Teen Pregnancy Prevention Training

The Convening Coalitions and Community Collaborations virtual classroom training series introduces participants to foundational strategies for convening and facilitating collaborative prevention groups, including community coalitions and advisory boards/groups (primarily comprised of adults or adults and youth, but not youth-only groups). The three courses in the series include:

Convening Coalitions and Community Collaborations 1: Collaborative Purpose and Participation Search below for upcoming dates.

Convening Coalitions and Community Collaborations 2: Structuring for Success Search below for upcoming dates.

Convening Coalitions and Community Collaborations 3: Productive Group Processes and Facilitation Search below for upcoming dates.

During this course, participants will discuss how to establish the function and purpose of community coalitions and collaborations, and identify strategies for recruiting a diverse group of stakeholders. Participants should have a specific collaboration in mind when completing training activities to maximize learning opportunities.

*This course is 3 hours; an additional 30 minutes of prework is required.*

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During this course, participants will discuss how to structure and organize a community coalition or collaboration for success and infuse cultural respect and responsiveness into their processes. Participants should have a specific collaboration in mind when completing training activities to maximize learning opportunities.

*This course is 3 hours; an additional 30 minutes of prework is required.*

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The ability to lead groups is essential to various positions within the prevention field. This two-day training builds basic facilitation skills of individuals working with youth and/or adult groups. By the end of the training, participants will understand the stages of group development and the major issues associated with them, as well as how to identify and use interventions that will influence group behavior. This is an interactive training that will incorporate theory into discussions, group interaction, role-playing and practice, and applied learning.

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During this course, participants will discuss best practices for coordinating and facilitating community coalition or collaboration meetings, keeping stakeholders engaged, and evaluating the group’s effectiveness in making improvements. To maximize learning opportunities, participants should have a specific collaboration in mind when completing training activities.

*This course is 3 hours; an additional 30 minutes of prework is required.*

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In this one-day training, participants will learn how to establish and lead a youth advisory committee to support local substance use prevention efforts. Participants will learn best practices for engaging youth in advisory roles, how to establish an advisory committee structure, and strategies for recruiting and retaining youth advisors. Participants will also learn appropriate roles for youth committee members in substance use prevention activities.

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During this course, participants will explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics. Participants will then learn and use an ethical decision-making process to apply the Prevention Code of Ethics to various realistic ethical examples that substance use prevention professionals may encounter.

This course was developed by the SAMHSA Center for Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) and will be facilitated by Prevention First’s Substance Use Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Specialists. A certificate for six (6) training hours is provided upon completion. This ethics training has been endorsed by the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC) and meets the IC&RC’s prevention ethics education requirement for prevention specialist credentialing.

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Foundations of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education provides a basic understanding of the components and best practices related to implementing any TPPE program. This training will increase participants’ knowledge and skills related to planning, managing, facilitating, and evaluating Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education.

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This recorded webinar provides participants with an overview of best practices for recruiting adult volunteers into the Youth Champion program.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

• Recognize the benefits to the program
• Identify recruitment planning steps and practices
• Recognize components in recruitment strategy
• Identify the importance of diversity and barriers to specific populations
• Recognize best practices in screening
• Recognize the importance of orientation and training
• Recognize retention and recognition strategies

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This webinar provides participants an overview of meaningful youth engagement, strategies to recruit and retain youth in programs, and steps to evaluate recruitment efforts. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from each other through group discussions and be provided the tools necessary to recruit youth for the Youth Champion program and other meaningful youth leadership opportunities.

Objectives: Participants will be able to:

• Define meaningful engagement
• Recognize the Spectrum of Adult Attitudes
• Define recruitment
• Recognize barriers, benefits, and competition to youth engagement
• Identify steps for recruitment
• Define retention
• Recognize principles of retention

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