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Workshop Details
August 8-11, 2005
Hotel Mead & Conference Center
Wisconsin Rapids
Hosted By:
The Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
Program
At-A-Glance
Workshop
Details
Conference
Benefits/Objectives/Who Should Attend
Keynote
Speakers Biographies
2005
Conference Brochure [very large
PDF file - 4.2MB]
Online
Registration (UW-Stevens Point)
| Training
Institute - Monday August 8 |
| Tuesday August 9
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| Wednesday August 10
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| Thursday August 11
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8:30am-4:30pm
- TRAINING INSTITUTE
- T1. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM: FOR
PARENTS AND YOUTH 10-14 [2-Day Training Continues on Tuesday,
August 9]
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This program is delivered within parent, youth,
and family sessions. Sessions are highly interactive and include
role-playing, discussion, learning games, and family projects
designed to improve parenting skills, build life skills in youth,
and strengthen family bonds. The program involves youth ages
10-14 and their parents.
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- T2. NURTURING FATHER'S PROGRAM FACILITATOR
TRAINING [2-Day Training Continues on Tuesday, August 9]
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At use in communities around Wisconsin,
The Nurturing Father's Program is a 13-week group-based program
for developing attitudes and skills for male nurturance. The
group of fathers meet weekly for 2½ hours and tackle
activities such as discipline instead of violence, balancing
work and fatherhood, and spousal teamwork. In this two-day facilitator
training learn how and why the Nurturing Fathers Program works,
and strategies for implementing it.
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- T3. STICKS N' STONES BULLYING PREVENTION
FACILITATOR TRAINING [2-Day Training Continues on Tuesday,
August 9]
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Adopted by the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction for statewide implementation, Sticks n’ Stones
is a unique K-12 curriculum allowing individual teachers to
begin addressing bullying behaviors immediately, either while
waiting for a larger, more formalized school bully prevention
program to be initiated, or to meet an individual need as it
arises. The curriculum is easily introduced to students in 3-5
sessions by integrating sessions into any existing classroom
curriculum. Sticks n’ Stones is also endorsed by the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department
of Health and Human Services and the Office of Safe and Drug
Free Schools.
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- T4. COMMUNITY TRIALS TO REDUCE HIGH-RISK
DRINKING
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This program is a multi-component, community
program targeting people of all ages to address issues related
to drinking behaviors. The objective of this program is the
reduction of accidents related to alcohol, violence, and associated
injuries. Issues of cost, leveraging existing resources, and
tailoring general strategies to local conditions and priorities
will be addressed. The training will conclude with participants
developing a preliminary plan for the implementation of an environmentally-based
program along with a project evaluation design.
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- T5.
ADVANCED COALITION BUILDING
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The Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions
of America (CADCA) have collaborated to produce a comprehensive
best practice curriculum for advanced coalition development.
Be one of the first in the country to attend this exciting “unveiling”
of a research-based approach to coalition development!
| Training
Institute - Monday August 8 |
| Tuesday August 9
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| Wednesday August 10
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| Thursday August 11
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8:00-8:30am
- Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:00am
- CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
- 9:00am-5:30pm
- Training InstituteS Continued
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T1. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM:
FOR PARENTS AND YOUTH 10-14
T2. Nurturing Father’s
Program Facilitator Training
T3. STICKS N’ STONES BULLYING
PREVENTION FACILITATOR TRAINING
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- 9:00-NOON – OPENING PLENARY
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WELCOME – Kathryn Wolf,
Director, Wisconsin
Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources, University Health Services,
University
of Wisconsin
- Madison
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OPENING ADDRESS –
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Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies
for Professionals and Communities
Philip DeVol, Consultant, aha! Process, Inc.,
Highlands, TX
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Small Change, Big Difference:
Getting the Most From Alcohol Taxes
George Hacker, Director, Alcohol Policies Project,
Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington,
DC
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NOON-1:00pm - LUNCH & NETWORKING
1:00-3:00pm
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BREAKOUT SESSION 1
- 1A. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTION INITIATIVES
IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
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Makani Themba-Nixon, Executive Director
& J. Carlos Velazquez, Director of Training and Research,
The Praxis Project, Washington, DC
This workshop will provide participants with a social justice
framework that enhances tobacco policy initiatives within communities
of color. Participants will learn about the disparate impact
of tobacco in communities of color and some organizing strategies
to address health justice from successful case studies in Colorado,
California, and
New York.
