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While other substances may get the share of the media attention, excessive alcohol consumption remains a consistent public health issue. This two-part webinar series will unravel the mystery of U.S. alcohol regulation, review the current science on effective strategies to addressing local conditions that influence the alcohol policy environment, and provide insights about the future of alcohol policy regulation, and the need for balance between consumer interests and public health and safety considerations. This session will cover current trends in alcohol policies related to direct-to-consumer policy changes, particularly focused on direct shipping and home deliveries and the importance of enforcement capacity to address the changing alcohol marketplace in these non-traditional settings. This session will also provide a detailed overview of temporary policy changes impacting the operational practices of alcohol outlets during the COVID-19 pandemic that NABCA has been tracking https://www.nabca.org/covid-19-resources.

The South Southwest PTTC will host session three of its virtual five-part learning community series for prevention professionals working in communities of color. This session will focus on why prevention advocacy matters in communities of color, the difference between education and lobbying, and examples of how to advocate for change.

Operational Stress Control is a form of “psychological force protection” for an organization’s most critical and highly stressed employees. Those serving as operations leaders, as well as those on the front lines of the crisis may be dealing with an anxious and overwhelmed workforce, and may be working with extreme and persistent levels of stress that can adversely impact their own performance and wellness.

Fear of the unknown aka “Anticipatory Grief” can and will impact many as we move through this public health crisis. For first responders, the exposure rate is even higher and therefore creates greater potential risk with respect to emotional health.

We will discuss the foundations of first responder resilience and operational stress control techniques and include key considerations for law enforcement and behavioral healthcare professionals moving forward. A brief introduction will be provided by Christopher West, MSW, chief executive officer of Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital, with closing remarks offered by Mila Sardelli, National Director of Marketing and Business Development for Bayside Marin Treatment Center.

SERIES DESCRIPTION

The Central East MHTTC in collaboration with the National Center for School Mental Health is pleased to offer a school mental health webinar series with a focus on advancing high quality, sustainable school mental health from a multi-tiered system of support, trauma sensitive, and culturally responsive and equitable lens. To familiarize yourself with the foundations of school mental health, please review the school mental health guidance document.

Download the Series flyer here.

OBJECTIVES

• Gain increased awareness of high quality, sustainable multi-tiered system of school mental health supports and services
• Support trauma-informed systems in schools
• Discover the impacts of social determinants of health on student academic and social-emotional-behavioral success
• Learn to provide more culturally responsive and equitable services and supports
• Hear perspectives on school mental health from school, district and state levels
• Obtain insight into how youth, families, schools and communities can best work together to address student mental health needs

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Educators, Administrators, Health and Behavioral Health Care Professionals, Child-Serving Agency Staff, Policymakers and Advocates interested in improving high quality, sustainable school mental health across a multi-tiered system of support.

Restorative practices help build community, celebrate accomplishments, transform conflict, rebuild relationships that have been harmed, and reintegrate students who have been suspended or expelled. Both the theory and practice of Restorative Justice emphasize identifying harm, involving all stakeholders, and true accountability- repairing harm and addressing its causes. A restorative model aligns with the multi-tiered framework of PBIS and is at the heart, a prevention-based approach. In this workshop we will explore the Tier I preventative practices that serve as the foundation to this work followed by the higher-level Tier II practices that dig into repairing and restoring harm that has been caused.

In a perfect world, prevention interventions would be implemented exactly as designed and would achieve the expected positive outcomes without fail every time. But, if 2020 has taught us anything, this is not a perfect world and, sometimes, departures from a prevention program or practice’s original design and delivery are inevitable. This two-part, virtual training series, featuring a 90-minute, interactive webinar and a 90-minute peer-sharing event, will offer participants an introduction to the topic of adaptation and its role in effective prevention, and will examine how carefully planned and executed adaptations can help prevention practitioners circumvent unforeseen challenges, like those facing many communities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar will:

•    Define key adaptation-related concepts

•    List steps in the process of implementing “best fit” adaptations

•    Examine real world examples of adaptations to distill elements of success

•    Identify considerations for adapting interventions in response to changing community contexts

Strategies for bringing prevention efforts to virtual formats and specific guidance on adaptation from prevention program developers will also be discussed. Peer-sharing call participants will have an opportunity to share their experiences, pose questions and discuss challenges relating to adaptation.

Behavioral Health Integration Webinar Series by the Indian Health Service. Presented by Denise Middlebrook, PhD and Jennifer Edwards, MD.

