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In this Issue:
- What to Expect from the New Prevention Credentialing Exam
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Epi Corner: Substance Use Among Women
- A Resource from CADCA
- NIDA Funding Opportunity
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International Women's Day Florence Kelly
- What's Happening Around the Region?
- Webinar: Women and Alcohol, Drinking to Cope, March 23
- Webinar: From Cleaning to Mapping Using Tableau Public, April 13
- Webinar: Using ACE Data to Impact Substance Misuse Prevention, April 20
- Free Online Courses through HealtheKnowledge
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Webinar: Using ACE Data to Impact Substance Misuse Prevention, April 26 and May 18
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Poll Question: How have you supported youth K-12 with emotional and behavioral disorders in school settings?
- Join the SAPST Trainer Learning Community
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What to Expect from the New Prevention Credentialing Exam |
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Questions often arise when changes occur in our environment. We wonder how those changes will affect us, either positively or negatively.
With the release of a new prevention specialist exam this month, we recognize such questions develop so we have created a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to answer some of those questions. Using various sources, including an interview with Mark Attanasi, IC & RC Executive Director you can find answers to important questions such as:
- If I have already started studying for the exam, will I have to study something different for the new test?
- What is the best resource for me to study to prepare for the new test?
- What if my primary language is not English? What help can I expect to receive?
- Have the prevention domains changed with the new exam?
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Substance Use Among Women
By Iris Smith, Ph.D.
There has been a dramatic rise in the use of opioids among all population groups in the U.S. over the past 20 years, especially among women. Since 1999, women’s opioid overdose deaths have increased 642 percent compared to a 439 percent increase among men. Between 1999 and 2015, there was an 850 percent increase in the number of deaths resulting from synthetic opioid use among women.
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A Resource from CADCA
If you attended CADCA in January, you may have attended SSW PTTC's Training and Technical Assistance Specialist Derrick Newby's presentation, Building a Youth Prevention System. If you missed it, watch his May 2022 presentation on a similar topic.
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NIDA Funding Opportunity: Substance Use Prevention...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites you to take part in an exciting new challenge competition funding opportunity, "Substance Use Prevention Services in Primary Care." With this Challenge, NIDA is seeking greater...
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pttcnetwork.org
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International Women's Day 2023
Florence Kelly, The Map Maker and Advocate
On March 8 we celebrated International Women's Day. This year, we honor Florence Kelly, a trailblazer with a social conscience. Until her death, she brought more visual attention, through maps and calls for reformation, to the plight of working children, the status of women, and the consequences of being poor. Read more about Florence
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What's Happening Around the Region |
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Women and Alcohol: Drinking to Cope |
Thursday, March 23, 2023
10:00-11:00 MT / 11:00-12:00 CT / 12:00-1:00 ET
Research shows that alcohol use and misuse among women are increasing. During this virtual lunch and learn, SSW PTTC Evaluator Nicole Schoenborn and Epidemiologist Dr. Beverly Triana-Tremain will provide an overview of data collected for our newest data brief, “Women and Alcohol, Drinking to Cope in a Pandemic World.”
Please bring your lunch and join us for a presentation and discussion on what the data are telling us about women and problem drinking.
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Using ACE Data to Impact Substance Misuse Prevention |
Thursday, April 20, 2023
9-10:30 a.m. MT / 10-11:30 a.m. CT / 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET
During this online session, we will discuss how adverse childhood experiences (ACE) contribute to substance misuse and engage in a peer-to-peer discussion on best practices for preventing ACE in communities. We will explore methods of analyzing data to measure the impact of prevention work and the impact of evidence-based prevention on a community.
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Home: All courses
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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healtheknowledge.org
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Help us prepare for future services by answering the poll question below. What are you already doing in your prevention efforts to support and include students K-12 with disabilities? |
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How have you supported youth K-12 with disability disorders in school settings?
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Advocate for fair treatment
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Collaborate with the schools to create reasonable parameters
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Create routines and set clear boundaries
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Provide positive feedback and encouragement
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Other please email responses to pttc6@ou.edu
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From Cleaning to Mapping:
Using Tableau Public
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. MT / 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. CT / 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET
This highly interactive webinar will focus on how to export, clean, format, and map CDC WONDER data into Tableau Public. Register to observe South Southwest PTTC epidemiologist Dr. Beverly Triana-Tremain as she demonstrates how to use and apply the aforementioned steps to create data visuals that will help prevention professionals and partners make data-driven decisions.
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Students with Disabilities, Substance Misuse, and Incarceration: Triangulating the Issues, a 2-Part Series |
Part 1: Substance Misuse Among Students with Disabilities-Identifying Promising Equitable Approaches
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
1:30-3 p.m. MT / 2:30-4 p.m. CT / 3:30– 5 p.m. ET
Although many health and mental health disorders are potentially considered disabilities under education law, substance use disorder is not. Students with disabilities are at higher risk of substance misuse. Therefore, it is important that prevention professionals have the appropriate knowledge and skills to equitably include students with emotional or behavioral problems when delivering prevention services in schools. During this webinar a school psychologist, a parent of a child with a disability, and a well-seasoned preventionist will discuss the unique challenge of delivering substance misuse prevention services to students with disabilities and promising approaches to improve delivery.
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Part 2: Substance Misuse Among Students with Disabilities-Guidance for Prevention Professionals |
Thursday, May 18, 2023
1:30-3 p.m. MT / 2:30-4 p.m. CT / 3:30– 5 p.m. ET
Even before the pandemic, demand for mental health and substance use services was increasing, especially for our nation’s young people. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made the situation more challenging, subjecting many young Americans to social isolation, loss of routines, and traumatic grief. Additionally, in some states, a student cannot qualify for the Emotional Disturbance category of special education if drug abuse is the primary cause of emotional or behavioral problems. Students with disabilities are at higher risk of substance misuse. It is important that preventionists have the appropriate knowledge and skills to include students with emotional or behavioral problems when delivering prevention services in schools. During this webinar we will discuss inclusive strategies that schools, parents, youth, and preventionists can use when delivering substance misuse prevention services for students with disabilities in a system where they have been overlooked or written off.
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Are you a SAPST Trainer?
Join the SAPST Learning Community in Basecamp to access the SAPST 2023 Curriculum Updates, a webinar recorded earlier this month.
The 2023 SAPST curriculum will be posted soon! Don't miss the announcement.
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