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- 1B.SECURING PREVENTION DOLLARS FOR THE FUTURE
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George Hacker, Director, Alcohol Policies Project,
Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC; Bob
Melson, Board Member of both Minnesota Join Together & Minnesota
Association for Resources Recovery and Chemical Health; &
Gerrit L. DenHartog, Project Director, Missouri Recovery Network
This panel workshop will explore real-world efforts to promote
increases in alcohol taxes at the state level. Activists
will describe the political, organizational, media, research,
and other considerations involved in managing aggressive campaigns
to tap alcohol revenues for public health, education, and treatment
programs. Participants will leave with concrete examples of
how other state activists have promoted alcohol tax increases;
how to distinguish between powerful and ineffectual arguments;
and how to respond to the key political and economic arguments
used to oppose tax increases.
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- 1C. COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: POWERFUL
'TOOLS YOU CAN USE' FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
(Continued in 2C)
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Vicente Sanabria, Director, Somerville
Cares About Prevention, Somerville, MA; & Michelle Keenan,
Director, Regional Center for Healthy Communities, Cambridge,
MA
The field of Community Economic Development (CED) has had
a significant impact on quality of life issues such as employment
and affordable housing that strengthen many of the protective
factors that help to prevent substance abuse in communities.
This workshop provides a dynamic opportunity for participants
to gain an understanding of CED, and utilizes practical tools
and techniques that can be applied to reduce substance abuse
at a community-wide level. Participants will gain a solid introduction
to CED and become equipped with practical strategies to make
a lasting impact on community risk and protective factors associated
with substance abuse.
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- 1D. BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY: STRATEGIES FOR
PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITIES (Continued in 2D)
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Philip DeVol, Consultant, aha! Process
Inc.
In this workshop participants will create a mental model
of poverty, review poverty research, examine a theory of change,
and analyze poverty through the prism of the hidden rules of
class, resources, family structure, and language. Throughout
the workshop participants will receive specific strategies for
improving outcomes with people in poverty and identify ways
in which the information can be used to improve relationships
between individuals, organizations, and communities.
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- 1E. TAPPING THE POWER OF THE MEDIA (Continued
in 2E)
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Lynn Morgan, Senior Public Affairs Counsel,
Broydrick & Associates, Milwaukee,
WI
This lively, interactive workshop will show you how to work
with reporters to put your prevention message front and center
in the morning paper and evening news. The right news story
at the right time has the credibility and power to dramatically
sway public opinion, often for the price of a phone call. Learn
to spot media opportunities, plan riveting messages, manage
interviews and deliver results for your group or cause. Whether
you’re an expert or just getting started, you’ll leave
with specific tips, tactics, and ideas you can put to work tomorrow.
3:30-5:30pm
- BREAKOUT SESSION 2
- 2A. EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION 101
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Tracy Johnson, Associate Director, CSAP’s
Central
Center
for the Application of Prevention Technologies
This workshop will orient the new practitioner to the basics
of evidence-based prevention. Theoretical approaches, a review
of best practices, current research in the field, and the role
of CSAP’s Central CAPT will be included.
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- 2B. EFFECTIVE YOUTH ORGANIZING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INTERVENTIONS
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Makani Themba-Nixon, Executive Director
& J. Carlos Velazquez, Director of Training and Research,
The Praxis Project, Washington,
DC
The workshop will explore strategies to engage young people
in community organizing and advocacy efforts that build environmental
interventions to support the development of policies for community
health. The workshop will allow participants the opportunity
to walk through the necessary steps to develop advocacy initiatives
that are grounded in the real needs and strengths of their own
communities. Participants will learn about how to assess an
environment’s assets (protective factors) and challenges
(risk factors) that support policy initiatives and how to best
engage young people to become partners in finding solutions
to a community’s problems.
