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Alternatives: Youth Recreation As Prevention

The fields of youth development and AOD prevention merge in this workshop for youth-serving professionals and volunteers.  The training will review the development of prevention strategies from prohibition to today’s “risk and resiliency” approach, examine what youth need, identify critical components of effective alternative activities including how to build a culture of community and ownership with your groups and suggest ways to recreation programs.

Developed by Sam Piha and Stacy Daraio.
Delivered by Reba Rose.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Asset Mapping: Finding Alternative Resources

This one-day workshop will help community prevention programs identify and use assets from their local community. For the purposes of this training, assets are divided into two general categories: human assets and material assets. The former includes the talents, skills, labor, and time of community members-assets that are often overlooked when traditional resource inventories are conducted. The latter include in-kind goods and services as well as lesser known or innovative financial resources. Traditionally, funding and support for alcohol and other drug prevention activities has come from the governmental sector. However, the amount of support has never been abundant, and reduction of resources for prevention is likely for the foreseeable future. 

This training will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to view their local community as a "bank" in which human assets and financial wealth exist, but which requires some savvy to access. The first half of the training day will build on and extend the work of John McKnight and John Kretzmann at Northwestern University Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research. Their work, often referred to as "asset mapping," grew out of a five year research project to identify success factors in North American communities that were "growing power," i.e., building more successful institutions.  The second half of this workshop will provide information about local resources that are available but not widely cultivated by community prevention programs, such as fraternal organization, bar association foundations and the new Community Wealth Enterprise initiative of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. Such community wealth initiatives seek to tap local resources for renewable funding that is not subject to the vagaries of government agencies.

Developed and delivered by John De Miranda.

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Community-Based Planning for Environmental Prevention

This workshop presents a community-based approach to environmental risk reduction for the prevention of community-level alcohol/drug problems. The Community-Based Environmental Risk Reduction (CB-ERR) approach "works" because so many alcohol/drug problems occur as a result of problematic interactions between people and their surrounding community environments. These problems include DUI crashes, youth drinking and drug use, problems related to drinking in public, violence, medical complications of alcoholism, among others. Each of these problems is associated with local environments of alcohol/drug "availability," or the community settings and circumstances in which alcohol/drugs are sold and used. If prevention workers can identify the high-risk environments of availability most associated with these problems, local agencies and organizations can take effective action, using local powers and resources already available. to reduce or prevent these problems. 

The key to putting the CB-ERR approach to work lies with the people who live and work in the community. The CB-ERR approach is a form of participatory environmental design That is, the people who live and work in the affected environments play major roles in taking action to modify (redesign) the environments to prevent problems. The participants ask:

1. What are the problem-environments (high-risk environments) that need attention?

2. What tools and strategies can be used to modify the problem-environments?

3. Who is going to take responsibility for taking action-which public agencies. which community organizations, which concerned individuals?

4. Are people satisfied with the results?

This workshop provides background information and tools to help people in local geographically-defined communities (cities, parts of cities, and unincorporated parts of counties) take advantage of the CB-ERR approach to prevent alcohol/drug problems. The workshop's six modules provide a "how-to" guide, based on a combination of research and practice experience in local communities, that participants can use to apply to alcohol/drug problems in their own communities.

Developed and delivered by Friedner Wittman.

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**Ask about our advanced CB-ERR Course!! Contact Heather Vasquez at heather@emt.org.

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Community Based Organization

This workshop introduces the participants to different organizational models while using their individual experiences as a vehicle for group reflection.  This workshop has the objective of creating a forum in which the different organizational alternatives that have been used can be presented based on the challenges we have faced. 

The workshop will present tools for community organizing and social change, such as ideas for recruiting, organizing groups, access to public institutions and the handling of key concepts for environmental prevention and the establishment of policies.

Developed by The Marin Institute.
Delivered by Anita de Lucio Brock and George Vasquez .	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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CSAP Model Programs: Using Science-Based Prevention

In this workshop, participants will learn about research-based strategies for alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention.  They will develop a working knowledge of science-based prevention. They will develop a working knowledge of science-based prevention principles and understand elements of prevention theory which form the foundation for developing effective programs.  

In particular, this workshop will present research that the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAO) has identified as effective in forming the basis model prevention programs.  In 1987, the CSA P first began awarding grants to develop programs tailored to the specific needs of identified populations under its “ High Risk Youth (HRY) Demonstration Grant Program.”  These programs then underwent evaluation in order to determine those programs and best practices that are effective and are based on sound theoretical principles.  In an effort to translate research into practice for the prevention field, CSAP has identified specific model programs that meet these criteria.  After receiving an overview of each of these model programs, participants will have the opportunity to discuss them as assess their relevance to their own prevention work.  Finally, using concepts learned in the workshop, participants will use a logic model to plan elements of a prevention program to implement in their own communities.

