The Council on Recovery hosted the Fall Prevention and Behavioral Health Institute held October 15-18, 2019 in Houston Texas.
The Fall Prevention and Behavioral Health Institute was sponsored in part by:
Texas Association of Addiction Professionals- Houston Chapter
The Council on Recovery– Houston Texas
Third Coast Counseling and Wellness
Fall Prevention and Behavioral Health Institute had workshops for everyone !
Counselor Interns/ Prevention Specialist/ Community Coalitions Directors/ Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors / Treatment Providers/ Peer Recovery Coaches/ Social Workers/ Criminal Justice Addiction Professionals/ Clinical Supervisors/ Managers/ Directors/ Team Leads/ Alcohol & Drug Counselors/ Mental Health Peer Specialist/ Peer Recovery Support Specialist/ Prevention Classroom Curriculum Staff/
Workshops titles include:
A Role for the Preventionist in Natural Disasters
Got QI?: Quality Improvement Skills for the Preventionist
Drugs of Abuse, with a Focus on Opioids and Synthetics ATOD Specific
Experiential learning through Positive Alternatives
Building Capacity
Marijuana Myths ATOD Specific
Community Assessment
Ethics for the Prevention Professional
Understanding the Science of Addiction ATOD Specific
Sustainability Planning in Prevention
Facilitation Skills for YPI, YPS, YPU Prevention Curricula
Incorporating Media into your Program’s/ Coalition’s Strategic Plan
Self Care for Prevention Specialists
The Gap between Substance Use Prevention and Treatment for Adolescents
Certified Prevention Specialist Exam Prep Course
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
Crisis Intervention Techniques for Prevention Specialists
Let’s Call this Youth Vaping Crisis What It Is: A Juuling Epidemic ATOD Specific
Supervision of the Prevention Specialist
Suicide Prevention – At the Intersection of Suicide, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Through the Eyes of Teens: Using Photovoice for Youth Empowerment
Workshops at a Glance (Descriptions Below)
Tuesday October 15th 1:30-4:30
A Role for the Preventionist in Natural Disasters
Got QI?: Quality Improvement Skills for the Preventionist
Drugs of Abuse, with a Focus on Opioids and Synthetics ATOD Specific
Experiential learning through Positive Alternatives
Building Capacity
Wednesday October 16th 9:00-12:00 & 1:30-4:30
Marijuana Myths ATOD Specific
Community Assessment
Ethics for the Prevention Professional
Understanding the Science of Addiction ATOD Specific
Sustainability Planning in Prevention
Facilitation Skills for YPI, YPS, YPU Prevention Curricula
Incorporating Media into your Program’s/ Coalition’s Strategic Plan
Thursday October 17th 9:00-12:00 & 1:30-4:30
Self Care for Prevention Specialists
The Gap between Substance Use Prevention and Treatment for Adolescents
Certified Prevention Specialist Exam Prep Course
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
Crisis Intervention Techniques for Prevention Specialists
Friday October 18th 9:00-12:00
Let’s Call this Youth Vaping Crisis What It Is: A Juuling Epidemic ATOD Specific
Supervision of the Prevention Specialist
Suicide Prevention – At the Intersection of Suicide, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Through the Eyes of Teens: Using Photovoice for Youth Empowerment
Workshop Descriptions
Tuesday October 15th
Got QI?: Quality Improvement Skills for the Preventionist Trainer: Beverly Triana-Tremain PhD, CLSSGB
This session will focus on Quality Improvement skills for the Preventionist. The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA). Cycle will be used to identify problems in professional and personal situations and work to improve them. Tools, such as the flowchart, fishbone, and affinity analysis will be employed to help uncover issues related to problems. Data collection will be a common theme throughout the PDSA Cycle.