2C. A continuation of 1C
2D. A continuation of 1D
2E. A continuation of 1E
- 6:45-9:00pm - BANQUET
- Keynote Speaker:
Katherine Kraft, Ph.D., Senior
Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
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Join us for an evening of great food and an
exciting speaker! Katherine Kraft of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation will talk about what’s happening around the
country to promote healthy lifestyles.
| Training
Institute - Monday August 8 |
| Tuesday August 9
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| Wednesday August 10
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| Thursday August 11
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8:00-8:30am -
Continental Breakfast
- 8:00am-6:25pm - CYBER LEARNING CENTER
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Throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday
morning, conference attendees will have the opportunity to participate
in brief sessions in a Cyber Learning Center that will feature
the Success in Stages® and Parenting Wisely©
interactive CD-ROM curriculums. No pre-registration is required.
Sign-up information will be available at the conference registration
desk.
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- SUCCESS IN STAGES®
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The Success in Stages® programs
harness the power of technology to help students prevent and
change problem behaviors while strengthening positive behaviors.
They deliver individualized instruction for problem-behavior
change and positive-behavior maintenance in just three 30-minute
sessions for students in the areas of bullying and AODA prevention.
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- PARENTING WISELY: FOSTER & RESIDENTIAL
CARE©
- Specifically designed
to address the unique communication and compliance needs of foster
parents and residential care staff this interactive CD-ROM presents
four typical problem situations that foster parents or staff in
residential treatment settings. Multiple
solutions to each problem are provided along with critiques of
both effective and ineffective responses.
8:30-10:00am - BREAKOUT
SESSION 3
- 3A. GENERATING RESULTS THROUGH APPRECIATIVE
INQUIRY
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Genevieve Kirchman, Comprehensive School
Health Project Director, Cooperative Educational Service Agency
(CESA) # 5; & Carol Roth, Outreach Specialist, Program on
Agricultural Technology Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
If our focus is our reality - where do YOU want to focus?
Instead of dissecting a problem, appreciative inquiry is a way
of thinking that taps into all the exciting and positive things
that are working in a community or organization. During this
workshop, participants will experience how appreciative inquiry
generates positive energy and astonishing results.
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- 3B. RECLAIMING THE FUTURES OF TODAY'S YOUTH
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Katherine Kraft, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
Drawing on her experience as a youth development specialist
and a Senior Program Officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
Dr. Kraft will discuss her innovative “Reclaiming Futures”
program. This program addresses integrated care systems, restorative
justice, and community involvement opportunities for youth caught
in the juvenile justice system.
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- 3C. THE OHIO BRIDGEBUILDERS PROJECT…
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS TO PREVENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Repeated in
4C)
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Keith King,
Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for
Prevention Studies, University of Cincinnati
The Ohio Bridgebuilders project investigates various approaches
for prompting community action in rural/small communities around
the issue of underage drinking. The Bridgebuilders intervention
is grounded in the research emanating from the Tri-Ethnic Center
at Colorado State University on the nine stages of community
readiness. Learn how Bridgebuilders changes community norms
and prompts community action using appreciative inquiry, informal
dissemination networks, and high-ranking community officials.
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- 3D. WISCONSIN'S BRIGHTER FUTURES INITIATIVE:
STRATEGIES & SUCCESSES
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Holly R. Telfer & Wendy McCarty, Youth
Development Specialists, WI Dept. of Health & Family Services,
Division of Children & Family Services, The Brighter Futures
Initiative Team
The Brighter Futures Initiative (BFI) is a partnership between
the WI Dept. of Health and Family Services, County and Tribal
government, and the community to prevent and reduce child abuse
and neglect, youth violence and delinquency, alcohol and substance
abuse, and teen pregnancies in ten high-risk counties. Brighter
Futures encourages adolescent self-sufficiency through increased
high school graduation, vocational preparedness, interpersonal
skills, and responsible decision-making. BFI projects reflect
the unique needs and resources of local communities and often
consist of partnerships between county social services, schools,
non-profit agencies, health departments, and law enforcement
agencies. The panel of BFI Site Coordinators will share their
counties’ success stories, challenges, and the local systems
changes that have occurred since receiving the grants in 2001.
Questions and group discussion are encouraged.
