In the spring of 2022, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) approved the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTC) National Coordinating Office (NCO) to develop a training curriculum for preventionists based on SAMHSA’s Prevention Core Competencies.

The curriculum, Introduction to the Prevention Core Competencies for Prevention Professionals, covers foundational substance use prevention knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for early and mid-career prevention professionals. The curriculum utilizes evidence-based strategies for adult learning; and builds upon and complements existing workforce training curricula and resources (e.g., SPF Application Prevention Success Training,  Foundations of Prevention Science and Practice Curriculum, Universal Prevention Curriculum, and the IC&RC Candidate Guide).

The PTTC NCO worked with prevention interest groups across the nation for this curriculum development, implementation, and training of trainers. The course is for prevention professionals who desire to be trainers of this curriculum. Thank you in advance for your commitment to excellence in the field of prevention!

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In this one-hour self-paced course, participants will:

• Review milestones in this history of prevention certification in Maine
• Review background that led to the development of the SAPST course
• Understand the structure and content of a University course focusing on the SAPST
• Learn about example content of the SAPST course, and
• Examine implementation and logistical methods and challenges of the SAPST course

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Welcome to Prevention Science Foundation: Shared Risk and Protective Factors.  This course is a 7 hour, self-paced course for working in the field of prevention and healthy youth development. Learners will watch videos, read information from the surgeon general, and reflect on their learning  using journaling techniques. Participants will apply and test their knowledge through quizzes following each module. The goal of this course is to help participants understand prevention science. Join Kevin Haggerty, the Director of the Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC), and John Briney, Research Scientist and Data Manager, for a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy youth development – what they are, why they’re important, and how to measure them at the community level.

This product was funded under a cooperative agreement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (Grant Number: H79SP080995). All material, except that taken directly from copyrighted sources, is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted for training purposes without special permission. However, any content used should be attributed to the Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center. This product should be used for educational purposes only.

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The success of prevention efforts in the community is dependent on a competent, well-trained, ethical and professional Prevention Specialist. Therefore, the purpose of this 3 hour training program is to enhance the quality of services provided as well as the knowledge and skills necessary to become a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS).

This e-learning course was adapted by the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC), a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); grant no. H79SP081029-05.

Disclaimer: This training is supported by SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award with 100 percent funded by SAMHSA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by SAMHSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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Safety Planning for Youth Suicide Prevention is a one-hour, self- paced online course designed for licensed health and behavioral health professionals and students in clinical training programs. The course aims to develop participants’ knowledge and skills in using the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention, an evidence-based intervention developed by Dr. Barbara Stanley and Dr. Gregory Brown. Course participants will review the core elements of the Safety Planning Intervention, explore strategies for effective collaboration with young people and their family members, and consider ways to overcome common challenges to delivering the intervention with fidelity.

This online course was sponsored by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, which is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. 1H79SM083028. The views, opinions, and content expressed in this product do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of CMHS, SAMHSA, or HHS.

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This 3 hour overview is required to receive full access to the updated 2023 SAPST curriculum. It covers the changes in each module and how to train new content. This training is intended for those who have previously completed a SAPST Training of Trainers. Upon attestation of trainer status and course completion, SAPST materials will be made available within this course.

The SAPST was originally developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies task order (reference #HHSS283201200024I/HHSS28342002T).

This updated SAPST curriculum and this subsequent course, was created through a collaborative effort of SAMHSA’s regional Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTCs) and Network Coordinating Office (#HHS5H79SP081006).

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The goal of this 1 hour presentation is to effectively introduce the MY-SBIRT Project and outline the main components & best practices for implementing universal substance use screening for adolescents using the CRAFFT 2.1 + N and Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventive Services tools. While this presentation is specific to the screening protocol developed for School-Based Health Centers through the MY-SBIRT Project, the key elements for administering screening, engaging adolescents in motivational interviewing & brief negotiated interview techniques, and best practices for connecting individuals identified as higher risk to appropriate support & treatment can be applied to any clinical environment that serves adolescents.

The Maine Youth & Young Adult—Screening, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment (MY-SBIRT) Project operates under the Maine CDC’s Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program. The project is currently being piloted in a number of Maine schools that have a School-Based Health Center and has received funding for its initial iteration from the state’s Opioid Prevention & Treatment Fund.

This course was developed by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, which is funded by cooperative agreement 6H79SP081020-05M005 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and covers the HHS Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT).

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This 4 hour self-paced course was created through the National PTTC Implementation Science (IS) Work Group which exists to promote the effective selection and implementation of evidence-based interventions for prevention professionals and stakeholders, in order to provide services with fidelity that are culturally intelligent and result in positive outcomes. Specific to this course is a step wise process for selecting prevention programming and interventions utilizing prevention science. The first module describes the application of prevention science. The second module discusses environmental strategies. The third module discusses behavioral strategies. The forth module covers conceptual and practical fit that aligns the intervention to the community/local issue. 

This training was developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Prevention Technology Transfer Center task order. Reference # 1H79SP081018.  For training use only.

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We are currently living in unprecedented and difficult times. Prevention specialists, in addition to experiencing the current global pandemic, also listen to painful and distressing experiences which can lead to compassion fatigue and burnout. This presentation will help us to learn more about possible signs of burnout, how to implement self-care practices to your daily life, and receive available resources to combat the effects of work-related stress.

Developed by the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center.