A Role for the Preventionist in Natural Disasters Trainer: Beverly Triana-Tremain PhD, CLSSGB
When natural disasters strike a community, prevention professionals are often called upon to be part of the response and recovery efforts. But sometimes it is unclear how exactly those preventionists can best use their specific set of skills and expertise and how existing prevention efforts should or should not change to best support the community during the recovery period and moving forward. This session will explore how prevention practitioners can make their prevention efforts “disaster ready”; what substance misuse patterns tend to look like in the aftermath of a natural disaster; and what important competencies prevention professionals bring to the table to support community recovery efforts. This session will also provide an opportunity for prevention professionals who have worked through natural disasters in their own communities to share their experiences and lessons learned.
Drugs of Abuse, with a Focus on Opioids and Synthetics – Trainer: Mitchell Moore LCDC, ACPS, ICPS, ADC
A drug is a drug is a drug is a drug… but which category does Xanax belong in? ATOD questions like this may be on a certification exam. This workshop will help participants understand categories, sign and symptoms of abuse with a focus on opioids and synthetics and current State and National trends. ATOD Specific
Experiential learning through Positive Alternatives Trainer: Ricardo Aleman BS, CPS
Experiential learning through Positive Alternatives will help attendees engage their participants in a fun interactive experience that not only builds a connection with participants and the prevention specialist, but also helps the participants build relationships and trust with each other. The activities will consist of ice breakers, team building exercises, and trust initiatives that require little to no props which all help the participant(s) gain leadership skills and team building/peer bonding. During this breakout session, the prevention specialist will learn how to prepare, facilitate, and debrief (process) the activity.
Building Capacity Trainer: Brent Blackburn CPS
During this interactive workshop, participants will learn strategies for building capacity through engaging all sectors of the community. Participants will discuss current collaborations and how to get the most out of each of those collaborations, as well as build new partnerships.
Wednesday October 16th
Marijuana Myths Trainer: Rudy Garcia LCDC, CPS
With the decriminalization of marijuana. Youth perception of harm has decreased and use has increased. Participants will be able to distinguish from facts and myths of Marijuana. ATOD Specific
Community Assessment Trainer: Kyle Barrington Ph.D.
The presentation will demonstrate both formal and informal community assessment techniques. Participants will explore various ways to conduct a community assessment which will include a discussion about (1) who do you utilize for access to data? (2) what do you do to collect data? (3) how to assimilate various types of data into a useful report, and (4) how can the data be used to build capacity and partners for your program? Since a comprehensive assessment covers all aspects of the community the presentation will display what a comprehensive assessment looks like and how to present it to the community to build capacity and to leverage additional resources.
Ethics for the Prevention Professional Trainer: Julie Stevens MPS, ACPS, ICPS
*This is a two part course; participants must attend both the morning and afternoon sessions
“Ethics for the Prevention Professional” is designed specifically for the behavioral health promotion and substance abuse prevention professional and fulfills the Prevention Specialist credential ethics requirement. This workshop will improve the understanding of and ability to apply a set of accepted standards/principles that guide the behaviors and actions of both individuals and organizations working in the prevention profession.
Understanding the Science of Addiction Trainer: Angela Broadus Ph.D.
Substance-Related/Addictive Disorders have a common causal mechanism in our brain. In this workshop, participants learn about brain development, how our brain communicates and is geared to survive, and how substances of abuse alter normal brain function. Participants will learn the association between choice and behavior; how the brain induces cravings; and, why the teen brain is vulnerable to addiction. ATOD Specific
Sustainability Planning for Prevention Trainer: Kyle Barrington Ph.D.
Like all prevention efforts, sustainability success requires careful planning. Sustainability planning is a process of examining an organization’s or coalition’s current prevention practices to determine which interventions and processes need to be sustained to achieve meaningful prevention outcomes which extend beyond current funding and over time. This involves setting realistic sustainability goals, leveraging current and potential partnerships, and implementing targeted fiscal strategies. The presentation will also include common pitfalls to avoid when creating a sustainability plan. This workshop is designed to serve as a starting point to launch prevention providers and coalitions into developing useful sustainability plans.
