Approved Prevention Specialist Trainings
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD)
- Cannabis Pharmacology for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners
- Opioid Overdose Prevention and Infectious Disease Control: Opportunities for Collaboration
- Pharmacology for Prevention Specialists (4-Part Series)
- Preventing Underage Cannabis Use: Risk/Protective Factors & Effective Communication
- The Evolution of State Cannabis Policies: Where Prevention Fits In
- Today’s Marijuana: Stronger, More Edibles, Confusing Information about Driving
- Substance Use and the Developing Brain
Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility
- Digital Girls: Confession, Connection, and Disconnection
- Food for Thought
- Moving Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural Intelligence
Please see the Larson Institute’s Catalog for free cultural competency (cultural humility/sensitivity) archived webinars and training. You must create a free account to access training. - Self-Paced Nevada Cultural Competency Training
- Weaving Success: Evaluation in Indian Country
- Why Health Equity Matters in Prevention
Pre-SAPST Requirement
- Introduction to Substance Abuse Prevention: Understanding the Basics (Pre-SAPST Course) (5 hours) This training is a requirement for initial prevention specialist certification
Prevention Domains
- 10-Steps of Policy Change
- A Primer on Social Determinants of Health
- Best Practices in Online Data Collection
- Coalition Best Practices
- Demystifying Data: Gathering and Using Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention – PART I
- Demystifying Data: Gathering and Using Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention – PART II
- Early Childhood Development: Toxic Stress and Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Ética en la Prevención: Guía para los Profesionales de la Prevención del Abuso de Sustancias (ritmo propio)
- Evidence Based Practices: Implementation with Fidelity and Sustainability
- Evidence-Based Programs (EBPs) Overview
- Geospatial Academy for Prevention Professionals I: Introduction to GIS
- Identifying & Selecting Evidence Based Practices for the Local Community: A Closer Look
- Informing Prevention: Adolescent 6-Part Webinar Series
- Intro to 508 Compliance: Understanding the Importance of Accessibility in Prevention
Introduction to Adolescent SBIRT from a Prevention Perspective - Introduction to the Prevention Core Competencies
- Logic Models: Mapping Your Prevention Efforts
- Minecraft, not Ms. Pac-Man: Transforming Prevention Presentations for Today’s Audience
- Prevention in Action Series: Teaching the SAPST at a University
- Prevention Science Foundation: Shared Risk and Protective Factors
- Prevention Specialist Performance Domains
- Selecting Prevention Programming and Interventions
- Self-Care in a Selfless Field
- The Social Determinants of Health
- Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice: Brain and Behavior
- What Does Not Work in Prevention
- Who’s Doing What? The Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use
- Working Virtually with Youth Prevention Leaders
Prevention Ethics
- Advanced Ethics for Prevention Professionals
- Ethics in Prevention Foundations: A Guide for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners (self-paced) (3 hours for certification renewal only – This is part of the moderated 6-hour initial prevention ethics class)
Suicide Prevention
School-based Prevention
All training for initial certification must have been completed within the past five years. Continuing education for certification renewals needs to be completed within the renewal period.