lower income communities are often the location of choice for smoke shops, liquor stores and other adult-focused businesses. However, due to the high numbers of these businesses in such areas, they are one of several community factors that have been identified as lowering the life expectancy, health, and quality of life for those living nearby. Smart policy solutions can mitigate some of these challenges and give residents an opportunity to thrive. 

This webinar will be led by Catherine Patterson, co-executive director of CityHealth. CityHealth is an organization dedicated to promoting local solutions that can give everyone the opportunity to live healthy, full lives. Most recently, Ms. Patterson presented on a CityHealth report examining the relationship between alcohol policy/practices and violent crime in cities. She also presented at the National Association of County and City Health Officials annual conference about how community-centered alcohol licensing and practices can lead to better health outcomes.

Email Craig Reed at creed@publicstrategies.org with any questions.

This webinar is offered at 9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. PST.

Programming is offered each day from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. PT with two short breaks.

November Sessions: Nov. 2, 9, 16

Participation Rates

• Workshop: $650
• Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®): $288

Given the continued emergence of an interconnected society, a global pandemic, and protests and unrest calling for racial justice, building organizational capacity for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion is more critical than ever. The need for leaders within social sector organizations to understand and engage the current environment is essential in building an equitable society for all. 

This journey begins by ensuring all people feel valued at work. It mandates the co-creation of an inclusive workforce that can foster the development of a healthy, productive, and peaceful society in which all people can participate and reach their full potential. 

During this virtual workshop presented by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities-Council on Accreditation, participants will explore their relationships with equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a safe environment and make progress on developing an EDI action plan for their organizations.  

Because advancing EDI requires more than just basic knowledge and the will to improve, presenters will help participants understand their own biases as well as the role of historical discrimination, non-inclusive behavioral actions, and culture in creating an unjust society. 

The workshop will include presentations of valuable information, facilitated discussions, reflection opportunities, and dedicated planning time. In addition to learning about core concepts, participants will put ideas into action with facilitated planning time. Everyone will have the opportunity to begin developing action plans for advancing their organizations’ EDI journeys. As such, organizations are encouraged to send multiple employees that together can develop or work on current EDI plans for advancement.

About the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) 
To be equipped to advance equity within your community, organization, and beyond, it is essential to also understand and advance your personal journey. Enhance your participation in this workshop with the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®), which provides valuable and actionable information about your own mindset/skillset toward cultural difference and commonality. The IDI®, a 50-item online questionnaire, has been developed and tested using rigorous cross-culturally validated psychometric protocols with over 220,000 respondents from a wide range of cultural groups and countries. 

Add this assessment to your workshop registration to receive practical and in-depth information. Individuals will receive a customized IDI® Individual Profile Report and participate in a 60-minute one-on-one debrief session with Alliance-COA Director of Evaluation and Research Phyllis Richards to discuss their results and develop a plan to meet their personal intercultural development goals. Richards is a qualified administrator of the IDI® and has more than a decade of experience in working collaboratively to address systemic racism and improve cultural competency.

Workshop Goals

• How EDI has changed over time within the U.S. as a result of legislation
• Understand the skills needed to advance your EDI personal journey
• How biases, racism, and incivility are barriers to building an EDI-enriched workplace culture 
• Understand their organization’s phase of EDI maturity, and how to move to the next phase
• A multi-faceted approach for co-creating an organizational culture that fosters EDI
• Options for addressing critical current issues
• How to structure an organizational plan to advance EDI using results-based strategies
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The UW Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) is offering a four-part quarterly webinar series covering the latest topics on treating opioid use disorder and related topics in Washington State.

These virtual 60-minute didactic trainings will provide content to support you in developing your skills to work with patients on MOUD.

The first presentation, What’s Up With Drugs with Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, will provide an overview of on current drug trends in Washington State with a focus on fentanyl, methamphetamine, and overdoses.

Who should attend: This series intended audience is for anyone in Washington State treating people with OUD. Examples of individuals and organizations to invite are providers, care managers, navigators, SUDPs, pharmacists, administrators, those in the criminal legal system, FQHCs, health systems, BHAs, SUD programs, OTPs, SSPs, EDs, Inpatient, and anyone else you would like to attend.

Presenter: 

Dana M. Litt, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems
School of Public Health
University of North Texas Health Science Center

In this webinar, Dr. Litt will discuss the importance of considering specific risk-conducive environments for drinking that may be particularly salient for college students.  Two studies, focusing on spring break and the first six weeks of college, will provide insights into the ways in which risk-conducive environments may lead to heightened risk for certain college students.  Dr. Litt will close by discussing an ongoing pilot study testing a text-messaging intervention aimed specifically at delaying drinking initiation and/or decreasing drinking escalation among a sample of first-year college students and will demonstrate how pandemic-specific context was integrated into intervention content.

Zoom’s “Live Transcript” Auto Transcription will be provided and enabled.

Full Zoom details are here:

When: Nov 17, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Topic: CCSAP Webinar #1 2021-2022

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