This series will address the need for ongoing prevention ethics training. In six interactive virtual sessions, participants will focus on taking a deep dive into the principles of the Code of Ethics for Prevention Specialists with special focus on how these principles apply when implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). Each session will focus on a different principle. After a short presentation, participants will work together in small groups to look at how that principle can be applied by our prevention workforce while implementing the SPF.

This prevention ethics series is for substance misuse prevention practitioners that have already completed a Foundations in Prevention Ethics training. If you would like to attend this series but have not yet completed the prevention ethics foundation course, complete the free, self-paced, online prevention ethics course on HealtheKnowledge before attending this ethics series.

In order to receive a certificate of attendance for this training, participants are required to actively participate and be on camera. Participants will be allowed into trainings up to 10 minutes after the start of the session. After that time, no new attendees will be accepted into the session because the group will have moved into breakout rooms.

Schedule:

Deep dive into prevention ethics: Non-discrimination and the SPF
Thursday, January 4, 2024, 7:30-9 a.m. 

Deep dive into prevention ethics: Competency and the SPF
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 7:30-9 a.m.

Deep dive into prevention ethics: Integrity and the SPF
Thursday, March 7, 2024, 7:30-9 a.m.

Deep dive into prevention ethics: Nature of services and the SPF
Thursday, April 4, 2024, 7:30-9 a.m. 

Deep dive into prevention ethics: Confidentiality and the SPF
Thursday, May 2, 7:30-9 a.m.

Deep dive into prevention ethics: Ethical obligations and the SPF
Thursday, June 6, 7:30-9 a.m. 

How can we prevent substance misuse unless we understand what places kids at greater risk of misusing drugs? During this webinar, the risk factors that place youth at greater risk of substance misuse, as identified by the Social Development Research Group through systematic reviews of the research literature, will be explored. Each risk factor will be discussed to ensure that preventionists understand their meaning in order to address them effectively. 

In this session, participants will learn introductory elements of grant writing. This session will introduce participants to grant terminology, where to find grant opportunities, and how to read grant announcements.

This is session one of a three-part series on grant writing from basics to application. Be sure to register for each part! 

This seven 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 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.

Up to 16.5 hours of continuing education hours can be earned in this series. Participants who complete the entire course will receive a certificate of attendance for 16.5 hours. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.

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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Join the Washington State Department of Health and the Rede Group for a webinar on a perinatal tobacco cessation quality improvement initiative, with evidence-based screening and treatment for pregnant and postpartum people, including those with co-occurring substance use and behavioral health conditions. 

The NW Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Collaborative presents our monthly webinar series. 

Description: Mainstream media portrayals of rural America tend to focus on themes of political conservatism, lack of resources, and exodus of younger adults. But these stereotypes miss innovative work happening in rural areas, and a long-standing capacity among community building and collaboration around important issues like public health. This presentation will provide examples of rural-based care and responses to the opioid crisis in Southeast Washington, from staff of an independent nonprofit. Public-private partnerships, state and federal grant funding, volunteerism, and mobile-based services will be examined for their utility across a few different models of care.

Objectives: by the end of this webinar, participants should be able to:

Identify service strategies available to rural health care providers, enumerate benefits of a harm reduction approach in rural areas, articulate funding structures and opportunities to diversify funding support of rural-prioritized health care services

Speaker: ​Everett Maroon, MPH, is Executive Director of Blue Mountain Heart to Heart (BMHTH), a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Walla Walla, Washington, focusing on HIV care and prevention, and care and recovery for people with substance use disorder. He is engaged in regional and statewide efforts to increase pathways for recovery in rural areas and for stigmatized patient populations. Everett co-authored the Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health's opioid demonstration project, called the Opioid Resource Network, and continues to be engaged in Medicaid transformation efforts in his region.

Join New England PTTC to learn about a unique prevention tool: Graphic Medicine. Graphic Medicine are evidence-based ways of accessibly communicating health information. In the Air is a graphic medicine built to foster conversations with and among young people around vaping, choices about substance use, and social factors. This graphic novel-styled story of five teens going through high school incorporates the behavioral science of substance misuse prevention with the stories, interests, and ideas of members of the Tobacco Free Rhode Island Youth Ambassadors. The novel has questions to help guide the discussion, a strong research base, and roots in risk and protective factors. During this session, participants will become familiar with the resource, how to use it to facilitate conversations with young people, and how to use the accompanying facilitator guide. Participants will learn how to request copies and learn about an upcoming resource in the same style that addresses youth problem gambling. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and explore how this and future products can work to support their prevention work. 

