This 6-week Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS) offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Trainers will share examples from their own systems change experiences and will highlight how leveraging leadership, communications, funding, and data can help participants to achieve their prevention goals. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion. By the end of the EPLS, participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of systems change to success in the field of prevention
• Name four capacities necessary to create enabling contexts
• Identify personal strengths and areas to enhance leadership capacity
• Name at least two strategies to communicate the value of prevention to enhance system change efforts focused on prevention
• List three resources available to complete the fund mapping process in their community
• Describe why data systems are essential in prevention

As substance misuse prevention professionals, we regularly face situations that require us to make ethical decisions. Often it is clear how to act ethically; sometimes it is not.

This moderated online course explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics, brought to life with realistic examples designed to enhance participant understanding. The course also introduces a decision-making process to help practitioners apply this code to a variety of ethical dilemmas, and an online discussion area to facilitate discussion with other course participants.

This 2-week, 4-session series offers an interactive experience that explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to also provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to application of an ethical decision-making process.

This online 4 Part [3 hours per part] Course will be held via Zoom over the course of four days. March 23, March 25, March 30, April 1, 2021.  9:00am to 12:00pm (Pacific) each day.

Course 3 - Trauma-Practitioners Neuroscience provides a new lens through which to view challenging and disruptive behavior. This information helps us to respond more compassionately and effectively to individuals that use adaptive strategies to cope with their experiences. Being true to CRI’s K.I.S.S. framework, we believe that dealing more effectively with these individuals requires, first and foremost, the knowledge and insight into why they behave as they do. Once that it is achieved, then we employ strategies based on that knowledge and insight. This course is about those compassionate and effective intervention strategies for challenging behavior. During this four part training for trauma practitioners, participants will learn the foundation of the trauma- informed approach to understanding and helping individuals with behavioral challenges. Challenging behavior has traditionally been thought of as willful and goal oriented which has led to approaches that focus on motivating better behavior using reward and punishment programs. If you’ve tried these strategies and they haven’t worked, this course is for you! Research over the past 30 years demonstrates that a lack of crucial thinking skills results in challenging and disruptive behavior. CRI’s Course 3 focuses on helping to teach the skills these individuals lack while resolving the problems that tend to precipitate challenging behavior.

Participants will:

• Learn why traditional behavior management doesn’t work with many challenging behaviors.
• Learn that challenging behavior occurs when certain demands and expectations exceed an individual’s capacity to respond adaptively. 
• Learn what the research says about the link between challenging behavior and underdeveloped executive function skills.
• Learn that how challenging behavior is viewed will guide the intervention.
• Learn that interventions need to involve identifying the underdeveloped skill and solving the problems that trigger the challenging behavior.
• Learn strategies to develop skills linked to challenging behavior.

Cost: $300 per person and includes Training Materials 

Dates: March 23, March 25, March 30, April 1.  9:00am to 12:00pm (Pacific) each day

Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm (Pacific) 

Times of dramatic change can be overwhelming, but they can also be catalysts for innovation and an opportunity for thoughtful transformation.

This training offers public health leaders and managers a chance to reflect on their own relationship with change, understand how to break down resistance to change, and empower their teams and organizations to harness change as a powerful part of their work.

Learners will gain skills and tools to navigate change and explore what it means to be a learning organization. They will also look at how their organization’s systems and processes help or hinder their work to address change as a normal course of business. Are those systems and processes sufficiently flexible, adaptable, and accountable? Are they adequate for the level of change the organization is experiencing? If not, what other systems or strategies are needed?

Register today for this four-week training, taught by two instructors from the Public Health Management Certificate program, to learn how to engage with change.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe methods to prepare for change.
Identify the skills and tools your organization can use to engage with change.
Analyze system elements that enable organizations to navigate change.
Describe the characteristics of a learning organization.
Explore ways to reduce resistance to change.
Apply knowledge of strategies to reduce resistance to change to a case study.

