Welcome to Involving Youth in Your Substance Abuse Prevention Program, an online workshop sponsored by CSAP's Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)!

This exciting new course offers the information and tools you need to involve youth in all aspects of your prevention program. It's designed to help you dig in, get started, and create meaningful activities that will keep youth engaged and will also benefit your program and all those involved with it. Whether you have funding to involve youth in strategic ways, or are part of a coalition or task force just beginning to think about how to bring youth on board-this course is for you!

As a participant in the event, you will have the opportunity to explore:

• Youth involvement as a youth development approach
• Benefits of youth involvement — for young people, your prevention program, and your prevention organization as a whole
• Suggestions for involving youth in meaningful ways
• The nature of "adultism" and tips for preparing youth and adults to work together
• Effective recruitment and retention strategies

This course gives you a chance to meet other practitioners in an innovative, online forum. You will participate in moderated Web-based discussions, where you can exchange ideas and learn from your colleagues in the field. You will also participate in online activities that let you immediately apply what you have learned.

This course was developed by CSAP's Northeast CAPT and The Medical Foundation, Boston , Mass.

To begin the online event, please click on Getting Started.