90% of Substance Use Disorders begin in the teen years.
Calling all Prevention Specialists, Registered Coalition Staff and Volunteers, Educators, Counselors, School Resource Officers, Law Enforcement Officers, Parents, SADD Sponsors, Faith-Based, Peer Support Specialists, Behavioral Health professionals, and anyone else who serves children and youth!
Check Out These Stats!
Enjoyment Factor!
88.5% or respondents scored their experience at the conference as “Very Satisfied” or “Satisfied”
So Worth It!
95.5% are “Very Likely” or “Likely” to attend the conference again.
Contact Hours!
We awarded over 882 contact hours to attendees for Prevention Workforce Development!
Who Attends?
the Prevention Conference?
Last year, 36% of our attendees were coalition members! The rest included: Prevention Specialists, Counselors, Educators, Faith based, Law Enforcement Officers, Public Health Educators, Peer Support Specialists, SADD Members, and Behavioral Health professionals; to name a few.
And The Winner Is. . .
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to honor some amazing people and achievements from our field!
Who will be this year’s:
Coalition of the Year?
Milestone Achievement Coalition?
Champion of Change for Prevention?
Attend our Award Ceremony during lunch on Wednesday to celebrate some of Missouri’s prevention achievements
Ask Our Prevention Conference Alumni
Get ready to be agents of change in your community! Help keep our youth alcohol and drug free by attending our Conference! Join us for three days of networking with others and learning from experts about substance use prevention, resiliency, coalition building techniques, social media and marketing, grass roots mobilizing and advocacy, the latest information and resources on behavioral Health, and much more!
Don’t take our word for it; read what some of last year’s conference attendees said!
Met lots of wonderful people and learned about new programs and ideas to build coalition.
I truly felt that this year every session I attended was valuable to my work, and even my personal life.
I was amazed at the level of knowledge speakers have about substance use prevention and how it applies across the continuum of working with youth and families in the school setting.
Not enough time to do it all.
Only $70
Registration for our conference is only $70.00!
Attendees can earn up to 16 Contact Hours; CHES hours pending! Our new online Contact Hour Application makes it easy to clock your hours and print your certificate at your convenience.