2021 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Tribal Youth Virtual National Conference
Shaping brighter futures with American Indian, Alaska Native and tribal communities
Strengthening resilience, promoting healing, restoring culture

This free 5-day virtual training is open to everyone interested in Tribal Youth Programs and Issues and will feature sessions designed to support Tribal Youth Programs, Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts, and more!

The Tree of Healing is a premiere behavioral health and Native American cultural conference. Presenters are renowned local, national and international speakers on topics that are timely and targeted towards your learning experience and professional development. Each attendee can earn up to 21 CEU hours including a cultural competency component. Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be served for those registered for the conference. Find the agenda here.

This 6-week Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS) offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Trainers will share examples from their own systems change experiences and will highlight how leveraging leadership, communications, funding, and data can help participants to achieve their prevention goals. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion. By the end of the EPLS, participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of systems change to success in the field of prevention
• Name four capacities necessary to create enabling contexts
• Identify personal strengths and areas to enhance leadership capacity
• Name at least two strategies to communicate the value of prevention to enhance system change efforts focused on prevention
• List three resources available to complete the fund mapping process in their community
• Describe why data systems are essential in prevention

Times of dramatic change can be overwhelming, but they can also be catalysts for innovation and an opportunity for thoughtful transformation.

This training offers public health leaders and managers a chance to reflect on their own relationship with change, understand how to break down resistance to change, and empower their teams and organizations to harness change as a powerful part of their work.

Learners will gain skills and tools to navigate change and explore what it means to be a learning organization. They will also look at how their organization’s systems and processes help or hinder their work to address change as a normal course of business. Are those systems and processes sufficiently flexible, adaptable, and accountable? Are they adequate for the level of change the organization is experiencing? If not, what other systems or strategies are needed?

Register today for this four-week training, taught by two instructors from the Public Health Management Certificate program, to learn how to engage with change.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe methods to prepare for change.
Identify the skills and tools your organization can use to engage with change.
Analyze system elements that enable organizations to navigate change.
Describe the characteristics of a learning organization.
Explore ways to reduce resistance to change.
Apply knowledge of strategies to reduce resistance to change to a case study.

Prevention Ethics: A training for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Prevention Practitioners and individuals working primarily with AI/AN communities and organizations to prevent substance misuse.

This 3-week, 5-session series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen AI/AN prevention practitioners’ capacity to manage challenging situations in their work in AI/AN organizations and communities. Components of this learning series include individual pre-session learning assignments, live videoconference group sessions, facilitated discussion, skills-based learning activities, and practice applying an ethical decision-making process.

The Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit is where solutions are formulated, stakeholders from Federal to family convene, and change begins. It is the annual gathering for stakeholders to discuss what's working in prevention and treatment.

This year, we're removing the barriers and uncertainty of travel to make Rx Summit education more accessible to you. In a time where "what's next" is unknown, one thing is sure - we must come together to formulate solutions. Join us online for the most influential annual conference addressing the opioid and addiction crisis.

Building Bridges to Better Health

We may be physically distant from each other, but now it’s more important than ever to come together. That’s why our 2021 theme is “Building Bridges to Better Health.” 

Making communities safe and healthy is public health’s top priority. COVID-19 has made that even more important. Even though we won’t gather in person, social media and virtual platforms make it easier than ever for us to connect, create and take action.

NPHW 2021 will take place completely virtually April 5-11, 2021. Check out the events page for a full list of events each day. We're adding more all the time! Be sure to RSVP for:

• The NPHW Forum on April 5 featuring a conversation about the community-led movements that are creating a stronger, safer, healthier and more inclusive world
• NPHW and AJPH: A Dialogue on April 6, a fun Q&A about this month's NPHW issue of the journal
• Our always-amazing NPHW Twitter chat (let's get public health to trend on April 7!)

And you don't want to miss the 2021 APHA Policy Action Institute, "Building Bridges: Creating Health" on April 8 and 9, which will bring policy to the forefront during NPHW.