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- 3E. COMMUNITY
ACTION PLANNING - DEVELOPING STRATEGIC ISSUE CAMPAIGNS (Continued
in 4E)
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Jackie Kendall, Executive Director, Midwest
Academy, Grayslake, IL
An issue campaign is waged to win a victory on a specific
issue. Using the Midwest Academy Strategic Chart, participants
will demonstrate through a simulated case study their ability
to develop strategic issue campaigns.
10:30-NOON - BREAKOUT SESSION 4
- 4A. FATHERS: THE INTEGRAL FABRIC OF WHOLE
PARENTING
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Francis X. Vogel, Supervisor, George M.
Sanders Fathers’ Family Resource Center, New Concept Self
Development Center, Milwaukee, WI; William Rivera, UMOS, Milwaukee,
WI; Charles Richardson, Parent Educator, St. Vincent de Paul
Society Vincent Family Resource Center; & Alphonos Pettis,
Fathers Outreach Specialist, Rosalie Manor's Today's
Dads Program
This interactive panel discussion will focus on the importance
of fathers to children and society. Panelists will address current
and future fatherhood issues from a local and statewide perspective,
offer strategies to devise new programs or improve current ones
that support dads as parents, and note resources to support
the development of fatherhood programs that incorporate best
practices.
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- 4B. WORKING WITH HMONG FAMILIES
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Dianne G. Weber, Family Living Educator, Washburn County UW-Extension; &
Karen Dickrell, Family Living
Educator and Department Head, Outagamie County UW-Extension
Extension educators will share their experiences
in working with Hmong families and demonstrate adaptations made
to existing best practice programs for use with Hmong audiences.
Information for working with Hmong families will be shared,
including the Hmong Family Strengthening project in Eau Claire,
an adaption of the Strengthening Families Program, videotapes
produced in Appleton, and information from the Hmong Task Force.
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- 4C. repeat of 3C
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- 4D. THE SOCIAL NORMS APPROACH: EFFECTIVE,
EMPOWERING, EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION (Continued in 5D)
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Michael Haines, Director, National Social
Norms Resource Center & Senior Research Fellow, Northern
Illinois University, Kingston, IL
The social norms approach has been successfully used to
reduce drinking and tobacco use, delay teenage intercourse,
and prevent pregnancy. The approach is novel in that it assesses
the resiliency, strengths, and assets of a population and then
highlights these often hidden attributes in order to “grow”
more of the desired behavior. Part one of this two-part session
will describe the theory and research findings that provide
evidence of the effect of the Social Norms approach. In part
two, initial planning, data collection, media production, and
other methods of implementing the social norms approach will
be identified.
4E. A continuation of 3E
NOON-1:00pm - LUNCH & NETWORKING
1:00-3:00pm - BREAKOUT
SESSION 5
- 5A. HOW GENETICS AND BRAIN SCIENCE CAN ENHANCE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION EFFORTS
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Michael Bohn, M.D., Psychiatrist,
Aurora Behavioral Health, Wauwatosa, WI
This presentation emphasizes recent advances in brain science
and genetics of alcohol and addictive drug consumption. Learn
how interactions between genetically governed risk factors and
environmental influences, such as exposure to drugs and stressful
events appear to exert a significant role in the development
of regular alcohol and drug use, as well as abuse and dependence
syndromes.
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- 5B. CREATING SUPPORT FOR AN ISSUE CAMPAIGN
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Jackie Kendall, Executive Director, Midwest
Academy, Grayslake, IL
An issue campaign ends in a specific victory on a particular
issue. As a campaign progresses it builds power and strength
for an organization, bringing it closer to victory. The goal
of this session is to have participants demonstrate that they
can strategically build their organization in the course of
carrying out a strategic issue campaign.
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- 5C. RESTORATIVE PRACTICIES IN YOUR SCHOOL
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Polly Wolner, Executive Director, Barron County Restorative
Justice
School discipline is often modeled after a retributive system,
where punishment equals accountability. This workshop will explore
restorative practices for schools and communities which strive
to shift how people think about responsibility and accountability.
By building a strong community and allowing all members to take
responsibility for the community, discipline takes on a new
dimension and repairing the harm becomes more important than
which rule was broken.