Learn how to get involved in advocacy at the local level! In this training, we will go over tips and rules to remember as you advocate for your programs.

Join staff from NW HIDTA for the 2024 RFP launch webinar from 1-2 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2024! The webinar will be held on Microsoft Teams. Pre-registration is not required; use the "Registration Link" to join the webinar.

Prevention and treatment organizations within Northwest HIDTA counties (Benton, Clark, Cowlitz, Grant, Franklin, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima) are eligible to apply for 2024 funding. Prevention organizations will be eligible to apply for up to $50,000.00, to be spent between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025 (one-year funding period). Treatment organizations will be eligible to apply for up to $120,000.00 (with a maximum of $60,000.00 per year) to be spent between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2026 (two-year funding period).

Proposals will be due Friday, March 1, 2024. 

More information and other helpful details will be provided at the launch webinar. In the meantime, email Eliza Powell for more information. 

This four-session synchronistic distance learning course will take an in-depth look at what it takes to increase organizational preparations needed to successfully apply for grant funding, how to write a highly competitive proposal, incorporate best practices in program design, and develop compelling budget narratives.  In addition, the course will explore the major steps needed to go from initial idea to grant writing and submission. The course is hands-on and process oriented. Those taking the course will have the tools and preparation to apply for a number of different types of grants.

Session 1:  Grant writing 101 will allow those who have never written a grant the chance to receive a comprehensive overview of (1) grant terminology; (2) different types of grants; (3) where and how to find grant opportunities; and (4) key components of most grant proposals.  

In this session, participants will learn how to read a grant announcement and create a plan for responding to a request for proposals (RFP).

This is session two of a three-part series on grant writing from basics to application. Be sure to register for each part! 

This seven 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 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.

Up to 16.5 hours of continuing education hours can be earned in this series. Participants who complete the entire course will receive a certificate of attendance for 16.5 hours. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.

Alcohol use among young people, including adolescents and, to a lesser extent, young adults, has been declining over the past 20 years. This is great news, given evidence that alcohol can alter the developing brain and contribute to a wide range of harms, including accidents, overdoses, and sexual assaults.

While the declines in drinking are good news, a closer look at the data shows that the declines have been much larger for males than females. As a result, for some age ranges, girls and young adult women are now more likely to drink and binge drink than males for the first time since data collection began more than a century ago. And while alcohol use is declining for adolescents and young adults in their 20s, it is increasing for adults over the age of 30, particularly for women. For every age group, differences in alcohol consumption between males and females continue to narrow.

Important questions include why the gaps have narrowed between males and females, why alcohol use is increasing among young adult women in their 30s, and what it all means. Several contributing factors have been hypothesized, including increases in stress that disproportionately affect females, narrowing income gaps with young adult women now out-earning males in several metropolitan areas throughout the country, and cultural shifts leading women to delay or skip marriage and childbirth.

As patterns of drinking have changed for girls and women, so has our understanding of the health effects of alcohol for females. Alcohol impacts health more severely in a variety of ways for females and males. Narrowing gaps in alcohol use have contributed to narrowing gaps in alcohol-related harms (e.g., deaths, liver disease, injuries), which makes the increases in alcohol use for women in their 30s more concerning.

Join Prevention First's webinar to explore these issues and more!

An opportunity to talk to learn about the seven strategies to community change in prevention, and hear the experiences of your peers from around Washington. Rede Group will facilitate the discussion.

This session is for YCCTPP contractors, subcontractors and partners only. It is not open to anyone from the cannabis industry. By registering you agree to these terms and conditions. 

In this interactive session, participants will identify the importance of effective communication while engaging in hands-on learning, developing effective techniques to reach specific populations of focus in their community. Participants will further reflect on how to effectively market their strategies to be effective in achieving population-level change.

This is part one of Southeast PTTC's 2024 Workforce Development Series. 