Help us keep the conversation going

In the midst of the most challenging public health crisis of our lifetimes, it's more important than ever to celebrate public health.

Help us continue to thank public health for all the hard work everyone's doing to keep our communities safe. 

APHA is hosting NPHW events entirely online this year, to protect our partners and neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about what APHA is doing, and what you can do to prepare without panic. 

Our NPHW fact sheets are available year-round on the NPHW website so we can keep the momentum and learning going. Learn more about this year's daily themes and how you can be part of the movement for science, action and health, year-round.

How else can you stay involved?

• Check out our NPHW series on Public Health Newswire. Our guest posts from APHA leaders include one from APHA Past-President Lisa Carlson on tending to our mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.
• In the workplace: partner across public and private sectors to make sure decisions are made with the public’s health in mind. 
• Within our communities: let’s start new conversations with our neighbors and become advocates for positive change.

Working together, we can build healthier communities and eventually, the healthiest nation. We need your help to get there.

SOPHE 2021dX Educational Tracks:
1. Leadership, Mentoring and Training the Next Workforce

The health education and promotion profession provides opportunities for growth and professional development through mentorship, professional preparation, and continuing education while focusing on best practices in pedagogical procedures and techniques. Through the occurrences of the COVID-19 pandemic, professionals garnered experience and knowledge to share with the next workforce on increasing these skills.

2. Systems Thinking, Interconnectedness and Health in all Policies

Health educators regularly face complex public health problems that are multi-causal including social determinants of health. As such, they require an array of health education and promotion tools (e.g., health in all policies) and non-public health partners to address the interrelatedness of aspects of the problem.

3. Social Justice and Health Equity

A social justice approach to health education and promotion guides us to work towards creating equity to improve the public’s health. Addressing social determinants will help us move toward achieving health equity. However, what is missing from social determinants models is an explicit recognition that discriminatory systems related to race, ethnicity, immigration status, LBGTQ+, disability and other forms of prejudices have historically helped create inequities in health outcomes.

4. School Health

Prek-12 schools are uniquely positioned to promote positive lifelong health behaviors through the design, implementation, and evaluation of coordinated school health education, programs, and services. During the recent pandemic, the country witnessed schools and educators coming together to fulfill the unprecedented needs of students and families — including providing meals, technological equipment, virtual instruction, and a sense of normalcy — with very little time, training, or resources.

5. Digital Health, Health Communication, and Health Literacy

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical need for accurate, timely, clear and culturally and linguistically appropriate communication of health information, delivered by trusted messengers through targeted channels. Digital communications have dominated the formation of consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to COVID-19, but many times not reaching those with low health literacy skills.

This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors.

Participants will explore a variety of organizational principles that will assist them in the overall development of their coalition by learning more about how to engage and sustain the involvement of key stakeholders and members over time, how to utilize dynamic group-development strategies, and how their efforts can connect with other coalition efforts in their area.

The learning series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to an effective community coalition structure when focusing on primary prevention.

Participants will have the opportunity during the course to discuss specific “next steps” questions.

*** Important: Course 1 is prerequisite for Course 4.

This online 2 Part [3 hours per part] Course will be held via Zoom over the course of two days. April 6 and April 8, 2021.  9:00am to 12:00pm (PST) each day.

Are you tired of going to community meetings just to “sit and admire your own problems” time after time? Then this course is for you.   

Join us for Blueprint for Framing Your Community Initiative:  Create your own community-specific toolkit. 

How do we create a community-wide response to trauma? While individual resilience is certainly important, a community-wide focus on resilience across all domains in which we live our lives is what creates stronger outcomes. Using a living systems model of the salmon life cycle, this training parallels 8 stages of organizational development toward trauma-informed practices. Learn how you can act as a critical indicator species to effect change in your community. Let us help you shape or strengthen your community’s plan for moving to a more resilient community, one based on help, hope and healing. *Course 1 is a prerequisite for this course.

