| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service to Science Programs Highlight the Role of Parents in Preventing Substance Abuse |
Parents play an important role in their children's substance use, but few prevention programs teach parenting and communication skills that could help parents be a positive force in their child's... |
Grantee Stories | 2013 | |
| 2013 CASEL Guide — Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs for Preschool and Elementary Schools |
This document identifies well-designed, evidence-based social and emotional learning programs with potential for broad dissemination to schools across the United States. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| 2013 National Drug Control Strategy | NEW |
Developed by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, this evidence-based plan for reform contains more than 100 specific actions to reduce drug use and its consequences and expand prevention,... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 |
| About the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) |
This document presents SAMHSA’s SPF, a five-step planning process to guide the selection, implementation, and evaluation of culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Accessing Data the Minnesota Way! |
“Substance Use in MN (SUMN)” is a public data warehouse that provides information on 81 indicators of ATOD consumption and consequences. |
Grantee Stories | 2011 | |
| Action Summit Addresses Suicide in Tribal Communities |
Action Summit for Suicide Prevention, was an unprecedented collaboration among Federal agencies to address suicide and substance abuse prevention issues in Indian Country. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2011 | |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences: Implications for Transforming Our Systems of Care |
In this video, Dr. Heather Larkin, Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Albany, underscores the importance of coordinating services to prevent adverse childhood experiences... |
Video | 2012 | |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences: Risk Factors for Substance Abuse and Mental Health |
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study assesses associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. In this video, Dr. Robert Anda, a co-Principal... |
Video | 2012 | |
| Alaska's SPF SIG Addresses the Behavioral Health Consequences of Underage and Binge Drinking |
Alaska is using its SPF SIG, to address the impact of substance abuse on related behavioral health problems, including intimate partner violence and suicide. |
Grantee Stories | 2012 | |
| Alcohol, Medication, and Older Adults | NEW |
This Web-based course, offered through the Prevention Management Reporting and Training System, is for people interested in preventing and reducing problems related to older adults' misuse of... |
Online Course | 2013 |
| Aligning Substance Abuse Prevention with Mental Health and Primary Care |
CSAP Director Frances Harding discusses the agency's vision for delivering prevention services in the context of behavioral health. |
Video | 2012 | |
| An Annotated Bibliography of Measurement Compendia: Reliable, Valid, and Standard Measures of Substance Abuse and Mental and Behavioral Health Indicators and Outcomes of Interest |
The bibliography is designed to support individuals providing technical assistance to states and local programs working to strengthen their substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Analyzing Internal and External Partnerships |
This worksheet helps to assess potential partners and explore opportunities for building relationships. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Annual Native American Service to Science Academy Meets in DC |
Every year SAMHSA’s CAPT and NACE collaborate to offer the Native American STS Initiative to community-based prevention programs developed by and for Native Americans. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2011 | |
| Assessing Readiness to Use Social Media for Prevention |
This tip sheet presents three questions to consider prior to establishing a social media presence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| At Any Age, It Does Matter: Substance Abuse and Older Adults | NEW |
This Web-based course, offered through the Prevention Management Reporting and Training System, offers physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, and health educators detailed information on... |
Online Course | 2013 |
| Basic Epidemiology (2nd edition) |
Published by the World Health Organization, this book was written with a view to strengthening education, training and research in the field of public health. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Behavioral Health Fact Sheets | SAMHSA’s CAPT developed this set of fact sheets to help practitioners think about their substance abuse prevention work in the overall context of behavioral health. | Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Behavioral Health Issues Among Afghanistan and Iraq U.S. War Veterans |
This document introduces some of the behavioral health problems facing veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, including substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Benefits of Collaborating with the Community |
This document presents six benefits of collaborating with the community. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Building Prevention Capacity through Collaboration |
Prevention Manager Jo McCaslin from the Maine Office of Substance Abuse describes the benefits of working across agencies to improve behavioral health. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Building Support for Policy Change at the Tribal Level: The Role of Cherokee Nation in Passing Cody's Law |
In 2011, the State of Oklahoma passed Cody's Law, legislation that holds adults accountable for underage drinking that take place on their property. In this video, Levi Keehler, Director of... |
Video | 2012 | |
| CAPT Partners with Iowa SPF SIG to Support Local-Level Sustainability Planning |
To help Iowa's local SPF SIG recipients sustain the prevention gains they've achieved, the CAPT is collaborating with the state to deliver a package of training and technical assistance services... |
T/TA Spotlight | 2013 | |
| CAPT Partners with New York to Support Use of Media in Prevention Efforts |
This webinar series highlights communications approaches that local prevention providers can use to both increase awareness of prevention efforts and promote behavior change. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 | |
| CAPT Webinars Help Practitioners Implement Environmental Prevention Strategies |
These webinars on environmental strategies address strategies such as social host ordinances, retail alcohol availability, alcohol taxes and public health and social marketing and social media. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 |
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