Join the PTTC Implementation Science Working Group for a webinar that addresses a common overarching question in prevention: "how can an evidence-based intervention  (EBI) be delivered with fidelity to its scientific components, while also responding effectively to changing real-word conditions?” Mindful of the public health adage, “one size doesn’t fit all,” how can intervention delivery staff respond effectively to these conflicting demands? This session will summarize major challenges and their resolution as illustrated by the “Fidelity-Adaptation Dilemma.” A general prevention science goal is to effectively disseminate, adopt, implement, improve, and sustain relevant EBIs to benefit residents from a local community. Strategies for addressing this dilemma across diverse real-world settings will be discussed.

This webinar is designed to compliment the Implementation Science Work Group's four-module course on selecting evidence-based programs and interventions, available on HealthEKnowledge.  It is recommended that participants are familiar with the contents of that course prior to attending this webinar, but not required.

This four-session synchronistic distance learning course will take an in-depth look at what it takes to increase organizational preparations needed to successfully apply for grant funding, how to write a highly competitive proposal, incorporate best practices in program design, and develop compelling budget narratives.  In addition, the course will explore the major steps needed to go from initial idea to grant writing and submission. The course is hands-on and process oriented. Those taking the course will have the tools and preparation to apply for a number of different types of grants.

Session 2:  Grant writing tips and strategies focuses on key elements for successful proposals and incorporating storytelling into effective grant writing.

In this follow-up session, participants will build on knowledge gained from session one, while focusing in the importance of the relationship in one-on-one communication settings and will work on their specific mastery of active listening and public speaking. Participants will engage in their own planning to be strategic in effectively communicating their work implementing their strategic plan.

This is part two of Southeast PTTC's 2024 Workforce Development Series. 

In this session, participants will learn about the most common grant application sections and how to address them.

This is session three of a three-part series on grant writing from basics to application. Be sure to register for each part! 

This seven 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 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.

Up to 16.5 hours of continuing education hours can be earned in this series. Participants who complete the entire course will receive a certificate of attendance for 16.5 hours. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.

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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The call will offer updates on DBHR leadership transitions, the Governor's budget, and legislative updates. There will be time for questions and discussion.

These calls are a great way to discuss issues with the experts. We hope that you find these calls useful and remember to take care of yourself as well as those you serve.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the college years are a time when students may experiment with drugs for the first time. This is why college is the ideal setting for innovative, campus-wide programming aimed at preventing and reducing drug use among college students. This session will include an overview of current drug use rates among college students; the DEA’s updated strategic planning guide for preventing drug misuse among college students; successes and challenges experienced by colleges and universities applying the Strategic Prevention Framework to their efforts; seven keys to a successful prevention program; and DEA's resources for professionals working to prevent drug misuse among college students.

The rise of psychostimulant use over the past several years has contributed to significant negative consequences in mental health, medical, and social outcomes among communities. These outcomes are further exacerbated by the structural and systemic drivers of social determinants of health. Addressing stimulant use disorder must take into consideration the interaction of these factors in a comprehensive, public health approach to treatment. Ultimately, prevention efforts may be enhanced through understanding of the specific nuances of stimulant users and their particular vulnerabilities.

Pre-registration for this meeting is required. 

You will receive the meeting link in your confirmation email after registering.

Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive technology that creates a simulated experience. Unlike traditional media, such as television or computer screens, VR offers a three-dimensional (3D) experience. One of the remarkable aspects of VR is Social VR, which allows individuals to interact with each other in 3D virtual spaces in real-time. This interaction is facilitated through the use of 360-degree immersive content and head-mounted displays, providing a sense of presence and realism in virtual interactions.

In this Northwest ATTC webinar, Dr. Sarah Clingan, an Associate Project Scientist at UCLA, will delve into the current state of VR technology, particularly focusing on its application in treating substance use disorders. The presentation will explore how VR can be utilized in therapeutic settings, offering insights into both the proven benefits and potential applications of VR that have yet to be fully explored or tested. This exploration will include examining how VR can simulate various environments and scenarios, which could be instrumental in developing new treatment strategies for substance use disorders.

This 7-session intensive training course offers an interactive experience for participants to learn how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, strategic planning process, and strategies to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Additional steps in sustainability planning include priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development.

The facilitator will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate sustainability planning with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year. This course offers structured, skill-based learning opportunities, readings, and learning assignments to complete between sessions, along with group activities and discussions to enhance application of the new skills.

Important Note: This is not a webinar series. It is a highly interactive virtual training series and full participation during all sessions is required.

