SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST) virtual course starts in March
The SPF Application for Prevention Success Training is being hosted online/virtually from March 5-26, 2026, hosted by Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center. Sign up for SPF Application for Prevention Success Training today!
Registration closes February 24.
About
The SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST) Online Course is a 5-week, online, remote course. You will be expected to complete online coursework throughout the duration of the course and to attend four facilitated live learning sessions, as listed below. After completing the course, participants will receive a certificate for 31 training hours (5 hours towards completion of the HealtheKnowledge Introductory module, and 26 hours towards completion of the online course). Participants must complete and attend the full 31-hour training to receive a certificate.
*This training is using newly updated SAPST material.
Objectives
- Describe risk and protective factors in multiple contexts.
- Summarize the Strategic Prevention Framework.
- Describe how to assess substance use problems, risk and protective factors, and community capacity.
- Describe criteria to select a problem, risk or protective factor, and intervention.
- Apply the 5 basic steps of a logic model.
- Explain different uses of evaluation results.
To earn a Certificate of Completion, you must complete the following:
- Attend all 4 of the live sessions
- Complete 80% of the required learning activities in Brightspace
- Complete the post-course evaluation