Training
The Governor's Office for Substance Abuse Prevention is pleased to act as a clearinghouse for the prevention-related training series of which we are aware. We also offer conferences and single events on our "Calendar" page. Training listed under "Training Series" include curricula or repeated sessions in a particular area. "Training Resources" include web sites which include prevention on-going training. "Web events" are on-line chats or presentations on prevention issues.
Are there more training sources we might want to add? Please let us know (go to the GOSAP contact page).
For questions and assistance on opportunities offered by our partner agencies and organizations, please contact the person(s) listed in each specific announcement, as they will be more familiar with the offering and can provide the most accurate and timely information.
Training Series -
- Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: A Collaborative Response
A unique training opportunity for all community professionals who serve children with disabilities, and parent advocates for children with disabilities. Children with disabilities are at much greater risk for all forms of abuse and neglect. Investigation is more complicated in these cases. Protection for these children depends on the collaboration of well-informed professionals and parent advocates.
This unique 1-day training focuses on specific risk factors for, and indicators of, abuse and neglect of children with disabilities. It promotes collaboration by local professionals and parent advocates for children with disabilities to protect these highly vulnerable children. Teams of expert trainers from law enforcement, child protective services, education, and parent advocates model interdisciplinary collaboration and best practice.
- Exploring the Nature & Prevention of Bullying
The U.S. Department of Education has provided a five-part online course for teachers, counselors, and school administrators to understand, select, and implement comprehensive bullying prevention programs for school-age children. This course is designed to enhance understanding of bullying among young people and provide the information needed to create or refine school-based bullying prevention plans.
- Suicide Prevention Training
QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer - three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught gatekeeper training program in the United States, and more than 250,000 adults have been trained in classroom settings in more than 40 states. The program is fully supported by 1-800-SUICIDE. The QPR Institute and its educational partner Eastern Washington University are pleased to provide the first suicide prevention gatekeeper training program to be delivered online.
- Violence Prevention Steps for Health Care Professionals
The Virginia Department of Health's Curriculum on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been approved for continuing medical education credits and is now available online at www.vcu-cme.org. This course, designed to assist healthcare providers in effectively identifying, assessing and managing patients experiencing IPV, has been designated by the Virginia Commonwealth University of Medicine's Office of Continuing Medical Education for up to 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits for physicians. Non-physicians may earn a Certificate of Participation which will indicate the number of hours spent in the activity.
Training Resources -
- CSAP's Prevention Pathways
CSAP (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention), a division of SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), offers free prevention courses to the public, both for professionals and consumers. Courses are offered on several topics, including suicide prevention, bullying, eldercare, abuse against women and evaluation. Professionals may obtain CEU's and other state-mandated certifications by attending these courses.
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
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MCHCOM.COM, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's (MCHB) web site, supports communication and collaboration between state and federal maternal and child health professionals who serve the nation's mothers, families and children. MCHCOM is:
- a tool for effectively and efficiently communicating the Bureau's strategic goals, objectives, and key initiatives,
- a resource for skills-building and training to support MCH professionals to achieve Bureau goals and
- a process that encourages direct communication and collaboration between federal and state MCHB staff.
- National Children's Advocacy Center
The National Children's Advocacy Center offers a series of free online training sessions for child abuse professionals. All of the Online Training Courses are offered at no charge to participants.
Online Training Courses are designed to be viewed by either individuals or groups of child abuse professionals, at any time or day, and features some of the most respected names in the field as its faculty. There are 22 online training courses to choose from that range in length from 1 hour to 3 ½ hours.
Law Enforcement's Initial Response to Child Sexual Abuse: Guidelines for Patrol Officers is a self paced course designed for responding patrol officers who may encounter issues regarding child sexual abuse.
- National Injury Prevention Web Seminars and Webcasts
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) provides a page of links to Webinars and other links addressing all types of prevention issues.
- Prevention Connections Conferences and Dialogues
"Prevention Connection: The Violence Against Women Prevention Partnership" is a national project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA). Through their web site, they conduct web conferences, moderate a ListServ and lead on-line discussions to advance primary prevention of violence against women.
- Public Health Training Network
The Public Health Training Network (PHTN) is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The PHTN is a learning network that provides various sources of instructional media to provide the training and information to health professionals.
- SAMHSA's Prevention Platform
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), offers Prevention Platform, an online resource for training on various topics concerning substance abuse prevention. The site offers development according to the needs of the user, whether professional or volunteer. The training tools cover the basic 5 areas in prevention training: assessment, capacity, planning, implementation and evaluation. You can also use this site as an information resource and generate reports using its data.
- UDETC National Electronic Seminars
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (within the U.S. Department of Justice) to support its Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. The objective of the Center is to provide information on underage drinking laws and their enforcement to various sites. To do this efficiently and cost-effectively, a series of electronic seminars has been presented via audio-teleconferences. Each conference is hosted by the Center and includes expert presentations, as well as web-accessed PowerPoint presentations and Q&A access during the conference. Written documents will also be distributed prior to the call.
Web Events
- What You Need to Know to Stop Bullying Now! in Your School and Community
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
3:00 - 4:30 pm EDTStephanie Bryn, Moderator : CAPT, Director, Injury and Violence Prevention, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Dr. Susan Limber, Presenter : PhD, Professor and bullying prevention researcher, Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life, Clemson University
Please visit the web site above for more details. You must register at that site to attend.