Decades of research underscores the importance of strategically using data to guide substance use prevention efforts. Data is used in many ways, such as identifying risk and protective factors and current substance use trends, understanding the personal and societal consequences of use, assessing the impact of policy decisions on use, and informing prevention professionals about evidence-based practices. Accurate, comprehensive data allows us to understand the substance use landscape, the needs of our communities, and the most effective and efficient opportunities to use prevention resources.

This four-part webinar series will provide an overview of the importance of data in the field of substance use prevention. It will explain how data supports evidence-based research, describe how to find and understand different data sources, and provide practical tips and methods for using and sharing data. The fourth part of the series will be an interactive learning lab to practice data-related skills.

In this highly interactive follow-up session, participants will build on knowledge gained from Parts 1 and 2. From prior sessions, we learned about the importance of interpersonal communication and ways to apply active listening and public speaking techniques. To be strategic in effectively communicating their work, participants will engage in planning and outlining a sample communication plan to support their organizational work.

Sustainability is one of the overarching principles of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). It sits in the middle of the Framework touching every step of the SPF. Yet we often fail to consider sustainability in our daily work. Sustainable, community-driven, outcome-focused substance misuse prevention isn’t built in the last 6 months of a grant cycle. Creating sustainable prevention happens every day, in every step of the SPF process. In this 90-minute webinar, we will explore how to build sustainability into each step of the SPF process through our daily prevention work.

Alcohol continues to be the most widely misused substance in our communities with harmful impacts on health outcomes across the lifespan. Nationally, excessive alcohol use contributes to more than 140,000 deaths each year, including over 6000 deaths each year in New England alone. However, evidence-based prevention strategies can be effective in reducing alcohol misuse when prevention professionals have the tools and knowledge to advocate for strong alcohol policies and community approaches to alcohol prevention.

Join this intensive Project ECHO learning community to gain knowledge and skills to address issues related to alcohol misuse in your community with strategies supported by prevention science. The overall goal of this ECHO is to increase the use of evidence-based approaches for alcohol misuse prevention among prevention professionals in New England.

This intensive Project ECHO will meet from 12:00-1:00 on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, January 25-April 25, 2024.

This workshop is designed to empower prevention professionals by deepening their understanding of the social determinants of health. Prevention professionals will leave this workshop with the knowledge and tools to assess prevention strategies that create lasting positive changes in communities, leading to improved health outcomes. 

This four-session synchronistic distance learning course will take an in-depth look at what it takes to increase organizational preparations needed to successfully apply for grant funding, how to write a highly competitive proposal, incorporate best practices in program design, and develop compelling budget narratives.  In addition, the course will explore the major steps needed to go from initial idea to grant writing and submission. The course is hands-on and process oriented. Those taking the course will have the tools and preparation to apply for a number of different types of grants.

Session 3:  Grant writing strategies in action demonstrates how solid and efficient proposal language can be used for multiple funding opportunities with minimal edits, and how organizing grant materials benefits present and future grant writing and improves organizational readiness.

Yale Compassionate Home, Action Together (CHATogether) is a novel community-based digital program that promotes empathy and emotional wellness through interactive theater (Song J, 2022). Using interactive theater adopted from the Theater of Oppressed, we aim to promote empathy and communication skills among AANHPI children, adolescents, and families.

Components of the Yale CHATogether program will be introduced. Participants will learn about the five stages of skit production including topic identification/collaborators, scene planning, improvisation, writing, and community engagement. We will also share our qualitative study to measure impacts of theater-based intervention in AANHPI communities.

We will live perform a theatrical vignette depicting challenging communication within AANHPI family. First, the problematic scenario will be presented. Second, a child psychiatrist will provide moderation to process and to mentalize the perspectives of teen and parent. Third, actors re-do the scenario after incorporating more effective communication skills leading to a modified outcome. With facilitator guidance, audience will then divided into breakout room to meet and share their experiences related to the skit.

Please join the Native Center for Behavioral Health for this six-part series featuring multiple indigenous storytellers sharing teachings, lessons, and oral knowledge passed down for thousands of years. The focus of this series is how native cultural storytelling supports children and adolescents' healing and resilience in times of grief, loss, and trauma. 

Note: This event will not be recorded to honor the culturally sensitive nature of these traditional stories and lessons.