Facilitation Skills for YPI, YPS, YPU Prevention Curricula Trainer: Rudy Garcia LCDC, CPS
Participants will gain knowledge in presenting evidence based prevention curriculum to students. This presentation will address class room engagement and curriculum adaptation and fidelity. The presentation will also cover how to be most effective with disruptive students using class room management skills.
Incorporating Media into your Program’s/ Coalition’s Strategic Plan Trainer: Mitchell Moore LCDC, ACPS, ICPS, ADC
Does the community know what you are doing? Do you have a media plan? If I see you in public can you vocalize your programs goals through an “elevator speech”? This workshop will help participants develop a media plan for their program. You are doing excellent work so get the word out!
Thursday October 17th
Self Care for Prevention Specialists Trainer: Marcia Baker PhD, LPC, LCDC, MAC, ACPS
This training will provide prevention specialists information to assist in understanding the importance of self-care. We will discuss specific tools for self-care and develop a specialized self-care plan.
The Gap between Substance Use Prevention and Treatment for Adolescents Trainer: Virginia Hoft LCDC
Strategies to addresses adolescent substance use are often limited to two opposite poles – prevention and drug treatment. However, young people’s substance use differs greatly along a continuum between these two points and approaches should too. Consideration that includes level of individual’s use, from risky to chaotic; their motivation to change their behavior; appropriateness for treatment; as well as other factors are key in deciding on best approaches. In this workshop, participants will explore a strategies aligned with NIDA’s “Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Interventions” for youth who fall within this “gap.”
Certified Prevention Specialist Exam Prep Course Trainer: Julie Stevens MPS, ACPS, ICPS
*This is a two part course; participants must attend both the morning and afternoon sessions
The Prevention Specialist Exam Preparation Course will assist in preparing participants to study for and subsequently take the prevention specialist exam. This course covers the requirements and application process to become a Certified Prevention Specialist. The workshop presenters will identify the domains and tasks covered in the new exam, study resources, the types of questions that are on the exam and tips for studying and taking the exam.
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Trainer: Mitchell Moore LCDC, ACPS, ICPS, ADC
Prior proper planning prepares pronounced public presentations. This workshop will help participants sharpen their presentations skills and apply the principles of public speaking. Participants will learn the three stages of a presentation and discover how to engage their audience using activities and “jolts”.
Crisis Intervention Techniques for Prevention Specialists Trainer: Marcia Baker PhD, LPC, LCDC, MAC, ACPS
This training will provide an overview of the principles and practices of crisis intervention specific to the prevention specialist. You will be able to understand how a prevention specialist could utilize skills of crisis intervention in schools and communities.
Friday October 18th
Let’s Call this Youth Vaping Crisis What It Is: A Juuling Epidemic Trainers: Gina Velez-Lopez LCDC. CPS. IDAC and Leo Gutierrez LCDC
Can vape products be banned? Is vaping worse than using THC oil? Can they cause depression and nicotine withdrawal: Trying to quit vaping “is hell.”
Supervision of the Prevention Specialist Trainer: Julie Stevens MPS, ACPS, ICPS
As an advancing field of professional service, substance abuse prevention is expanding through levels of certification and through concurrent initiatives with behavioral health. As the certification process advances in states, jurisdictions and tribes, there is little to no training specifically for supervising prevention staff. The basic goals of supervision of the prevention specialist are to assure the delivery of high-quality interventions, create a positive work environment, and develop staff professional and administrative skills. This session will discuss characteristics of effective supervisors, the prevention supervisor job description, and supervision tools.
Suicide Prevention – At the Intersection of Suicide, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Trainer: Mitchell Moore LCDC, ACPS, ICPS, ADC
Co-occurring issues have common risk and protective factors. By knowing these shared risk and protective factors we begin to better serve our community, and prevent multiple behavioral health issues. SAMHSA and SPRC have identified risk and protective factors for suicide. SPRC has also identified steps to take immediately after a community or school suicide takes place to prevent contagion. Almost anyone can take action to help prevent suicide. By understanding warning signs and your role as a professional you may be able to intervene before self-harming behavior is enacted.