Objectives - Participants will apply adapted versions of CRI’s KISS, FALSE and ROLES concepts in order to assess the health and needs of their own communities. They will develop a timeline for community engagement built on SMART goals.  Finally, participants will explore the importance of Hope in building community resilience and creating a blueprint for organizational vision, mission and long-term stability.

Cost: $150 per person and includes Training Materials 

Dates: April 6 and April 8, 2021.  9:00am to 12:00pm (PST) each day.  9:00am to 12:00pm (PST) each day. 

Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm (PST) 

The Prevent Coalition will be hosting a two day CADCA (Community of Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) Youth Leadership training.

Youth will participate in 1 day of key essentials including utilizing the strategic prevention framework to build capacity and implement prevention strategies, and 1 day photovoice training which teaches community assessment and using photography as a means for social change.

This training will be held virtually. There is no cost for youth to attend. This training is open to all middle school and high school aged youth, no previous prevention experience is required.

This 6-week Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS) offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Trainers will share examples from their own systems change experiences and will highlight how leveraging leadership, communications, funding, and data can help participants to achieve their prevention goals. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion. By the end of the EPLS, participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of systems change to success in the field of prevention
• Name four capacities necessary to create enabling contexts
• Identify personal strengths and areas to enhance leadership capacity
• Name at least two strategies to communicate the value of prevention to enhance system change efforts focused on prevention
• List three resources available to complete the fund mapping process in their community
• Describe why data systems are essential in prevention

Times of dramatic change can be overwhelming, but they can also be catalysts for innovation and an opportunity for thoughtful transformation.

This training offers public health leaders and managers a chance to reflect on their own relationship with change, understand how to break down resistance to change, and empower their teams and organizations to harness change as a powerful part of their work.

Learners will gain skills and tools to navigate change and explore what it means to be a learning organization. They will also look at how their organization’s systems and processes help or hinder their work to address change as a normal course of business. Are those systems and processes sufficiently flexible, adaptable, and accountable? Are they adequate for the level of change the organization is experiencing? If not, what other systems or strategies are needed?

Register today for this four-week training, taught by two instructors from the Public Health Management Certificate program, to learn how to engage with change.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe methods to prepare for change.
Identify the skills and tools your organization can use to engage with change.
Analyze system elements that enable organizations to navigate change.
Describe the characteristics of a learning organization.
Explore ways to reduce resistance to change.
Apply knowledge of strategies to reduce resistance to change to a case study.

Prevention Ethics: A training for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Prevention Practitioners and individuals working primarily with AI/AN communities and organizations to prevent substance misuse.

This 3-week, 5-session series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen AI/AN prevention practitioners’ capacity to manage challenging situations in their work in AI/AN organizations and communities. Components of this learning series include individual pre-session learning assignments, live videoconference group sessions, facilitated discussion, skills-based learning activities, and practice applying an ethical decision-making process.

Building Bridges to Better Health

We may be physically distant from each other, but now it’s more important than ever to come together. That’s why our 2021 theme is “Building Bridges to Better Health.” 

Making communities safe and healthy is public health’s top priority. COVID-19 has made that even more important. Even though we won’t gather in person, social media and virtual platforms make it easier than ever for us to connect, create and take action.

NPHW 2021 will take place completely virtually April 5-11, 2021. Check out the events page for a full list of events each day. We're adding more all the time! Be sure to RSVP for:

• The NPHW Forum on April 5 featuring a conversation about the community-led movements that are creating a stronger, safer, healthier and more inclusive world
• NPHW and AJPH: A Dialogue on April 6, a fun Q&A about this month's NPHW issue of the journal
• Our always-amazing NPHW Twitter chat (let's get public health to trend on April 7!)

And you don't want to miss the 2021 APHA Policy Action Institute, "Building Bridges: Creating Health" on April 8 and 9, which will bring policy to the forefront during NPHW.