1.0 Hour Continuing Education Available

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This 1-hour course will cover the basics of adolescent brain development, how substance misuse can impact brain development and behavior, and how differences in age of initiation, and using other substances may influence brain development. Highlighting findings from the multisite longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study and the University of California San Diego Department of Psychiatry’s Tobacco-Cannabis study, this course provides the latest information on research in this area. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the basics of adolescent brain development
2. Identify how adolescent substance use impacts brain development and behavior
3. Explain how pre-existing neural differences, age of initiation, and co-occurring substance use may influence neurodevelopment in adolescent substance users
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the ABCD Study
5. Summarize kef findings related to the study of cannabis and nicotine in the brain

This course was developed by the Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center.

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This course will cover the basics of adolescent brain development, how substance misuse can impact brain development and behavior, and how differences in age of initiation, and using other substances may influence brain development. Highlighting findings from the multisite longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study and the University of California San Diego Department of Psychiatry’s Tobacco-Cannabis study, this course provides the latest information on research in this area. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the basics of adolescent brain development
2. Identify how adolescent substance use impacts brain development and behavior
3. Explain how pre-existing neural differences, age of initiation, and co-occurring substance use may influence neurodevelopment in adolescent substance users
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the ABCD Study
5. Summarize kef findings related to the study of cannabis and nicotine in the brain

This course was developed by the Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center.

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This 1 hour, 10 minute, webinar discusses the epidemiology of substance use disorders (SUD) and the impact on children and families with special attention to systemic racism as a factor affecting health outcomes. Case studies illustrate health disparities and opportunities for enhancing outcomes in the prevention, intervention, and treatment of adolescents affected by substance use (SU) and SUDs.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the epidemiology of substance use disorders (SUD) and the impact on children and families.
• Discuss racism as a factor affecting health outcomes.
• Discuss health disparities and opportunities for enhancing outcomes in the prevention, intervention, and treatment of adolescents affected by substance use (SU) and SUDs.

The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) is partnering with NORC, at the  University of Chicago and the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) to bring a series of virtual events examining special topics for working with adolescents and transitional age youth that relate to substance use and mental health conditions.

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This 4 hour course is intended to provide Community Health workers with an understanding of substance use prevention and the role of Community Health Workers in substance use prevention. 

Training Objectives:

• Understand the foundations of substance use prevention utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
• Identify a minimum of 3 shared Risk and Protective factors for substance use and mental health prevention.
• Identify a minimum of 2 strategies for substance use prevention that I can implement in my work as a community health worker.

This course was developed by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, which is funded by cooperative agreement 6H79SP081020-05M005 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and covers the HHS Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT).

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The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) developed this self-paced, two-hour course for clinicians seeking to increase their clinical knowledge and confidence in conducting screening and safety planning with clients at risk of both IPV and suicide. The course presents tools and strategies for screening and safety planning and provides scenarios and example clinical scripts to demonstrate ways to introduce these tools and discuss them with clients in practice. The course also includes tips on supporting the therapeutic alliance between a clinician and client in this context.

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Suicide Prevention Resource Center has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7568. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Suicide Prevention Resource Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

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Participants in this course will learn the youth suicide prevalence nationally and the implications to schools. They will also be able to familiarize themselves with multi-tiered systems of positive behavior and social emotional learning. In addition, how the multi-tiered systems support the prevention of suicide. Finally, the course will discuss ways to build capacity and sustainability of these services in K-12 schools.

This Suicide Prevention Series is a collaboration between the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both centers are funded by SAMHSA.

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Participants in this course will learn the youth suicide prevalence nationally and the implications to schools. They will also be able to familiarize themselves with multi-tiered systems of positive behavior and social emotional learning. In addition, how the multi-tiered systems support the prevention of suicide. Finally, the course will discuss ways to build capacity and sustainability of these services in K-12 schools.

This Suicide Prevention Series is a collaboration between the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both centers are funded by SAMHSA.

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This course focuses on the ways in which responding to mental health crisis and risk of suicide in a school setting presents unique challenges and considerations for mental health practitioners, educators, and parents. Participants will learn recommended best practices for assessing children and adolescents for suicide and initiating appropriate responses to youth experiencing thoughts of suicide in a K-12 school setting. Special attention is given to common screening and assessment tools used in school settings, best practices for utilizing an interdisciplinary team approach to respond to youth experiencing thoughts of suicide in a school setting, and ways to identify risk and protective factors for youth and adolescents at risk of suicide.

This Suicide Prevention Series is a collaboration between the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both centers are funded by SAMHSA.

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Higher education settings are increasingly tasked with responding to the mental health needs of students and transition age youth on campuses. This course will focus on increasing faculty and staff understanding of suicidality and best practices for supporting students and transition age youth experiencing thoughts of suicide. Particular attention will be given to identifying warning signs for suicidality, best practices for screening and referring individuals to campus based care and best practices for suicide interventions for college and transition age youth.

This Suicide Prevention Series is a collaboration between the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both centers are funded by SAMHSA.

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Suicide leads to over 47,000 preventable deaths annually in the U.S. alone. In addition, suicide has increased by 33% in the U.S. in the last two decades. While environment plays a critical role, suicide has a strong genetic component. With the unique resources available to the Utah Suicide Research Program, we have the opportunity to make significant contributions to the understanding of this genetic aspect of suicide risk, with the ultimate goal of development of personalized interventions. This course will give an update on research progress and how results may impact the future of prevention and treatment.

This Suicide Prevention Series is a collaboration between the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both centers are funded by SAMHSA.

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This brief learning session offers healthcare providers foundational knowledge and actionable strategies for syphilis screening and prevention. It is intended for Title X program clinical providers (MD/NP/PA/CNM), nurses, and other staff who may screen clients for syphilis.

This project is supported by FPTPA006031, issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,000,000, which is 100 percent funded by the Office of Population Affairs/OASH/HHS. 

0.25 hours Continuing Education Available

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