Integrating the business sector in prevention efforts can sometimes be difficult or sometimes just takes a little “out of the box” thinking. Participants in this workshop will explore the benefits of building capacity with local business partners in prevention efforts. NCADA was able to work with a local company to produce a resource for underage alcohol use prevention. This experience will be shared, along with the content and science of prevention used to cultivate this relationship. Copies of the resource will be shared with all attendees. This tool can be used with students in any community addressing underage drinking prevention.

Online and physical messaging is key when engaging all ages of the community to know the power of positive prevention. One concept of positive prevention is the active bystander movement. In this workshop, attendees will learn how being an active bystander and encouraging others to do something will lead meaningful involvement in the community.

This workshop will discuss key findings of the Missouri Student Survey, including a quick overview of changes in the methodology. The majority of the workshop will be spent examining the data from the Missouri Student Survey before ending with information on additional resources.

This workshop will assist participants in exploring misperceptions about logic models, identify the benefits to a prevention coalition of having an effective logic model, and share a process to help them develop their own logic models. We will utilize the DBH-utilized logic model format and walk through several example of how to establish one for a coalition utilizing their community needs assessment information.

Nineteen eighty-six was a pivotal year for prescription opioids. The publication of a scientific paper and the subsequent events resulted in a major cultural change regarding how our society viewed the role of opioids in the treatment of pain, specifically chronic, non-cancer related pain. However, as time progressed it became evident that the marked increase in the use of opioids was resulting in an increase in addiction and in overdose deaths–two major problems we face today.
This presentation will trace the history of the major events that led to this situation and focus on prevention of the following: unnecessary prescription of opioids, inappropriate use once they are prescribed, and life threatening consequences for those who take them.

This workshop will explore the impact and prevalence of toxic stress and trauma on the functioning of individuals throughout the lifespan. Topics covered will include the SAMHSA framework for understanding trauma, the Adverse Childhood Experience Study, the impact of trauma on the brain and body, symptomology through the lifespan, and what this knowledge means for individuals in the helping professions.

Prevention is important so that individuals are provided with information and knowledge to make wise choices concerning substance use. Over time it has become evident that early prevention is very important. The HALO (Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones) program has made this possible. The HALO program offers to preschools a comprehensive prevention and healthy choices about alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. This addresses a prevention gap with this age group. This workshop will introduce this evidence-based program and how it has been successful in the Perry County community. Participants will hear about the experiences of implementing the program and working with very young children. They will also be able to see how the curriculum is administered within the preschools.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a key component in ensuring that adults can provide assistance, whether to other adults or to youth, in times of mental health crisis. This workshop will offer attendees tangible ways to enhance the coordination of MHFA/Youth MHFA in their communities including recruitment of participants, tracking the number of youth referred to services, and maintaining First Aider engagement long-term. Participants will also be introduced to a helpful mobile app for youth to download on their phones to provide resources for mental health issues. Community Partnership’s Regional Support Center has been recognized nationally through their SAMHSA Project AWARE-C grant for their implementation of YMHFA.

In our presentation, we’ll first describe two different scenarios for places to begin as a youth club. One scenario is an adult coalition looking to start a group, and they are looking for youth involvement to start a youth group. The second situation would be when there are youth interested in starting a group, but they need adult support and supplies. We’ll first talk about our past experiences: what has worked and what hasn’t. We’ll describe various things we’ve done to raise awareness and involvedness. Then we’ll go into detail on our three learning objectives. Since the learning objectives will vary with situation one and two, we’ll split all the learning objectives into two parts. In the end of our presentation, we will save a slot of time for a fifteen minute small group brainstorm session with all the other participants, and we’ll walk around and help pitch in ideas.

This workshop will focus on how to breathe new life into a coalition that has lost its steam. We will go through the coalition CPR steps: Course Correction, Prioritize, and Refresh. The workshop will focus on tangible methods for increasing the prevention efforts of the coalition.