Youth Prevention Resource Center Training

As nicotine products continue to evolve, it is essential that adults who work with and support youth stay informed about emerging trends so they can provide effective guidance. This webinar will explore today’s youth nicotine landscape, including nicotine pouches, “smart” vapes, and other evolving products. Participants will learn what dual use means, why some young people may use more than one type of nicotine product, and how these patterns can affect prevention and intervention efforts. The webinar will also compare traditional prevention approaches with a comprehensive, health-based approach that emphasizes youth well-being, practical education, and supportive conversations. Participants will leave with actionable steps parents, caregivers, and adults who work with youth can use when they are concerned about a young person’s nicotine use, including how to start conversations, connect youth to resources, and promote healthier choices.

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Peer pressure remains one of the most influential forces, and in today’s digitally connected world, it extends far beyond in-person interactions. This webinar explores how peer pressure can shape a young person’s behaviors in both social and online environments, including the impacts of social media, technology, and digital communities. Through real-life scenarios, participants will gain practical, actionable strategies to initiate supportive conversations with youth, strengthen their ability to resist unhealthy influence, and promote healthy boundary-setting.

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Youth are critical partners in developing and implementing programs and strategies that impact them. This course gives learners the knowledge and skills to authentically engage youth in prevention and youth development programs. Topics include adolescent development, the advantages of youth involvement, phases of authentic engagement, combating stereotypes and discrimination, adultism's impact, and effective youth recruitment and retention strategies. Participants will explore the importance of equitable power-sharing, recognize misconceptions, and understand how to engage youth effectively while navigating complexities in engagement practices.

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This online course will increase participants’ knowledge and skills in building relationships and collaborating with key community stakeholders. Participants will learn strategies for identifying and engaging key stakeholders, building relationships, getting stakeholders on board, and convening local coalitions.

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This online training will increase participants’ knowledge of how the teen brain develops, how adolescent brain development differs throughout various stages, and how adolescent brain development influences adolescent thinking and behavior. The impact of early life trauma and racism will also be explored. Participants will examine their beliefs and attitudes about adolescence and how they affect their work with youth. This training will also highlight the value of authentically partnering with young people.

This course is currently under construction. Check back soon for an updated version.

IISUP I: Welcome to Prevention is a self-paced, online course introducing participants to youth substance use prevention. Participants of this course will explore why prevention matters, including the rates, effects, and consequences of youth substance use. Participants will also examine milestones and trends of substance use in our society over time, how prevention efforts have evolved throughout history, and the components of effective prevention. This course consists of six modules. Estimated completion time for the entire course is 3 hours. The estimated completion time for each module is 30 minutes.

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This online training will provide an overview of youth engagement and best practices for working with youth committees/councils. Participants will learn about the benefits of engaging youth, levels of youth participation, strategies for addressing barriers to youth engagement, and best practices for youth/adult partnerships.

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These 60-minute recorded webinars on Authentic Youth Engagement target adults who work with youth, adults who seek to learn about authentic youth engagement, educators, and prevention professionals. Certificates of Completion/CEU's are not provided for recorded webinars. Authentic Youth Engagement - Part One was recorded on February 15, 2022 and Part Two was recorded on March 29, 2022. 

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This webinar was hosted on June 15, 2022. There are no CEUs offered for viewing this recording. 

Presenters: Bryant Laiche, Randyl Wilkins, and Makenna Gill

This special Pride Month webinar examines what it takes to be an LGBTQ+ ally. This webinar explores how you can support members of the LGBTQ+ community and fight against the risk factors that contribute to increased substance misuse and mental health challenges. 

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This is a recorded webinar. No CEUs are offered for recorded webinars.

Presenters: Kellie Henrichs, Randyl Wilkins, Kathy Murphy, Jody Heavilin, and Jacob Levinson

This webinar will share effective strategies that have been shown to engage youth in meaningful prevention efforts. 

Upon completing the webinar, participants will be able to: 

• Describe the importance of authentic youth engagement 
• Recognize opportunities to engage youth in prevention work 
• Highlight ways youth can benefit from being involved in prevention work 
• Identify how to recruit youth for prevention work 

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This is a recorded webinar. No CEUs are offered for recorded webinars.

Presenters: Makenna Gill, SAB Alumni, moderator; Shrinidhi Sriraman, SAB Member, panelist; Laila Hutchison, SAB Member, Panelist; Rachel Coutinho, SAB Member, Panelist

Join three of our new Student Advisory Board members as they share their thoughts and experiences on authentically engaging youth in prevention work.  

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This webinar was recorded on May 14, 2024. No CEUs are offered for recorded webinars.

This workshop covers basic LGBT concepts and terminology, transgender-specific information including medical and social transitioning, how to be more LGBT open and welcoming, how being more open and welcoming can reduce service disparities and chronic disease, and your role in making a difference.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to differentiate between the four main concepts of biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
• Participants will understand what it means to be transgender and the basics of social and medical transitioning.
• Participants will learn how being open and welcoming increases trust and reduces medical disparities. 
• Participants will learn ten (10) ways to be more LGBT-open and welcoming.

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