Developed by Sharon O'Hara.
Delivered by Sharon O'Hara and Mel Orpilla.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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From Risk to Resilience: Inside-Out Prevention

This training is designed to provide an overview of the resilience approach to prevention practice. Whether referred to as youth development, empowerment, the strengths perspective, asset building, or resilience, this approach shifts the focus in prevention from risk factors, damage, deficits, and ~youth as problems" to protective factors, challenge, assets, and "youth as resources." 

The training addresses all family, school, and community youth serving professionals, parents, volunteers, and advocates. Because resilience is a developmental approach, this training does not limit its focus solely to alcohol and other drug issues. Rather the concern is with how we promote the healthy development of young people-even those already experiencing problems-and thereby prevent not only initiation into but further escalation of all problem behaviors. 

Training topics include an overview of the research base for resilience, the identification of the personal assets identified with healthy development, an examination of the nature of the resilience process, and an exploration of prevention strategies grounded in protective factors. Participants will have the opportunity to apply these strategies to their specific circumstances and programs as well as to discuss the challenges and gifts of resilience practice.

Developed  by Bonnie Benard.
Delivered by Bonnie Benard, Carol Burgoa, and Debra Supple.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Fundamentals and Strategies of Prevention

In this workshop, participants will learn the basics about theories and strategies of alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention.  Time will be spent on brief introductions to several theories and approaches to prevention, such as risk and protective factor research, developmental assets, resiliency, youth development and environmental strategies.  The works will then address the six prevention types of strategies recommended by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and look at how the various theories and approaches fit into those strategies.  In addition, participants will learn about program evaluation and how different types of evaluation can be included when using a logic model to develop prevention initiatives.  The workshop then outlines the steps to building a prevention program outlined by the Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (West CAPT). Finally, participants will have the opportunity to identify the necessary steps needed in order to plan and implement prevention programs in their communities.

Developed by Bill Caughron.
Delivered by Sharon O'Hara and Mel Orpilla.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Grant Writing: Developing & Maintaining AOD Prevention Programs

This workshop is intended for both beginners and intermediate-level grant writers. Three main content areas will be covered: 1) program assessment and planning; 2) research of fund sources: and 3) tube writing of proposals. 

Program assessment and planning form the foundation of developing a solid grant proposal. The need to formulate a necessary, well-delineated prevention program must be clear in the mind of the grant writer before any writing begins. Once the program is theoretically developed, then the often difficult task of matching the program to the stated needs of potential funders begins. This matching process requires the development of interpersonal relationships with both public and private funding interests along with straightforward skills of library and internet research. Participants will receive a compendium of public and private funding resources. 

The workshop wil1 also cover the nuts and bolts of composing different kinds of proposals-start-up, maintenance, organizational, research-and preparing the typical components of proposals-cover letter, abstract, statement of need, goals and objectives, evaluation. Information on developing and implementing a "Proposal-Ready System" will also be presented.

 

Developed and delivered by Victor Colman.

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Grassroots Program Evaluation Without a Budget

This training is intended to provide an overview of the topic of program evaluation for AOD prevention programs. Evaluation is often viewed as an activity that is expensive, time consuming, and beyond the resources of prevention specialists. Rather than attempting to collect information that answers basic questions for programs, prevention specialists are often afraid to collect any information, if they cannot do the perfect study. Given limited resources this means that most programs do nothing rather than settle for achievable goals.  

The premise of this training is that evaluation is an integral part of program administration. Stripped away of the fancy terms, evaluation can be viewed as collecting information that describes the effort expended to implement prevention programs and changes in characteristics as a result of activities. While this simplified view will not result in the development of scientifically rigorous findings that are appropriate for journal publications, such procedures can result in information that is immediately useful in describing prevention efforts and results.  

Developed by Lance Segars.
Delivered by Lance Segars and Louise Godbold.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Media Advocacy Basics

Media advocacy has been used as a tool to hasten public health and safety initiatives addressing a variety of issues, such as tobacco control, nutrition and, most recently, traffic safety. Alcohol and other drug prevention advocates began using media advocacy in the late 1980s.

Media advocacy can be used in its short form to call attention and create pressure to adopt a specific policy goal. In its more comprehensive form, media advocacy embraces a long-term community development process. Media advocates can assist community members to understand their own issues, to develop clear policy-oriented goals, to gain skills in accessing media outlets, and to achieve and maintain long-term change in high-risk environments.

This workshop will provide participants with a basic understanding of media advocacy in its more comprehensive form and walk them through the planning process of a media advocacy campaign.

Developed by Angela Goldberg and The Institute for Health Advocacy.
Delivered by Sharon O'Hara and Jeffery F. Tufenkian.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Non-Profit Board Development

How can a non-profit Board of Directors guide the organization toward goal achievement?  Through strategic planning!  This training focuses on the responsibilities of the non-profit board, functional policy making, and action planning.  Participants will come away from this workshop with the skills and abilities to create a strategic plan. 