Through the Eyes of Teens: Using Photovoice for Youth Empowerment Trainer: June Deibel MS, CHES
Photovoice uses photos or videos to document – visually and through narratives – a group perspective on their lives, experiences, or community conditions. This strategy allows them to influence attitudes or behaviors by highlighting negatives/risks or positives/protective factors. As a result, they are able to affect change in policies, attitudes, behaviors, or improve conditions. This workshop demonstrates how a community advocate can engage youth in research and build community awareness.
Presenter Bios:
Ricardo Aleman BS, CPS
Ricardo Aleman is a Prevention Program Director with Connections Individual & Family Services. Ricardo has worked with at-risk youth since 2008. Ricardo currently holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice as well as the following certifications; Certified Prevention Specialist and Certified Ropes Course Facilitator. Ricardo has created and led various presentations and trainings which include facilitation of team building and experiential learning exercises. Ricardo’s experiential learning style helps attendees/participants learn by doing and creating a learning environment that’s fun and inclusive. Ricardo has worked with both youth and adults in a variety of settings such as schools, businesses, detention centers and other community settings.
Marcia Baker PhD, LPC, LCDC, MAC, ACPS
Marcia has a PhD in Psychology with a specialty in Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Master Addiction Counselor and Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist. She is currently a Psychology Fellow and practicing therapist. She has developed programs and worked as a therapist in the substance abuse treatment, prevention and behavioral health field for over 30 years. She utilizes her education and experience to provide a holistic approach when treating emotional/physical health issues for all ages. Her research expertise is in psycho social oncology with families of children that had cancer and substance use prevention. She is a trainer for Strengthening Families Training Certification, Towards No Drug Abuse Certification, Positive Action, Youth Mental health First Aid and Prevention Skill training program for substance abuse prevention professionals and teaches/ trains adjunct in the field of substance abuse, prevention and mental health for numerous colleges and educational institutions. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher and has been a Yoga practitioner for over 25 years.
Kyle Barrington Ph.D.
Kyle Barrington, PhD, has over 30 years’ experience in the field of substance abuse prevention and treatment. His experiences include being a substance abuse counselor, director of a dual-diagnosis hospital unit for adults and youth, director of an emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and evaluator for local and statewide organizations. Dr. Barrington has extensive experience evaluating the impact of alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs and practices. He has five published, peer-reviewed, articles, has been quoted in several scholarly articles, and has conducted over 200 program evaluations.
Brent Blackburn CPS
Brent Blackburn is a Certified Prevention Specialist that has many years of experience in alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention. Brent has traveled the nation in pursuit of his passion to build youth and adult partnerships, to solve community problems. Brent currently serves as the Executive Director of Extreme Youth Leadership, working to create connections in the community that will reduce substance abuse, engage young people to serve their schools and communities, and developing them into leaders.
Angela Broadus Ph.D.
Angela Broadus joined the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M in 2016 as a Training Specialist. She completed her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and brings 10+ years of university teaching and community training experience. Dr. Broadus has authored/co-authored nine technical reports, three encyclopedia entries, one book chapter, and five articles in peer-review journals. Since 2016, she also has developed 11 substance use workshops and traveled extensively throughout Texas to offer these workshops to those who work with or parent adolescents.
June Deibel MS, CHES
June Deibel is the Adult Educator for Recovery Resource Council (formerly The Council on Alcohol & Drugs). She is responsible for outreach and education in the D/FW area to promote substance abuse prevention, provide trainings, and give presentations to both adults and youth. June has a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Studies from Texas Woman’s University and a Masters of Science in Health Education from Texas A&M University. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) as designated by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing and is an Associate Prevention Specialist (APS) through the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals.
