For decades, the data has shown that alcohol has the greatest impact on New Mexico families and communities when compared with other drugs. It is crucial that preventionists in our state are experts on the many facets of alcohol misuse and abuse. This training will provide participants with a comprehensive overview including how alcohol works in and impacts the body; both immediately and with long term abuse. Different types of alcoholic beverages will be examined and discussed as well. Participants will also review data specific to New Mexico to see what the numbers tell us about alcohol both use and consequences. Participants will leave the training with a solid understanding of why it is so important to prevent the misuse and abuse of this drug.

LEVEL: Beginning
TRAINER: Brian Serna, LPCC, LADAC
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6 Drug Specific 
FEE: $130

Public policy initiatives are environmental prevention approaches (strategies) that can play an important role in substance misuse prevention. This training will describe a range of evidence-based and promising state and local prevention policies that could reduce ATOD misuse in our communities. We will increase our understanding of the legislative process, at the state and local level. As prevention specialists, there are many ways we can participate in promoting system level change. We will learn ways to educate our communities and elected officials about these powerful strategies and develop skills for providing expert testimony.  A framework for developing a strategy for policy change will be presented, with an emphasis on inviting and strengthening collaboration. The training will also include case studies of coalitions that have been involved in successful local and state policy efforts and provide a list of upcoming state legislative efforts that could impact ATOD misuse.

LEVEL: Advanced
TRAINER: Shelley Mann-Lev, MPH, SCPS
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6
FEE: $130

The consequences of tobacco use have devastated our families and communities for over a century. Like all drugs, tobacco has evolved in form and in how it is administered. While prevention efforts to reduce cigarette use have been very successful, the tobacco industry has found new ways to get customers hooked. The data is showing that cigarette use has significantly decreased among our youth, but e-cigarette use is steadily increasing. Furthermore, hookahs are appealing to larger audiences. The perception most have toward these forms of smoking is that they are without risk in the case of hookahs, and of considerably reduced risk for e-cigarettes. This workshop will provide a general overview of tobacco and its history, examine the physiological effects of tobacco products, review the many forms of tobacco consumption, and explore current health data and usage trends including the chemicals in second hand smoke and second hand vapor for the new forms of administration. Participants will leave with a comprehensive understanding of emerging tobacco products.

LEVEL: Beginning
TRAINER: Laurel McCloskey, MPH
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6 Drug Specific 
FEE: $130

When you’re doing prevention work and interacting with the community, you see and feel you are making a difference. Evaluation gives us the opportunity to document and show the value of our prevention programs to ourselves and others. It also helps us see areas we can improve in for maximum impact. This training will provide participants with an overview of evaluation key concepts and evaluation approaches.  We will walk through components of multi-level evaluation plans including assessment, theory of change, developing evaluation questions, identifying data sources, methodology, and analysis. Participants will engage in activities to give them a better understanding of the components of evaluation, roles of an evaluator and how to incorporate evaluation into every level of programming. By the end of the workshop participants will be able to describe why evaluation is critical to prevention and public health.

LEVEL: Intermediate
TRAINER: Shannon Morrison, PhD
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6
FEE: $130

This course explores the impact of cultural diversity on the prevention code of ethics and prevention program delivery.  Through didactic and experiential exercises students will examine their own cultural identity and assumptions as well as learning how to work effectively with persons of different racial backgrounds, cultural traditions, gender identities and sexual orientations. Concepts such as privilege, micro-aggressions, and intersectionality will be addressed and explored with safety and humor. The Prevention Code of Ethics will be used as a discussion point to examine how cultural awareness and ethics meet. Note: Course Requirement: Participants must have taken Prevention Ethics before they can register for this course. Proof of attendance at Prevention Ethics may be requested for registration.

LEVEL: Intermediate
TRAINER: Brian Serna, LPCC, LADAC
ETHICS CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6
FEE: $140

The CPS Test Prep Course has been revamped! This training is now open only to people who have met criteria to apply for their Certified Prevention Specialist Credential and will be testing within the next 6 months. Becoming a Certified Prevention Specialist requires you know the entire breadth of prevention, even things that are not in your scope of work. This training will review the six domains you will be tested on: Planning/Evaluation; Prevention Education/Service Delivery; Communication; Community Organization; Public Policy and Environmental Change; and Professional Growth/Responsibility. Because this is test preparation, you must come to this training with a working knowledge of each of these areas. Participants will also explore sample test questions and discuss test taking strategies. Prerequisites: Participants must have taken the Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training (within the past 5 years) and Prevention Ethics. Readings will also be assigned before the training
 
LEVEL: Advanced
TRAINER: Ginny Adame, SCPS
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 13.2
FEE: $200

Do you have a coalition and your members are dwindling? Do your meetings feel like one long report out? Are you having difficulty keeping people engaged in the coalition? If you are facing these common challenges this training can help you find solutions. This training will explore how to create buy in and develop and maintain “meaningful" roles for your members. Using the Strategic Prevention Framework as a guide, the role coalitions can play in assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, and evaluation will be reviewed and practice activities will be shared. You'll leave this training with practice activities you can incorporate into your meetings to really make your prevention efforts community informed and driven.

LEVEL: Intermediate
TRAINERS: Susan Wilger & Marisol Diaz, M.A.
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6
FEE: $130

Opioids have steadily been gaining national attention because of the havoc prescribed pain killing opioids have had on people and communities. Opioids have long been a part of our society and we have had misuse and abuse epidemics before. This online training will provide a comprehensive overview of opioids including; historical timeline, ways it is administered, different forms of the drug, how they physiologically impact the body, and a brief review of prevention strategies that have been used to decrease use. This training will prepare preventionists to answer questions, provide information, and have a PowerPoint with useful information that can be used when needed in your community.Participants go at their own pace to complete 6+ hours of online work. Please plan ahead and set aside sufficient time to complete the class.)

LEVEL: Beginning
DEVELOPED AND FACILITATED BY: Paula Feathers, MA
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6 Drug Specific
FEE: $140

NOTE: If you are registering for this online training and you already have an account, LOG IN FIRST from the link at the top right of the Home page, then continue with registration. If you do not have an account already, you will create a login username/password when you register for your first online training.

How can you work more effectively with law enforcement? We need close collaborations with law enforcement partners to meet our shared goals of reducing problem substance use and improving the health and safety of our communities. In fact, many evidence-based prevention strategies require the active participation of law enforcement including: increasing the perception of risk of arrest, increasing the enforcement of related laws, monitoring hot spots for alcohol and illicit drug use, ensuring officers have Narcan for potential overdoses, and providing supportive diversion programs for drug violations. This workshop will help participants develop closer relationships with law enforcement partners by increasing your understanding of law enforcement organizational structure and culture and sharing ways to strengthen these relationships. Participants will also learn about evidence-based alcohol and opioid overdose prevention strategies involving law enforcement and explore opportunities for sharing data. The workshop will include a guest law enforcement officer who will speak from the law enforcement perspective about these issues.

LEVEL: Intermediate
TRAINER: Shelley Mann-Lev, MPH, SCPS
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 6.6
FEE: $130