This SAMHSA-funded GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation webinar will focus on supporting older adults who have criminal justice involvement. Speakers will discuss considerations related to the medical and social care needs of older adults and ways to support this population and improve outcomes. Strategies to address the challenges faced by this demographic prior to, and following, contact with the criminal justice system will be discussed. A reentry program that is specifically designed to support the older adult population following incarceration will also be featured.

In recent years, the spread of misinformation has shown itself to be a major threat to public health. This month’s Hot Topics in Practice will consider the impact of misinformation on the media ecosystem and will reveal the essential steps that health-focused organizations can utilize in uncertain times.
In this hour-long webinar, Josh Gryniewicz, CEO of the social change consultancy Odd Duck, will focus on strategies to navigate deceptive messaging across the media. Josh will discuss the misinformation continuum, with a special emphasis on distrust, the importance of storytelling and building trust, and other essential keys to navigating misinformation. He will then discuss actions that will help public health practitioners build trust for pro-health outcomes in their communities.

It is estimated that one in five youth will suffer from some type of mental health disorder by age 18. Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders, affecting 31.9% of youth, and is often associated with other mental health concerns like depression and suicide (Merikangas, 2010). There are modular youth treatments that build youth skills to address these concerns. This training will provide resources to mental health and school professionals on identifying anxiety in youth and understanding different symptoms as they relate to typical developmental trajectory. The training will also provide strategies to address worry in youth, especially youth of color, with free resources to help in the identification and treatment of anxiety disorders. An important emphasis will focus on culturally adaptive anxiety and how to best meet youth needs.

Medications that treat alcohol use disorder (AUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD), as well as medications that reverse opioid overdose, are an essential component of evidence-based substance use disorder treatment. This webinar will discuss recent policies and regulations that improve access to these medications, state Medicaid coverage of medications, as well as promising innovative efforts to increase medication access for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Discussion is designed to promote interactivity through an informal “round table” conversation. Attendees will be given the opportunity to speak directly with the presenter to ask questions and discuss issues.

This ORN-funded training from the Boston Medical Center is designed to provide an overview of stimulant use disorder for all healthcare organization staff including providers, nurses, counselors and other non-clinical staff. The training reviews stigma, identifying stimulant overdose, managing acute stimulant intoxication, de-escalation techniques, and evidence-based treatment for people who use stimulants.

With 988, we have the opportunity to build equitable behavioral health crisis response systems from the ground up. This webinar will provide participants with the context and rationale for equity, as well as a vision for equity at all system levels – community, state/territory, tribal, and federal. After the presentation, participants are invited to stay logged into the webinar for a 30-minute Office Hour session with the National Crisis Systems Response Training and Technical Assistance Center to engage in deeper discussion on considerations to make to ensure equity is embedded in their behavioral health crisis response systems.

This learning series consists of three one-hour online facilitated sessions.

Participants will learn how the language that is commonly used in treatment and recovery has negatively shaped public perception and alternative terminology that the field could employ. This workshop offers strategies that can be used within their programs and in the community to encourage a more person-centered mindset about addiction and recovery.

Sessions are scheduled for:

• January 31, 2024 10:00 - 11:00 am
• February 14, 2024 10:00 - 11:00 am
• February 28, 2024 10:00 - 11:00 am

Note: The event registration page does not note the time zone; sessions may not be at 10-11 a.m. Pacific Time. 

In the context of substance misuse prevention, professional development involves acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary for both personal development and career advancement. But, for those new to the field, it can be challenging to find and access the type of professional development opportunities that will fuel their growth.
Join us for a deep dive into professional development. Tailored for early career practitioners looking to elevate their prevention practice, this webinar will explore the foundational prevention competencies that every prevention professional should build toward, where to find professional development opportunities to support growing those capacities, and best practices for planning your personal approach to professional development whether you intend to pursue prevention certification, are seeking career advancement or simply want to improve your own abilities. The presenters will share practical insights and valuable resources to support your professional development journey, as well as give participants the opportunity to connect to learn from each
other’s experiences.

Racial and use bias has been demonstrated in the research related to behavioral health and medically assisted therapy. The conclusion that has been drawn is that even well-meaning providers and staff hold biases that impact how and to whom they offer care and medicinal support for substance use disorder (SUD). This lecture explores this research and supports participants in reflecting on, identifying, and mitigating this reality so as to offer equitable respect and support for everyone living with SUD.