Outcomes/Objectives

1. Detect the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) that affect the AI/AN communities you serve.
2. Examine the elements of culture that can be incorporated, integrated, and adapted to address overall SDOH.
3. Plan potential activities with community partners to enhance protective factors.

The webinar will address:

• Completing the budget;
• How to avoid errors in submitting your application
• Resources and technical assistance that are available.

Information on how to access the webinar is below: 

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Conference number: PWXW1687919
Audience passcode: TRIBAL

Call in toll-free number:  877-602-6810

Participant passcode: TRIBAL

Three Key Takeaways include:
1) Meetings - Agendas, Minutes, Announcements
2) Meeting Styles and Types
3) Youth Leadership - Advisor Guidance

With so many types of products, ways to use, levels of potency, and differences in legality, understanding the evidence around cannabis use is challenging. Join the Washington Poison Center for the first session of a 2-part series that will lay out the evidence for you. This first session will provide a health-oriented overview of cannabis. We will examine the strength of evidence-based health claims (both therapeutic and risky), as well as explore the systems in the body cannabis seems to affect, symptoms of intoxication, and modes of use.

Please note that this presentation will NOT provide advice on "how to use” cannabis.

Do your presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to tackle tough topics and information overload? We use presentations as one of our primary strategies to share content knowledge, build skills, ignite calls to action and affect culture change. Many of us have attempted to create compelling presentations, however, most of us never receive any formal training in presentation design - despite all we expect presentations to do for us. In this three-hour virtual workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and deliver exceptional presentations using the tools and resources they already have.

As a part of our Native American Heritage Month, we are welcoming Terry Locklear, MS, and Tiffany Locklear, EdD to discuss the history of Native American people and their resiliency.

NDN Collective and Kauffman & Associates, Inc., are partnering to bring a four-part webinar series on effective grant writing to Indian Country as a part of NDN Collective’s outreach to Tribal Nations and communities to help them plan and implement long term recovery strategies and access resources to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.

• Thursday, October 1, 12-1:30 p.m. - An overview of grant-writing: Fundamentals of creating a compelling story
• Thursday, October 29, 12-1:30 p.m. - Budget preparation and implementation
• Thursday, November 12, 12-1:30 p.m. - Preparing to write your proposal
• Thursday, December 3, 12-1:30 p.m. - Grant implementation

Host UNITY Staff: Greg Mendoza and invited Guest Ginger Martin
The objective of the Youth Council is to ensure that youth have access to:
* Ongoing relationships with tribal leaders
* Safe places with structured youth activities during the non-school hours
* Training and Organizational support * Opportunities to give back through community service
*Offer input into the issues affecting their peers, provide guidance and feedback in tribal policy formation and serve as effective spokespeople for the tribe.

The Adult training track will take place weekly on Thursdays at 12pm PST//3pm EST.

Title: LCB -Advocacy and Rule Making

November  12^th 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Kathy Hoffman, Policy and Rules Manager, from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board will highlight how rule making occurs and how coalitions can get involved in the rule-making process.  Participants will understand how rules are developed and influenced by advocates. Additionally, the presentation will address marketing advertising regulation and enforcement, accessing data sets and ways to advocate within the LCB rule adoption process.

Please share with community prevention and public health partners who are interested in learning how advocates can and do play an active role in the adoption of rules at the LCB.

Please register for LCB - Advocacy and Rule Making on Nov 12, 2020 1:00 PM PDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6035343980100292110

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Educator stress and burnout has been reported as higher than any other profession (Stoeber, J., & Rennert, D, 2008). Stressors include lack of social/emotional training, ineffective interpersonal relationships, vicarious trauma, and unrealistic systems’ requirements. Stressors impact wellbeing and availability to effectively build high quality relationships with students. Educators inherently deserve support in nurturing their holistic wellbeing.

During these workshops participants will practice skills to decrease stressors on mind/body systems to stay connected to the wonders and curiosities of teaching using evidence-based mindfulness practices, radical acceptance and values-driven goal setting.

• Learn the benefits of mindfulness practices for educators.
• Understand how unhelpful habits are formed and how mindful practices can help interrupt a habit loop.
• Create a Committed Action Plan.
• Learn and experience several mindfulness/meditation exercises.

Drug overdose deaths are at epidemic levels in the United States. As communities work to combat this complex issue, coalitions are often expected to lead the way. This issue can take coalitions into areas beyond prevention, to address harm reduction, overdose prevention, naloxone distribution and more. During this first session of a two-part series, we will take a deep look at the Opioid Continuum of Care (e.g., prevention, intervention, treatment, aftercare) and discuss the unique characteristics of each stage – and discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic impacts the crisis. Participants will examine the role of their coalitions in the opioid crisis and ways they can engage community partners and members during the pandemic. The second session, to be conducted at a later date will take a more detailed look at specific strategies coalitions can use to address the opioid crisis.