Help us keep the conversation going

In the midst of the most challenging public health crisis of our lifetimes, it's more important than ever to celebrate public health.

Help us continue to thank public health for all the hard work everyone's doing to keep our communities safe. 

APHA is hosting NPHW events entirely online this year, to protect our partners and neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about what APHA is doing, and what you can do to prepare without panic. 

Our NPHW fact sheets are available year-round on the NPHW website so we can keep the momentum and learning going. Learn more about this year's daily themes and how you can be part of the movement for science, action and health, year-round.

How else can you stay involved?

• Check out our NPHW series on Public Health Newswire. Our guest posts from APHA leaders include one from APHA Past-President Lisa Carlson on tending to our mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.
• In the workplace: partner across public and private sectors to make sure decisions are made with the public’s health in mind. 
• Within our communities: let’s start new conversations with our neighbors and become advocates for positive change.

Working together, we can build healthier communities and eventually, the healthiest nation. We need your help to get there.

04.12.2021 (Monday) 1pm-3pm

04.14.2021 (Wednesday) 1pm-3pm

04.16.2021 (Friday) 1pm-3pm

Audience: This training is intended for trained and certified SFP 10-14 facilitators in need of recertification. Recerticiation is required after 3 years. 

This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors.

Participants will explore a variety of organizational principles that will assist them in the overall development of their coalition by learning more about how to engage and sustain the involvement of key stakeholders and members over time, how to utilize dynamic group-development strategies, and how their efforts can connect with other coalition efforts in their area.

The learning series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to an effective community coalition structure when focusing on primary prevention.

Participants will have the opportunity during the course to discuss specific “next steps” questions.

The virtual Advocacy in Action Conference, supported by NAADAC (the Association for Addiction Professionals) will provide you with the opportunity to attend briefings on current legislation and learn about important advocacy issues.

The Virtual Hill Day will allow attendees to speak directly with lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the issues that affect the addiction profession and those it serves - all from your home or office!

Save the date! More information will be coming soon.

This 6-week Enhanced Prevention Learning Series (EPLS) offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Trainers will share examples from their own systems change experiences and will highlight how leveraging leadership, communications, funding, and data can help participants to achieve their prevention goals. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion. By the end of the EPLS, participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of systems change to success in the field of prevention
• Name four capacities necessary to create enabling contexts
• Identify personal strengths and areas to enhance leadership capacity
• Name at least two strategies to communicate the value of prevention to enhance system change efforts focused on prevention
• List three resources available to complete the fund mapping process in their community
• Describe why data systems are essential in prevention

This globally recognized event will bring in thousands of people, the majority of whom are parents and educators from every corner of the globe.

Our conference will be keynoted by 3 prestigious presenters: world renowned experts in the field of child psychology and New York Times Best-Selling authors and clinicians, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Dr. Bruce Perry, and Dr. Laura Markham.  These dynamic speakers will bring their expertise and decades of experience as they over unparalleled keynote addresses.  They will also be joined on stage by Dr. Ross Greene, Dr. Deborah MacNamara, Patty Wipfler, Kim Payne,  Jennifer Kolari, and more!

Topics Include:  Achieving optimal Holistic Health; Theraplay for Parents and Caregivers; The Making of the Resilient Family; Navigating Your Child’s Education; Fostering Emotion Regulation; 5 Listening Tools; Being Your Best When Your Kids are at Their Worst; Surviving the Teenage Years; The Danish Way of Parenting; Merging Traditional Child Rearing Practices with Western Psychology; Keeping Children Safe Online; Rest, Play Grow: Helping Young Children Flourish; Growing Strong Girls; How to Talk to Children About Race and Racism; The Explosive Child; Mental Health First for Educators; Childhood Anxiety; Childhood Trauma 

This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors.

Participants will explore a variety of organizational principles that will assist them in the overall development of their coalition by learning more about how to engage and sustain the involvement of key stakeholders and members over time, how to utilize dynamic group-development strategies, and how their efforts can connect with other coalition efforts in their area.

