Networking for the Prevention Professional: Maximizing Prevention Efforts with a Small Team or as a Solo Prevention Provider
February 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
ABHPC will host a monthly online Prevention Pathways Community of Practice. These interactive sessions will provide participants with an opportunity to learn, build skills for successful prevention efforts, and network with other prevention professionals. Discussions will be centered around best practices in prevention, emerging and empirical research, and evidence-based programs. Each session will be led by an experienced consultant with expert knowledge on the topic and will include ample time for participant engagement and interaction.
February Topic
Small prevention teams are often tasked with huge asks – even solo prevention providers can be expected to run prevention work for an entire county. It is crucial to learn how we can effectively lead prevention work with small teams while avoiding burnout. By leveraging our individual strengths, the skills of our teams, and the resources of the agencies and organizations around us, we can successfully implement prevention work in our communities.
This interactive session will provide attendees with an opportunity to network with other prevention teams across the state and collaborate to offer strengths and collaborate on needs. The subject matter expert will provide examples of strategies to effectively amplify the capacity of small teams into broad-scale change.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are not eligible for the Prevention Pathways Community of Practice sessions.
About the Presenters
Charlie Seltzer (he/him/his) was introduced to the field of substance abuse prevention through his career in HIV prevention. As an HIV educator for his county’s public health department, Charlie was struck by how often drugs and alcohol played a major role in HIV transmission. Halting the spread of HIV also meant reducing the impact of substances on people’s lives. After retiring from 10 years with his county’s public health department, first as its HIV prevention education coordinator and later as its substance abuse prevention administrator, Charlie began consulting with the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS). Since 2012, when he joined the consulting team at CARS, Charlie has provided prevention education and technical assistance to 32 of California’s 58 counties.
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