Session Objectives:
1. Explore the contents in the SPORT and InShape Alcohol/Drug Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program manuals for high school, middle school and elementary school-aged youth and young adults.
2. Compare scripts for providing these PPWs to participants individually and in group settings both in-person as well as online.
3. Review PowerPoint slides and reproducible materials found in the program digital downloads.
4. Identify online program implementation and evaluation training, tools and support.

This webinar will introduce participants to marijuana and some of the changes around legalizing recreational marijuana. It will include the mechanism of action, some legal implications (federal law vs. state law) and possible uses of medical marijuana.

Goals:
1. To increase knowledge about marijuana use
2. To examine policy changes that might affect a client in treatment

Objectives:
1. Describe who is using marijuana
2. Define terms around marijuana use: cannabidiol and cannabinoid
3. List reasons people use marijuana
4. Describe the mechanism of action for marijuana
5. List policies for distribution and advertising in states that have already legalized recreational marijuana
6. Describe the research around medical marijuana

This (2-hour) webinar is provided under New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) Education and Training. Provider Certification Number (115) Training under a New York State OASAS Provider Certification is acceptable for meeting all or part of the CASAC/CPP/CPS education and training requirements.

Social determinants of health are defined by the World Health Organization as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age." For rural populations, many of these elements are less favorable than within urban areas. Building on work conducted by the Rural and Minority Health Research Center, this presentation will review some of the key elements associated with health across rural White and minority populations, such as education, income, and health facility availability.

Dr. Williams will discuss how youth get access to alcohol online, the scope of the problems with Internet alcohol sales, the regulatory issues surrounding online alcohol sales, how to restrict online alcohol sales, and the impact that COVID has had on online alcohol sales and the research aiming to address preventing youth access.

Rebecca S. Williams Ph.D., M.H.S., is a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, has spent more than 20 years studying the sales and marketing practices of websites that sell age-restricted products such as tobacco, e-cigarettes, alcohol, kratom, and cannabis, with a keen eye towards policy change related to youth access prevention and tax evasion.  This research has had a strong impact on shaping state and federal policy surrounding Internet tobacco product sales. Additionally, for over 15 years, Dr. Williams has been the Chief Technology Officer for the national CDC-funded Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network, which focuses on development and dissemination of evidence-based approaches to cancer control. Dr. Williams, who was trained at the University of Rochester, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and University of North Carolina School of Public Health, is the author of numerous scientific articles in journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the American Journal of Public Health, and Tobacco Control.

This free webinar will review the epidemiology of adolescent substance. We will discuss the substances most often used by youth, look at trends in youth substance use over time, and discuss the protective role of family and positive social supports.

Are you interested in learning how to use science to solve real-world social, emotional, and behavioral health problems? If you answered yes, Washington State University's unique, interdisciplinary, and cutting-edge doctoral training program in Prevention Science can help you get there: https://hd.wsu.edu/preventionscience/

Please register for our informational webinar on Wednesday, November 18 from 12-1pm PST to learn more. Prevention faculty, students, and alumni will be available to answer your questions about the program and the application process.

After completing this form, you will receive a link with instructions for how to join us. If you have any questions, please email the Graduate Program Director, Brittany Cooper, at brittany.cooper@wsu.edu

While other substances may get the share of the media attention, excessive alcohol consumption remains a consistent public health issue. This two-part webinar series will unravel the mystery of U.S. alcohol regulation, review the current science on effective strategies to addressing local conditions that influence the alcohol policy environment, and provide insights about the future of alcohol policy regulation, and the need for balance between consumer interests and public health and safety considerations. This session will cover current trends in alcohol policies related to direct-to-consumer policy changes, particularly focused on direct shipping and home deliveries and the importance of enforcement capacity to address the changing alcohol marketplace in these non-traditional settings. This session will also provide a detailed overview of temporary policy changes impacting the operational practices of alcohol outlets during the COVID-19 pandemic that NABCA has been tracking https://www.nabca.org/covid-19-resources.

Session Objectives:
1. Explore associations between youth substance and mental health problems
2. Assess evidence of the role of physical activity, nutrition, sleep and stress reduction on mental health, depression and anxiety of youth
3. Examine associations between US adolescents’ healthy behaviors and mental health indicators
4. Review research examining the role of multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors on mental health of youth

In recent years, treatment centers have focused on creating trauma informed settings by integrating safety protocols and avoiding re-traumatization in service delivery. The emergence of COVID-19 as a pandemic has increased rates of trauma and stress in our communities to levels that most of us have not experienced. Still, providers need to be equipped to address the traumatic impact of the current environment. This webinar will look at some of the basics of trauma, as well as some of the effects of COVID-19 on trauma and look at ways to heal.
 

