2023 NPN Conference Program - Flipbook - Page 19
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Workshop Session III
3I - Changing Needs of the Prevention Workforce from Pre- to Post-Pandemic, Kimberly Magoon, Megan
Hawkes, and Erin Burnett
Join the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) to learn how the region has conducted and utilized a
workforce needs assessment and biennial workforce surveys and interviews to stay in tune with emerging substance trends,
gaps in professional development resources, changes in learning styles and preferences, and challenges to workforce retention.
Trends and findings from the most recent regional workforce survey in Spring 2023 will be shared. Discussion on how the region
has been able to leverage the data to identify regional topics of focus and develop training and technical assistance plans, how
workforce and resource needs have evolved, how to engage participants in a discussion about their challenges, and how to make
an impact on retention in the future will be addressed.
3J - The Green Wave: The Partnership between the Alcohol and Cannabis Industry, Lisa Hutcheson
Learn how the cannabis and alcohol industries have similar paths, work together for legalization and how they impact the field of
prevention. Prevention coalitions and policy makers will increase their knowledge, talk about common goals, learn to empower
their communities, and collaborate to become advocates for policy change.
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Networking & Exhibitor Viewing
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Workshop Session IV
4A - Merging Prevention Best Practices in E-Cigarette and Cannabis Prevention, Abby Beausir and Christy
Jefferds
Understand the prevalence of e-cigarette and cannabis use among youth through vaping devices. This presentation is for
coalition partners, grassroots prevention organizations, the school-based sector, health departments, and other organizations
and prevention professionals implementing primary prevention strategies at the local level and will cover how to implement
evidence-based prevention programming to combat the vaping epidemic. Using a 3-tiered approach including prevention,
intervention, and cessation, this program provides resources, services within the school sector, and conducts trainings and
professional development opportunities to build skills to implement programming at the individual school level.
4B - Strengthening Prevention Practice: A Look at Three Updated & New Core Prevention Curriculums, Van
Wilson, Kris Gabrielsen, Nicole Augustine, and Ben Stevenson
Hear about three core prevention curriculums recently updated or developed by the PTTC Network: the updated SAPST, the
Spanish translation of Prevention Ethics, and the new "Introduction to Prevention Core Competencies" hybrid course. They will
highlight the significance of cultural sensitivity in substance use prevention education and practice and workforce development,
using the most recent science and cultural understanding framework.
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