All Your Prevention Needs In One Place

TRAIN

  • Convenient online platform
  • Onboarding suite for new Prevention Specialists with knowledge checks and experencial learning
  • Intermediate Courses to build skills
  • Advanced Courses for experienced professionals
  • SPF, CSAP, Ethics, SAPST
  • Core Competencies

MENTOR

  • One-on-one coaching specific to your community
  • Logic Model development
  • Coalition building
  • Tribal Technical Assistance
  • Support and Feedback
  • Media best practice guidance

EMPOWER

  • Moving community prevention goals forward
  • Support for communities of all sizes
  • Evaluation of interventions
  • Grant writing
  • Topic-specific trainings
  • Sustainability of effective prevention strategies
  • Study groups for prevention specialist certification

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Courses developed by a team of Certified Prevention Specialists with a combined 100+ years of experience.

  • 102 Intro to Prevention – Become familiar with the field of prevention; recognize the six core competencies of prevention.
  • 102A Pre-SAPST (prerequisite SAPST) – Become familiar with the foundational prevention knowledge; learn the history of prevention.
  • 104 Prevention Science –  Understand prevention science, define risk and protective factors; identify the different domains; understand why prevention matters; learn the steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework – SPF.
  • 105 Intro to Assessment –  Describe how to assess substance use problems and related behaviors; explain how to prioritize community problems; describe how to assess the risk and protective factors that influence or contribute to the problems.
  • 106 Intro to Capacity –  Define capacity as it relates to the SPF process; describe how to assess and build capacity in a community.
  • 107 Intro to Planning – Define planning as it relates to the SPF; understand how to prioritize risk and protective factors; examine the selection process for prevention interventions; know what’s needed to develop a prevention plan or logic model.
  • 107A CSAP Strategies – Understand the 6 CSAP strategies; learn how they work together as part of a comprehensive prevention plan; identify activities that are part of each CSAP strategy.
  • 107B Logic Models – Learn the purpose of a logic model; understand how they are created; learn why logic models are used in data-driven prevention; become familiar with action plans and how they correlate to logic models.
  • 108 Intro to Implementation – Describe high-quality implementation and why it is important; describe the three main tasks of implementation; understand fidelity and the guidelines for adaptation.
  • 109 Intro to Evaluation –  Define process and outcome evaluation; understand how to recommend improvements and make mid-course corrections; demonstrate how to report evaluation results.
  • 110 Intro to Cultural Proficiency –  Define and provide a high-level overview of cultural proficiency; emphasize the importance culture plays in prevention; understand the overarching principles of cultural competence.
  • 111 Intro to Sustainability – Explain the importance of sustainability throughout the SPF process; understand the difference between program sustainability and outcome sustainability; things to consider when planning for sustainability.
  • 202 Prevention Core Competencies – Define core competencies; recognize the six prevention performance domains; understand the knowledge and tasks associated with each performance domain.
  • 204 Substance Use Disorder Basics – Learn why people start using substances; identify steps on the Continuum of Use; understand how substance use disorders are a chronic brain disease; learn about stigma and culturally proficient language when talking about addiction.
  • 205 Assessment Skills:  Data Collection Methods – Define epidemiology and how those efforts apply to prevention science; identify appropriate and useful data collection methods for prevention efforts; identify types of survey instruments and demonstrate their appropriate use.
  • 205A Assessment: Community Assessments – Define community health assessment; define the geographic boundaries of assessment; compile and describe evidence about local needs; describe the overview of community health improvement planning and the key tools, resources and success metrics.
  • 205B Assessment: Risk and Protective Factors – Become familiar with risk and protective factor surveys; understand the type of data made available from each report.
  • 206 Capacity: Communication – How to reach out to community partners; how to recruit new coalition members and develop relationships to build capacity; how to engage community partners; how to build and maintain/sustain a community coalition.
  • 206A Capacity: Relationship Building & Coalitions – Understand the importance of building and sustaining relationships in prevention; identify when and how to build and sustain relationships; discover and 11-step process for relationship building. 
  • 207 Planning Skills – Review the 3 steps of the planning process; identify tools and resources to prioritize risk and protective factors; select best practice and evidence-based interventions; understand how and why data-driven comprehensive prevention plans are developed.
  • 207A CSAP Strategies Skills – Define and review CSAP strategies; increase understanding of activities within each strategy.
  • 208 Implementation Skills – Understand the importance of mobilizing support for your intervention; identify the tasks associated with carrying out evidence-based interventions; learn how to monitor the implementation of interventions.
  • 209 Evaluation Skills – Develop appropriate evaluation methods and tools; define fidelity and recognize the need for adaptations; implement evaluation findings.
  • 210 Cultural Proficiency Skills – Understand how knowledge of cultural diversity can lead to increased personal capacity to become successful in prevention efforts; work through both positive and challenging stereotypes to identify how personal bias may lead to stereotyping; use sample scenarios to recognize how to increase cultural proficiency.
  • 211 Sustainability Skills – Define the components of sustainability; understand the importance and details of each component of sustainability.
  • 220 Developing a Media Binder – Identify items to include in a robust media binder; learn how to develop a press release; receive tips on identifying earned media; develop a yearly calendar.
  • 223 Principles of Public Speaking – Create logical presentation utilizing organization skills and key points; demonstrate the ability for storytelling, building rapport, and use of examples in presentations; utilize effective visual aids and other presentation resources.
  • 226 Social Marketing -Understand why and how to use social marketing for health communications; recognize the difference between social marketing and social media; learn how to select the appropriate platform based on your message and audience.
  • 302 Lobbying v. Advocacy – Learn the difference between lobbying and advocacy; review how a bill becomes a law; steps to take to advocate for a policy or law without stepping into lobbying.