Developed by Sharon O'Hara.
Delivered by Sharon O'Hara and Louise Godbold.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Organización Communitaria de Base

Este taller introduce a los participantes a modelos de la organización diferentes al mismo tiempo usan sus experiencias individuales como un vehículo para la reflejo del grupo. El taller presentará herramientas básicas para la organización de la comunidad y el cambio social, tal como alistando las ideas, el acceso a instituciones y manejo públicos de conceptos básicos para la prevención y establecimiento de entorno de normas por seguir.

Desarrollado por The Marin Institute.
Delivered by Anita de Lucio Brock and George Vásquez.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Policy Panels for Prevention: A New Tool for Communities

Local policy panels present a promising new tool for communities to address social problems such as youth access to alcohol. These panels also serve to mobilize community leadership in the service of progressive prevention strategies.

The idea of local policy panels was adapted by Join Together, a Boston-based organization whose mission is to help communities reduce the harm from alcohol and other drugs. Its first national panel report, Save Lives, stimulated two California communities--San Diego County and the city of Santa Rosa--to experiment with a local version of the Join Together model.* Under this model, local government, business and community leaders--many new to the alcohol policy arena--are asked to participate in a time-limited panel whose singular objective is to develop a set of attainable policy recommendations aimed at curing youth access to alcohol. Exert testimony, public hearings and a robust deliberation process are key elements in a successful panel experience. While these policy panels have focused on youth access to alcohol, the panel template is applicable to a wide variety of community problems such as teen pregnancy, gang suppression, and violence.

Developed and delivered by John De Miranda.

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Prevention and the Legislative Process

This workshop will demonstrate the importance of understanding the legislative process and teach participants how to impact state legislation to further prevention goals. Participants will learn the ins and outs of the California State Legislature, the differences between state and local control, and the influential power of organizations and lobbying. The workshop will build on basic concepts of environmental prevention, community organizing and policy work.

Developed and delivered by Sharon O'Hara and Michael Sparks.

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Prevention Strategies for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

This training is designed to provide an overview of considerations and potential strategies in prevention alcohol and other drug problems among young women and girls. Alcohol and drug problems are connected with a wide range of issues impacting young women including family violence, unwanted pregnancy, sexual assault, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and a media that exploits women and girls. In spite of this few prevention efforts have been designed to address the specific concerns of adolescent females.

This training designed for helping professionals and community members who would like to strengthen their abilities as allies in preventing alcohol and drug problems among young women and girls at risk for alcohol and drug problems.  Youth are encouraged to attend, especially girls.  Training topics include common realities and experiences of girls/ young women, current patterns of alcohol and drug use, and prevention strategies that really “work”.  Participants will have an opportunity to explore as well as plan specific prevention approaches and activities that contribute to school community protective factors and enhance girls’ resilience.  

Developed by Laurie Drabble. Revised by Bonnie Benard and Carol Burgoa.
Delivered by Bonnie Benard, Carol Burgoa and Debra Supple.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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Public Policy 101: From Assessment to Enforcement

The intent of this training is to provide an overview of environmental prevention theory and application. This information is intended for use by public entities, communities, human service agencies, and individuals in assessing, developing, and monitoring effective policy strategies.

The first part of the training focuses on establishing the conceptual framework for community assessment and planning for policy initiatives. Specifically, a discussion of the important role that norms and policies play in reducing risk (and enhancing resiliency) factors for alcohol and other drug abuse. Typologies of policies specific to ATOD prevention will be introduced. A comprehensive planning model for communities will be presented and applied in small group break-outs.

The second part provides participants with methods for actually changing community and social norms and instituting comprehensive prevention policies. This component will provide the engine for initiating or changing those policies assessed earlier in the day. Finally, understanding the need for and the means to monitor policy implementation efforts will be discussed.

More topic-specific training's {such as the use of conditional use permits, media advocacy, community organizing, and advocacy skills-building) would be excellent follow-ups to this introductory training.  

Developed and delivered by Victor Colman.

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Tools for Regulating Local Alcohol Availability  

Since the early 1980s, when research first confirmed that the availability of alcohol is directly linked to levels of consumption and alcohol-related problems, the alcohol field has been developing ways to reduce alcohol availability. Communities have come to understand that alcohol outlets are a primary source of availability and may pose substantial risks to the health and safety of those living and working nearby. Local municipalities are now beginning to use their local land use powers to regulate how, when and where alcohol may be sold.

The conditional use permit (CUP) is a land use ordinance that provides communities and local governments control over where alcohol outlets may be located, how late they may operate, how they train their sellers/servers, and how citizens may participate in determining if new outlets should open in their neighborhoods. Through the CUP, operating conditions may be placed on new outlets that minimize potential risks to health and safety. The ordinance also provides a simple mechanism for localities to revoke the business permits of outlets operating out of compliance with the conditions set forth in the CUP.  

Developed by Michael Sparks.
Delivered by Michael Sparks and Victor Colman.	(Return to Training Calendar) or (Return to top)

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