January 2023
In this Issue:

  • New Video Products from the South Southwest PTTC
  • Epi Corner: Measuring an Ounce of Prevention and a Pound of Cure
  • What's Happening Around the Region?
  • Training Event: A Data Story: Visualizing with Purpose in Excel, January 26
  • Training Event: Promising Approaches for Reducing Substance Misuse-Related Health Disparities in Rural Contexts, February 23
  • Free Online Courses through HealtheKnowledge
  • SAMHSA Prevention day, January 30
New Video Products from the South Southwest PTTC
Happy New Year! We ended 2022 by sharing information to help prepare those of you who would like to become credentialed. We will continue to include resources, including relevant training and technical assistance opportunities, in the coming months to help encourage you to begin this process in 2023!
 
As you may know, IC & RC recently announced the finalization of the Prevention Specialist exam that will be released in February so there’s no better time than the present to prepare for it. The results of the newsletter poll conducted in the November newsletter revealed one of the number one reasons participants had not yet become credentialed: fear of testing or passing the IC & RC credentialing exam (See the results in the December newsletter). This month South Southwest consultant, Fabricia Prado has developed two videos with tips to tackle testing anxiety. The first, Overcoming Testing Anxiety with 7 Psychological Tools, covers ideas that will help you manage test anxiety. The other video, Give Your Test-Taking Abilities a Boost is a practice that focuses on resources specific to passing the credentialing exam; with the purpose of helping you remember and connect with specific qualities or skills needed to overcome this challenge. We hope these videos will be beneficial to you as you work toward your goal(s), whether they be for credentialing or something else.
Overcoming Testing Anxiety with
7 Psychological Tools
Give Your Test-Taking Abilities a Boost
Are you planning to work toward credentialing in 2023?
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Yes, I'm working toward becoming credentialed in 2023!
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No, I'm not ready yet
Epi Corner
Measuring an Ounce of Prevention
and a Pound of Cure


By Iris Smith, Ph.D.

 “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” (Benjamin Franklin, 1735), is a familiar maxim and a fundamental tenet of the field of prevention science. The challenge for prevention professionals and researchers is measuring the proverbial “ounce” and the “pound.” Read more
What's Happening Around the Region
A Data Story:
Visualizing with Purpose in Excel
Thursday, January 26, 2023
9:30-11:00 MT / 10:30-12:00 CT / 11:30-1:00 ET

Excel is a practical and accessible tool for creating data visualizations for prevention professionals who may not have access to expensive software packages.

In this webinar, we will explore the power of Excel to create meaningful data visualizations for prevention professionals. Participants will be guided through real-life examples of applying the 4-step visualization process using Excel to create a meaningful data story for a prevention audience.  

This will be a beginner's guide to using Excel for visualization. To help prepare for this training, please watch Part 5 of Ditching the Discomfort with Data: Communicating and Visualizing Data.  
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Take advantage of the PTTC's free online HealtheKnowledge courses. These trainings offer certificates of completion that can be used toward prevention certification requirements. New courses are added continually.

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Promising Approaches for Reducing Substance Misuse-Related Health Disparities in Rural Contexts
Thursday, February 23, 2023
9:30-11:00 MT / 10:30-12:00 CT / 11:30-1:00 ET

Join the South Southwest PTTC as we discuss how to identify and reduce substance use related behavioral health disparities in rural communities. Behavioral health disparities are differences in substance use or mental health outcomes linked to social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. These disparities adversely affect a sub-population or group. It is the work of prevention professionals and their partners to identify, plan, and implement strategies that reduce the burden of substance use on rural communities.  
  
This webinar provides practitioners with tools to identify rural specific risk factors and address substance use related disparities in rural settings.
SAMHSA's 19th Prevention Day!

SAMHSA's Prevention Day is happening Monday, January 30, 2023, in conjunction with CADCA National Leadership Forum. The event will take place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Whether you are a prevention...

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