Prevention is Better Together

Evidence Based Practices: Implementation with Fidelity

and Sustainability.

The final session in our evidence based practices series is September 8th. These two-hour segments have provided time for participants to process the material in small groups and digest their knowledge between sessions.

Implementation with Fidelity and Sustainability

In the capstone segment we'll bring all our learning from the previous sessions, with emphasis on fidelity (how to plan against pitfalls), sustainability, and learn how to monitor our EBP implementation for maximum impact on your identified ATOD prevention efforts.

Building Rapport and Working Overextensions

Lumina practitioners will share how our personality aspects influence our leadership traits. Participants will be guided through an interactive experience to create a unique picture of their personalities, strengths, weaknesses, and overextensions that will lead to improving team communication and collaboration. Additionally, participants will learn the 5 thinking styles and uncover how to quickly build rapport with each. Finally, this session will guide the participants through an exercise that helps them identify what helps them be at their best and identify barriers that keep them from being their best .

Learning Objectives:

1. Examine individuals’ own multi-faceted personality, strengths and growth opportunities to improve team communication and collaboration.
2. Recognize the diversity and strengths of each individual team member and what they bring to the table.
3. Identify individuals’ overextensions and examine strategies for personal growth.
4. Describe the 5 thinking styles and strategies to quickly build rapport with each.

What is a Community of Practice (CoP)? It's a shared space where questions, challenges, and new ideas are exchanged and where participants walk away refocused.

SAMHSA is seeking participants for a series of Listening Sessions to gather feedback about the Technology Transfer Centers (TTC) program (comprised of the national and regional Addiction Technology Transfer Centers, Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers, and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers).

The Listening Sessions are planned for Monday, Sept. 26, Tuesday, Sept. 27, and Wednesday, Sept. 28. Participants must have experience with the TTC program and be interested in sharing their insights and providing input in one of the 90-minute virtual Listening Sessions.

<<Register for these TTC Listening Sessions>>

Resources You Can Use...

Addressing Burnout

MHAT in the Workplace

Peer Support Services

BJA Grant Opportunity

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Kansas Prevention Cultures Series 2022: Structural Inequities

The Mid-America PTTC invited Nicole Augustine to lead a lunch-n-learn, 5-session series as part of the KPC Connecting Culture Series 2022. Participating residents from the state of Kansas were invited to learn how to address Structural Inequities Affecting Prevention Practice. To view this series visit - Kansas Prevention Collaborative.

The Mid-America PTTC Podcast: Listen, Subscribe, Share!

Ask the Evaluator

Cindy Pharis is the owner of LiveOak Evaluation Consulting. She started her career in substance use prevention twenty-six years ago in Texas as a professional training coordinator. According to Cindy she has always been excited by turning data into stories of impact and change.

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You're Never Too Young for Prevention

Jerry Moe, whose widely emulated work helping young children in families facing addiction, has been featured in award-winning projects by Sesame Street in Communities, Nickelodeon and PBS - and whose passion for kids and deep empathy have routinely moved audiences to tears.

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From the DEA....

The 2022 Red Ribbon Week Campus Video PSA Contest opens September 12!

If you are interested in entering and have a questions?

Join them on Wednesday, September 21, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Twitter (@DEAHQ) to tweet your questions and get them answered!

Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug use prevention awareness campaign.

You can participate in community anti-drug events, and pledge to live drug-free lives.

For more information and to access the Red Ribbon toolkit, click here.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is advising the public of an alarming emerging trend of colorful fentanyl available across the United States. Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl”. Read more about this development here.

If you are a Missouri resident and have an interest in being trained in the Too Good for Drugs curriculum, Preferred Family Health is offering a free training opportunity.

Too Good for Drugs teaches essential character development skills; Goal Setting, Decision Making, Identifying & Managing Emotions, Effective Communication, Bonding & Relationships, Peer-Pressure Refusal, and Making Healthy Choices.

Email PFH for more information about this training.

The National Hispanic and Latino PTTC is here to assist our communities meet their diverse prevention needs. They have an ever-expanding catalogue of multi-lingual resources, including these Suicide Prevention products.

Download this document that includes Spanish translations of Alcohol Awareness tools.

Click the links below for even more resources: