Title: Spring Prevention Professional Conference
Format: Virtual via Zoom
Date: March 25-27, 2025
Time: 9 am- 4:30 pm CST
Continuing Education Hours: 18 in Multiple IC&RC Domains
Price: $450
Registration Link: Click here to register
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Schedule:
March 25th
9:00-10:30
10:30-12:00- When the Grant Goes Away: Keys to Sustainability
1:30-3:00
3:00-4:30
March 26th
9:00-12:00 Tell Me Your Story…I’m All Ears!
1:30-3:00
3:00-4:30
March 27th
9:00-10:30 Population-level Universal Prevention Across the Youth System of Care
10:30-12:00
1:30-3:00
3:00-4:30 Fund Raising Fundamentals
All virtual workshops are subject to change. They are scheduled in Central Time, CST, Use the time zone converter , then enter Texas, Houston
Course Descriptions:
1) Presenter: 1.5 hrs. in Domain
Objectives- process.
2) When the Grant Goes Away: Keys to Sustainability
Presenter: Julie Stevens, MPS, ACPS, ICPS 1.5 hrs. in Domain 4- Community Organization
Most of the funding for prevention programming comes from federal, state and local government grants. Often local foundations and businesses contribute financial support for programs aligned with their interests and goals. Inevitably the funding comes to an end, although the problem does not go away. Organizations must constantly pursue funding streams in order to sustain the level of services they are committed to. Planning for sustainability must begin at the onset of the development of a program or strategy and continue throughout the implementation and evaluation of all activities. This workshop will discuss predictors and barriers to sustainability, and strategies to ensure the continuation positive outcomes.
Objectives- Participants will be able to identify keys to increasing organizational capacity for sustainability.
5) Tell Me Your Story…I’m All Ears!
Presenter: Steve Miller, CRPS 3 hrs. in Domain 3 Communication
Objectives- Engage stakeholders to better understand the role of prevention and the importance of supporting community based prevention.
x) Population-level Universal Prevention Across the Youth System of Care
Several states have engaged in equipping youth-facing professionals across the system of care with evidence-based skills training in the form of universal prevention – at a population level. Ohio, Texas, Arizona, Kansas, and New Mexico have all equipped thousands of professionals, including educators, counselors, therapists, juvenile justice staff, youth development professionals, recovery and rehabilitation specialists, as well as parents and caregivers with skills and strategies to integrate into their everyday work and care for young people. This has brought targeted professional development that provides a unified language and approach consistent with SAMHSA’s trauma-informed care and system of care models. For some professionals, such as those in out-of-school time, this is the first trauma-informed evidence-based training they have ever been offered. Astoundingly, a model that included multiple training modalities and optional participation has rendered statistically significant outcomes similar to the comparative effectiveness trials at single sites. These include significant reductions in symptoms of depression, off-task behavior, and violent behavior for youth in the care of those involved in training. With thousands of new youth-facing professionals effectively implementing evidence-based universal prevention, this provides a new vision for bolstering the workforce in our most vital, vulnerable sectors and a new hope for providing young people with the support for a lifetime of wellness.
Presenter: Carmen Irving, Certified Family Life Educator 1.5 hrs. in Domain 2 – Prevention Education and Service Delivery
Objectives- Identify outcomes of trauma-informed evidence-based universal prevention,
Identify stakeholders across sectors in need of evidence-based skills training to develop and retain the workforce and Identify steps to initiate a population-level initiative across sectors.
x) Fund Raising Fundamentals
Presenter: Mitchell Moore, BAT, ACPS, LCDC, ADC 1.5 hrs. in Domain 1 Planning and Evaluation
Objectives- Identify three fund raising ideas and develop a community based fund raiser for their program or project.
Presenters:
Mitchell Moore BAT, ACPS, LCDC, ADC is a dynamic educator who has a passion for training people and serves those who serve by designing and delivering training and across America. He is an advanced certified prevention specialist and licensed chemical dependency counselor who has extensive experience working with youth and families in both prevention and recovery settings. He has served as a counselor, prevention specialist, a grant writer and executive director of a charitable organization. In 2019, he was awarded the Texas Prevention Specialist of the Year. He is currently an independent contractor, a beekeeper and volunteers his time for Prevention Training Services and the Texas Certification Board.
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. Ms. Stevens serves on the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals and is chair of the Prevention Subcommittee. She has served as Member At Large of the Board of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium and Advisor to the Prevention Committee. 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 serves on SAMHSA CSAP’s Substance Abuse Prevention Workforce Assessment College/University Stakeholder workgroup and SAMHSA CSAP’’s Certification Stakeholder workgroup. She also serves on the PTTC Network Coordinating Office (NCO) Advisory Board.
Steve Miller CRPS is a passionate advocate for substance use prevention and mental health promotion. As the Creator of Voices and Vision of Prevention, he draws upon his education in marketing and from a diverse career in radio, television, and professional fundraising, However, it was his lived experience as a person in long-term recovery that inspired his dedication to prevention.
Steve’s mission is to integrate his professional experiences with his passion for music, art and storytelling. He believes in the transformative power of creativity to foster meaningful conversations, reduce stigma, and strengthen the knowledge and skills of the prevention workforce. This mission reflects his unwavering commitment to elevating discussions around prevention and mental health, collectively inspiring positive change.
Carmen Irving is the Vice President of PAXIS Institute. Carmen’s background is in Human Development, and she is a Certified Family Life Educator. Carmen has implemented evidence-based programs in the field and has co-authored multiple curricula and peer-reviewed publications in prevention.