We Are A Community of Practice

• We welcome you to join Healthy Native Youth’s Community ofPractice virtual gatherings held the second Wednesday of everymonth at 10-11:30 am PST.
• Sessions include new resources and opportunities to engage withtopical experts. As a community, we share our strengths andexpertise about how we will improve the lives of Native youth.

Who Should Attend?

• Tribal health educators, teachers, parents, prevention specialists;people who share a passion for improving the lives of Native youth.

How To Join

• At the time of the Community of Practice meeting:
• Click here for zoom link (https://echo.zoom.us/j/99982426703?pwd=dHlFVnNaT0lOaUloNnA4QnFPVDlTZz09)
• Password:587626
• Meeting ID: 999 8242 6703

To join by phone only: 1-253-215-8782

• Press *6 to mute your line when not speaking.

Text HEALTHY to 97779 and receive Community of Practice connection info each month on your phone!

**Due to high demand, an additional training is scheduled for December 16. This training will cover the same information and be in the same format. Register here for the December 16 training here: https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/5963075280007526146

This online training for adults will equip you with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to educate others and hold conversations with youth in your community on nicotine and cannabis vaping. Through lecture format, breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and additional engagement tools, we will cover:
- Basic vaping definitions, concepts, and devices
- Regulation
- Health concerns
- Youth specific concerns
- How to talk to youth about vaping
- Ideas for advocacy and community education

A lunch break will be included in the presentation time.

Community capacity by definition is the interaction of human capital, organizational resources and social capital existing within a given community that can be leveraged to solve collective problems to improve or maintain the well-being of a given community. It’s not just about getting people in the room, it’s about utilizing their natural skillsets in order to move the work of the coalition forward and, in turn, giving them a sense of purpose. Come join Kym Laube as we move from a group focus to a team approach, creating meaningful ways for members to contribute to and improve community outcomes. 

Commercial tobacco product use is the leading cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Declines in use have occurred over time, but prevalence remains particularly high among American Indians and Alaska Natives. The risks of tobacco product use have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, with emerging data showing that current and former cigarette smokers are at increased risk of more severe illness from COVID-19. In this webinar, participants will gain an understanding of the state of the science with regard to COVID-19 outcomes and commercial tobacco product use, including cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use. The speaker will also provide participants with information about evidence-based strategies to prevent and reduce commercial tobacco product use, including resources for healthcare providers and the general public.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the adverse health effects of commercial tobacco product use in the United States, as well as disparities in use across population groups.
• Examine the state of the science with regard to COVID-19 outcomes and commercial tobacco product use, including cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use.
• Implement clinical and public health approaches to prevent and reduce commercial tobacco product use, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Description: In this webinar, Mary Kay Patton from Washington State University’s Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership will lead participants through short mindfulness exercises that can be used to reduce personal stress and increase resilience during the COVID-19 outbreak. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to start incorporating mindfulness in their own personal and professional lives as well as resources for introducing mindfulness to patients and/or clients.

Registration Link: https://wsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduupqzMsH9ylhpxvAn0e9JDktLG0yM5S

Presenter: Mary Kay Patton, JD, Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership, Washington State University.

Mary Kay Patton, JD is dedicated to the project of nurturing the human spirit as an essential dimension of leading a rich, full, meaningful life. In doing so, she supports individuals and teams in taking value-based committed action from a place of presence and mindfulness. May Kay now focuses her professional efforts on personal and organizational transformation at the Washington State University Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership.

Hosted by: WSU Center for Rural Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery (CROP+TR)

The Center for Rural Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery (CROP+TR) aims to provide training and technical assistance to rural communities for prevention, treatment, and recovery from opioid misuse. To learn more visit www.croptr.org or follow us on facebook at www.facebook.com/croptr.wsu. CROP+TR is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and led by faculty from the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, and Extension.

Dr. Yvette Jackson, Dr. Rachel Santa, Ann Smith, JD, and Dr. Christine Mason will share their insights as we explore solutions and vision for equity and inclusion in schools in 2021. Come to this 90-minute session expecting to learn about innovative programs and recommendations to achieve greater equity and inclusion. You will also learn about advocacy and promising practices for children who are more vulnerable and more at-risk. You will leave with practical ideas and resources to help alleviate stress and create a brighter future, even in the midst of all we are handling today.

