Sustainability Efforts: Maintaining Engagement and Participation from Sector Partners

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Overview: This session focuses on strategies to ensure long-term involvement and collaboration from sector partners in California’s prevention initiatives. This presentation will address the challenges of sustaining engagement and explore effective methods for fostering continuous participation throughout our coalitions, action teams, and other community organizing efforts. Participants will learn about building robust partnerships through transparent...

Networking for the Prevention Professional: Creating and Sustaining Public Health Sector Partnerships

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ABHPC hosts 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...

Elevating Transitional Age Youth Voices in Primary Prevention

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Together we will focus on the significant role of authentically and meaningfully engaging young people in shaping effective prevention strategies. Often Transitional Age Youth (TAY) are excluded from collaborative efforts. Together we will walk through the barriers of youth leadership and involvement and how to overcome those as preventionist. Participants will explore methods to amplify...

Ethics in Substance Use Prevention Part 1

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As a substance use disorder (SUD) prevention professional, ethical situations arise involving service recipients, colleagues, external professionals, and stakeholders/rightsholders. This training will present ethical standards and an ethics decision-making process based on an accepted code of conduct developed specifically for the SUD prevention field. The training will examine each of the six principles identified in...

Ethics in Substance Use Prevention Part 2

Online / Zoom

As a substance use disorder (SUD) prevention professional, ethical situations arise involving service recipients, colleagues, external professionals, and stakeholders/rightsholders. This training will present ethical standards and an ethics decision-making process based on an accepted code of conduct developed specifically for the SUD prevention field. The training will examine each of the six principles identified in...

Intersections: Stigma, Behavioral Health, and Prevention Best Practices

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Enhancing Prevention Efforts: Prevention Application Community of Practice Overview: Prevention Application Community of Practice spaces will support the continuing education of prevention professionals in a manner that is engaging, focused on skill building, dynamic, and in line with statewide goals. Together we will “unpack” what has been learned in professional competency training events, thus supporting...

Decoding Prevention: Acronyms, Affiliations, and Alphabet Soup

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The world of prevention is vast – if you’ve attended a coalition meeting or training, you’ve likely heard an “alphabet soup” full/variety of acronyms representing different programs, practices, and affiliations. Creating an understanding across the prevention workforce helps us unify our efforts towards common prevention goals. This is a great beginner session for folks early...

May Prevention Pathways Community of Practice: Elevating Community Voices: Centering Primary Prevention with Service Members, Veterans, and their Families

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Enhancing the Behavioral Health Workforce: Prevention Pathways Community of Practice Overview: ABHPC hosts 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...

Centering Community Voices: Collaborative Prevention Strategies with LGBTQ2S+ Communities

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Collaborative Prevention Strategies with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Two-Spirit, + (LGBTQ2S+) Communities is part of ABHPC’s Centering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Primary Prevention series. This session will cover what LGBTQ2S+ identities are, and the history of the LGBTQ2S+ community in the United States. Participants in this session will gain an understanding of...

Workforce Wellness: Building Connections! The Importance of Mentorship in Primary Prevention

Online / Zoom

Enhancing the Behavioral Health Workforce: Prevention Pathways Community of Practice Overview: ABHPC hosts 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,...