Pre-approved, Online, Self-paced Prevention Specialist Training
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD)
- Cannabis Pharmacology for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners (4.5 hours)
- Opioid Overdose Prevention and Infectious Disease Control: Opportunities for Collaboration (3.0 hours)
- Pharmacology for Prevention Specialists (4-Part Series) (4 modules, 1.5 hours each)
- 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
New Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility Renewal Requirement
- Digital Girls: Confession, Connection, and Disconnection (1.5 hours)
- Food for Thought (1.5 hours)
- Girls and Substance Use: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities (1.5 hours)
- Growing Up Girl: Adolescent Development and the Unique Issues Facing Girls
- Moving Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural Intelligence (2.5 hours)
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 ($130, 10 hours)
- The Girl in the Mirror: Behavioral Health of Adolescent Girls (1.5 hours)
- Weaving Success: Evaluation in Indian Country (7 modules)
- Why Health Equity Matters in Prevention (2 hours)
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 (1.5 hours)
- A Primer on Social Determinants of Health (1 hour)
- Best Practices in Online Data Collection (1.5 hours)
- Coalition Best Practices (2 hours)
- 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) (3 hours)
- Evidence Based Practices: Implementation with Fidelity and Sustainability (3-part series)
- Evidence-Based Programs (EBPs) Overview (one hour of a 3-part series)
- Geospatial Academy for Prevention Professionals I: Introduction to GIS (2.5 hours)
- Identifying & Selecting Evidence Based Practices for the Local Community: A Closer Look (one hour of a 3-part series)
- Informing Prevention: Adolescent 6-Part Webinar Series (1 hour per module, 6 hours total)
- Intro to 508 Compliance: Understanding the Importance of Accessibility in Prevention (1 hour)
Introduction to Adolescent SBIRT from a Prevention Perspective - Introduction to the Prevention Core Competencies (Approx. 5.5 hours)
- Logic Models: Mapping Your Prevention Efforts (2 hours)
- Minecraft, not Ms. Pac-Man: Transforming Prevention Presentations for Today’s Audience (1.5 hours)
- Prevention in Action Series: Teaching the SAPST at a University (1 hour)
- Prevention Science Foundation: Shared Risk and Protective Factors (7 hours)
- Prevention Specialist Performance Domains (3 hours)
- Selecting Prevention Programming and Interventions (4 hours)
- Self-Care in a Selfless Field (1 hour)
- The Social Determinants of Health (3 hours)
- Understanding Prevention’s Role in Harm Reduction (2 hours)
- Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice: Brain and Behavior (1 hour)
- What Does Not Work in Prevention (2 hours)
- Who’s Doing What? The Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use (1 hour)
- Working Virtually with Youth Prevention Leaders (1.5 hours)
Prevention Ethics
- Advanced Ethics for Prevention Professionals (2 hours)
- 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)
Prevention for Community Health Workers
Suicide Prevention
- A Strategic Planning Approach to Suicide Prevention (2 hours)
- Beyond Numbers: Navigating Data for Suicide Prevention (3 hours)
- Locating and Understanding Data for Suicide Prevention (2 hours)
- Suicide Prevention Across the Educational Continuum: A Five-Part Series (5)
- Safety Planning for Youth Suicide Prevention (1 hour)
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.