Rudy Garcia LCDC,CPS
Rudy Garcia has been working in the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse field since 2000. Rudy has had years of experience of providing direct services in Prevention and Treatment. Rudy has also Directed Prevention Services and Out-Patient Treatment Services. Rudy is also a Trainer of Evidenced Based Prevention Curriculum as well as Required Prevention Specialists Training.
Leo Gutierrez LCDC
Leo currently works with Rainbow Days as a counselor. He is working on his Masters in Substance Use & Addiction. Has implemented support groups 4 Dallas ISD schools as well as churches. Leo works part time with Youth 180 as a Bi-lingual Adolescent counselor. He had done extensive work with cheese heroin users in the Love field area.
Virginia Hoft LCDC
Virginia Hoft has been the National Director of Substance Use Services and Regional Vice President for Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. since September 2015 when Santa Fe Youth Services became a division of YAP. Prior to that time, she was the founding Executive Director of Santa Fe Youth Services, a non-profit agency providing substance abuse prevention, intervention, and counseling services to Ft. Worth and Tarrant County youth and families since 1996. Virginia earned Bachelor of Science degrees in both Business Administration and Education from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and has worked in the mental health and substance abuse field for over 30 years in the role of counselor, trainer, program developer, and executive. In response to the growing use of peer support in substance use services, Virginia has completed the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS) training and is completing the new requirements to become a Certified Recovery Support Peer Specialist (RSPS). With her extensive experience, training and longevity in field of substance use, Virginia is leading the integration of innovative substance use strategies into current YAP models throughout the United States and in Sweden.
Gina Velez-Lopez LCDC, CPS, IDAC
Currently employed by Youth 180 ad as a Bi-lingual Out-Patient Treatment Adolescent Counselor. Worked as a instructional Specialist Dallas ISD for 22 yrs. I have blazed the trails of education, prevention, intervention & treatment. Taught in Honduras & received the Fulbright Scholar Award to showcase Dallas ISD programs in Tokyo, Japan.
Mitchell Moore BAT, LCDC, ICPS, ACPS, ADC
Mitchell Moore is a dynamic certified prevention specialist who has a passion for reducing substance use disorders. He has extensive training in substance abuse prevention with a specialty in tobacco prevention and underage drinking prevention. He utilizes experiential learning techniques and provides common analogies that people can relate to. Mitchell was recently recognized as the Texas Prevention Specialist of the Year.
Julie Stevens MPS, ACPS, ICPS
Julie Stevens is an Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist and was a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor for 20 years. She has served as Director of Prevention for the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Training Specialist for the University of Oklahoma’s Southwest Prevention Center, and most recently as Executive Director of LifeSteps Council on Alcohol and Drugs. She is currently chair of the Prevention Specialist Committee of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. Ms. Stevens serves on the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals and is chair of the Prevention Subcommittee. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Baylor University and a Masters of Prevention Science from the University of Oklahoma. In addition, Ms. Stevens is an adjunct professor for the University Of Oklahoma College Of Liberal Studies.
Beverly Tremain PhD, CLSSGB
Dr. Beverly Triana-Tremain has at least 35 years of public health teaching, research, and consulting experience. Her background and skill set blends theoretical and practical approaches in Evaluation, Research, and Quality Improvement Processes. She is a fellow in the National Public Health Leadership Institute and in 2006 established Public Health Consulting, LLC to assist agencies in improving the public health system. She serves as a technical consultant to various local, state, and national private and public organizations in evaluation, research, and quality improvement. She has been the evaluator or quality improvement consultant on grants received from RWJF, CDC, SAMSHA, HRSA for nonprofit, state and local health departments. She is Epidemiologist with the Southwest Prevention Center at the University of Oklahoma. In this role, she serves Region 6 and 7 as Epidemiologist for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) Prevention Training and Technology Transfer Center (PTTC). There she assists states with increasing the use of data in decision making. Her passion is helping organizations to slow down and understand the processes that promote authentic and quality strategies to improve the public’s health.
*** This training is not affiliated with TX HHSC/ DSHS ***