The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is offering its members online tools to help them care for patients and families struggling with addiction.  The tools include the Addiction Performance Project, designed to reduce the stigma often associated with addiction, and to help doctors better identify and assist patients who abuse drugs.

The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov uses rigorous research to determine what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. This website offers:

• Research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by Expert Reviewers
• Easily understandable ratings based on the evidence that indicates whether a program achieves its goals
  • Effective 
  • Promising
  • No Effects

Substance abuse prevention and education programs aim to prevent individuals, particularly juveniles, from the harmful physical, social, and psychological consequences of drug and alcohol use or abuse.  These programs, which may be implemented in communities, schools, faith-based settings, or the home, often seek to educate young people about the dangers posed by drugs and alcohol and change the behaviors that may lead to their abuse.

Check out the programs and curriculums deemed most effective

A training conference that emphasized the challenges of conducting youth prevention in rural communities.  The Coalition for Healthy Youth invites you to submit a proposal for presentation at the conference. The conference was founded by one of the most successful prevention coalitions in the country, in hopes of raising awareness of the plight that many rural communities face with regards to the growth of youth substance abuse.

If you have experience and would like to present, please complete the attached from and return by June 18th:  CALL FOR PRES FINAL 2013

For more information about the conference….

The Online Courses section of Prevention Courses offers prevention courses that are free to the public.  Some courses are meant for professionals and have continuing education credits available. Other courses are designed to provide helpful information to members of the general public interested in prevention topics.

On Thursday, June 27, 2013, Surgeon General Vice Admiral Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., will keynote the interactive Everyone Plays a Role in Suicide Prevention: Turning Strategy Into Action event, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT, at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, according to an announcement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Webinar:  Lateral Violence:  When Professionals Bully
Raleigh / Webcast
Sponsored by Wake AHEC
Presented by Ruby Brown-Herring
Contact Ruby Brown-Herring — 919-350-0488 (rbrown-herring@wakemed.org)
Approval number 13-312-G
Up to 1.5 hours GSB

Substance Abuse:  12 Core Functions
Asheboro
Sponsored by Daymark Recovery
Presented by Joanna Multi-faculty
Contact Robert Werstlein – 980-621-8682 (rwerstlein@daymarkrecovery.org)
Approval number 12-235-S
Up to 12 hours SS (EBT)

Interacting with the Legal System for Medical & Mental Health Professionals
Asheville
Sponsored by MAHEC
Presented by Jennifer Brobst
Contact Karen Lambert — 828-257-4481 (karen.lambert@mahec.net)
Approval number 13-305-G
Up to 6 hours GSB

Tobacco Dependence
Charlotte
Sponsored by CPS
Presented by Multi-faculty
Contact Monica Johnson — 704-375-3784 (johnson@preventionservices.org)
Approval number 13-319-S
Up to 3 hours SS (ND)

The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) training is intended for professionals who want to become group leaders and train teachers in the empirically supported Incredible Years TCM Program. www.incredibleyears.com

Group leaders should have a background in child development, behavior management principles, and adult group leadership skills. Experience teaching young children is recommended and experience delivering another IY Program is beneficial. Agency directors and supervisors are also encouraged to attend to know how to best support group leaders and implementation of this model.

Registration must be complete by Friday, July 19. 

Training dates:  August 12 – 14, 2013; from 8:30 – 4:30 each day

Location: DPS Staff Development Center, Durham, NC (directions and travel information will be sent with confirmation)

For more information:  Training and logistical questions – Elizabeth Levene, elizabeth@cisdurham.org or 919.403.1936 ext. 21

IY TCM registration 2013