The learning series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to an effective community coalition structure when focusing on primary prevention.

Participants will have the opportunity during the course to discuss specific “next steps” questions.

This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors.

Participants will explore a variety of organizational principles that will assist them in the overall development of their coalition by learning more about how to engage and sustain the involvement of key stakeholders and members over time, how to utilize dynamic group-development strategies, and how their efforts can connect with other coalition efforts in their area.

The learning series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to an effective community coalition structure when focusing on primary prevention.

Participants will have the opportunity during the course to discuss specific “next steps” questions.

This globally recognized event will bring in thousands of people, the majority of whom are parents and educators from every corner of the globe.

Our conference will be keynoted by 3 prestigious presenters: world renowned experts in the field of child psychology and New York Times Best-Selling authors and clinicians, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Dr. Bruce Perry, and Dr. Laura Markham.  These dynamic speakers will bring their expertise and decades of experience as they over unparalleled keynote addresses.  They will also be joined on stage by Dr. Ross Greene, Dr. Deborah MacNamara, Patty Wipfler, Kim Payne,  Jennifer Kolari, and more!

Topics Include:  Achieving optimal Holistic Health; Theraplay for Parents and Caregivers; The Making of the Resilient Family; Navigating Your Child’s Education; Fostering Emotion Regulation; 5 Listening Tools; Being Your Best When Your Kids are at Their Worst; Surviving the Teenage Years; The Danish Way of Parenting; Merging Traditional Child Rearing Practices with Western Psychology; Keeping Children Safe Online; Rest, Play Grow: Helping Young Children Flourish; Growing Strong Girls; How to Talk to Children About Race and Racism; The Explosive Child; Mental Health First for Educators; Childhood Anxiety; Childhood Trauma 

As substance misuse prevention professionals, we regularly face situations that require us to make ethical decisions. Often it is clear how to act ethically; sometimes it is not.

This moderated online course explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics, brought to life with realistic examples designed to enhance participant understanding. The course also introduces a decision-making process to help practitioners apply this code to a variety of ethical dilemmas, and an online discussion area to facilitate discussion with other course participants.

Next Event: April 26- May 7, 2021

Audience: Prevention practitioners working at the state level or in communities

Course Length: 6 hours

This course is NOT meant to be completed in one day. Assignments are due to be posted by Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the first week and Wednesday and Friday the second week.  

The course is open 24/7 and there is no specific time of day that you need to be on the course. You can post your answers at any time, we just ask that you try to keep to the schedule.

Certification: This course has been endorsed by the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC) and meets the IC&RC’s prevention ethics requirement for prevention specialist credentialing.  Individuals who receive a passing grade on the course self-assessment (80% correct) will receive a certificate for 6 hours of participation.

This training has also been approved by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to satisfy CASAC renewal requirements and CPP/CPS initial/renewal credentialing requirements. 

Education Development Center is a NADAAC-approved vendor.

Learning Objectives

Course Modules

Each module contains practical information and interactive exercises designed to help you apply course content to your work. This course also contains numerous resources—including summaries, tools, and links to external sites—to supplement the online course experience.

The National Tribal Public Health Summit is the premier American Indian and Alaska Native specific annual gathering focused on public health policy, systems, and infrastructure. 

The summit highlights best, evidence-based, emerging, and promising practices developed by Tribes for Tribes. It also explores public health policy and its impact on Tribes, and serves as a forum for practitioners, researchers, and policy experts to mobilize in the arenas of public, behavioral, and environmental health.

This conference is for educators, TUPE Coordinators, community-based organizations,school administrators, healthcare providers, school resource officers, parents, and anyone else working with youth to learn about the latest research on youth and cannabis, including products being used, reasons for use, health effects, and the latest available lessons for teaching cannabis education and prevention to middle school and high school aged youth.