We will start the Minerva TA call with general questions and technical assistance like we typically do. The second half will be devoted to the Implementation Module with slides handy.

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

Minerva Technical Assistance Call (Via GoToMeeting)
Wed, Nov 18, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

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Webinar Overview

Join us for this interactive webinar on the importance of advocating for policies and regulations that improve substance misuse outcomes in your communities. This webinar will provide an overview of the difference between advocacy and lobbying, current research on policies and regulations that are often adopted with little public health input, and what tools are available to prevention practitioners to ensure they are providing a voice in the regulatory process. The webinar will conclude with a real-life example of an advocacy campaign that was successful in creating local policy change in a community in Arizona.

Audience
Community and state-level prevention practitioners, tribes, allied health partners and community members located in the Pacific Southwest states and jurisdictions of American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau.

Cost: Free!

Continuing Education: Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of continuing education.

Webinar Details
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
03:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Young people with foster care experience are incredibly resilient. Despite facing enormous challenges including trauma, loss, and disruptions to schooling and social and family connections, they can and do heal, thrive, and contribute to their communities every day. Relationships with supportive adults and the right services at the right time both contribute to better outcomes - particularly when the adults supporting young people in foster care recognize their potential and when services meet their needs and strengthen protective factors.

Please join the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center for an interactive conversation about the resilience of youth and young adults in foster care, and how providers, practitioners, caregivers, and other adults can help them to navigate challenges and thrive.

Invited Guests: UNITY Alumni & Peer Trainer Dr. Leslie Locklear, UNITY Peer Guides Santanna Bartholomew & Leticia Gonzales

Share how they have hosted virtual GONA events, How NCNAYO has continued virtual meetings and projects, give examples on themes and interactive activities to increase Youth Engagement

The Adult training track will take place weekly on Thursdays at 12pm PST//3pm EST

Rituals are actions done in purposeful ways that symbolize something much more than the acts themselves. Every culture has rituals that provide purpose and meaning to experiences. Rituals are made up of actions that represent ideas, thoughts, myths, or beliefs about something specific. They give purpose to action and always serve to connect us to something else, generally something greater than ourselves. In difficult times, rituals provide a certain order to an existence that otherwise might be full of confusion and chaos. Given the current pandemic, loss and grief have taken a front seat. A sense of loss permeates in many of our lives, and for many clients this may be difficult to name. Furthermore, the inability to perform rituals in our habitual ways can be distressful for many. The current webinar will discuss the experience of loss and grief for Latinos during the current pandemic: including physical and symbolic losses. The presenters will discuss Latinos values and rituals as they relate to the current pandemic. The importance of te therapeutic relationship will be discussed as well as approaches and strategies that promote new rituals, new meanings, and a transformative experience.

What will you be doing? Joining us to hear lessons learned directly from sites who have virtually implemented SFP 10-14 in 2020.  

When will you be joining us? November 20, 10:00-11:00 Central Standard Time. Yes, we will record it. 

Who will be on the panel?

• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 
• The Youth Connection (Detroit)
• The Arizona Youth Partnership 
• The EPICC Project (Fayette County, PA)
• Family Service of Chester County (PA)

Where will it be?

Please click this URL to start or join. 

Or, go to https://iastate.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 970 0950 2418 and password: 705675

Join from dial-in phone line:

•     Dial: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
•     Meeting ID: 970 0950 2418
•     Participant ID: Shown after joining the meeting
•     International numbers available: https://iastate.zoom.us/u/ac5HmTvfgs

The National Alliance on Mental Illness recognizes that current environmental factors are traumatizing people of color, which as risks factors can incite or increase substance use complicating potential behavioral health issues. For those who experience provider bias and stigmatic language, along with other microaggressions, it can affect their capacity to respond to clinical interventions. This interactive virtual training will review cognitive bias development, offer practical approaches to identify and diffuse personal bias, inform on  how to integrate cultural humility to increase patient wellness. Integrating client culture is essential to providing quality services and practitioners who are culturally responsive in serve delivery are able to support highest levels of patient centered care with multicultural populations. 

Join us for a screening of the documentary “The S Word,” a SAMHSA Voice Award-winning film that breaks the silence and undermines the shame of suicide. The critically acclaimed “The S Word” is filmed by a suicide survivor who interviews a diverse group of people across race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation about their experiences of trauma, suicide, survival, and mental health advocacy. Following the film screening, participants will receive multimedia socially distanced suicide prevention resources, from warm and crisis lines to self-help mental health apps and virtual support groups, available during the holiday season of 2020.