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- 5D. A continuation of 4D
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- 5E. SIMPLE GIFTS: LOW-COST& NO-COST
PROVEN PREVENTION STRATEGIES (Continued in 6E)
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Dennis Embry, Ph.D., President/CEO, PAXIS
Institute, Tucson, AZ
This workshop introduces the idea of “simple gifts,”
which are a variety of low-cost or no-cost evidence-based strategies
that effectively tackle the underlying neurological, genetic,
and social causes of serious problems like substance abuse,
delinquency, and criminal behaviors. Learn how and why these
simple evidence-based procedures can, and do, out perform complex
procedures, making them perfect strategies for coalitions and
communities which can seldom afford high-priced or complex prevention,
intervention and treatment programs.
3:30-5:30pm BREAKOUT
SESSION 6
- 6A. A NEW DAY IN PROGRAM EVALUATION
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Janice Wilberg,
Ph.D., Wilberg Community Planning,
Milwaukee, WI
Evaluation does not have to be scary, difficult,
or irrelevant to practitioners. This workshop will showcase
the evaluation strategies utilized by the Milwaukee Youth and
Family Development Alliance to assess the impact of the Brighter
Futures Initiative, State Incentive Grant, Drug Free Communities
and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Network. Participants will
discuss strategies to break out of old ways of thinking about
evaluation in their own programs and learn how to use the evaluation
process to improve their services, strengthen their coalition,
and build community support for prevention.
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- 6B. BEST
PRACTICES IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PREVENTION PARTNERSHIPS
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Chuck Klevgaard, Associate, CSAP’s Central Center for the Application of Prevention
Technologies
This workshop will provide a summary of best practices discussed
in a two-day conference in May 2005. Topics such as joint data
collection utilizing risk and protective measures, strategic
planning, effective collaborations among school and community
groups, and the link between academic success and prevention
efforts will be covered. Strategies for involving school stakeholders
will be offered. The workshop is highly interactive and
geared toward the utilization of affordable and sustainable
research-based practices. The focus will highlight programs
that have demonstrated outcomes in Wisconsin and many that have
been implemented in our rural communities. Participants will
receive a wealth of easy to use tools, worksheets, and resources.
Provision of a CD covering all topics from the May event will
be provided.
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- 6C. ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES TO SECURE PREVENTION
DOLLARS IN WISCONSIN
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Maureen Busalacchi, Executive Director,
SmokeFree Wisconsin & Genevieve Kirchman, Comprehensive
School Health Project Director, Cooperative Educational Service
Agency (CESA) # 5
This workshop highlights two issue campaigns in Wisconsin
that are working to sustain prevention dollars. The panel will
discuss best practices and lessons learned involving the campaigns
to secure funding for health programs in the state by increasing
the tobacco and beer tax.
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- 6D. BUILDING YOUR DREAM TEAM: COALITION
COLLABORATION
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Barbara E. White, Project Coordinator,
Milwaukee Youth & Family Development Alliance
Through cross systems coalition building the Milwaukee Youth
and Family Development Alliance has created a network that includes
over 80 organizations. Established in 1999, the Alliance holds
regular monthly meetings, work groups, and training initiatives,
all centered on sharing best practices in youth, family, and
neighborhood development. This interactive workshop will provide
the A to Z tools of collaboration.
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- 6E. A continuation of 5E
6:30-8:30pm - NETWORKING
RECEPTION
| Training Institute - Monday
August 8 |
| Tuesday August 9
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| Wednesday August 10
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| Thursday August 11
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- CYBER LEARNING CENTER CONTINUES
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Sign-up information will be available at the
registration desk.
8:00-8:30am -
Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00am - BREAKOUT
SESSION 7
- 7A. DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN
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Dr. Shawna Kovach, Director & Deb Berenz,
Counselor & Community Educator, L.E. Phillips Libertas Treatment
Center, Chippewa Falls, WI
Since the majority of illegal drug labs operate in residential
homes a significant number of children are found living in hazardous
situations. They are exposed to unhealthy living conditions
where chemicals are improperly used and criminal activity is
evident. Drug endangered children often experience short- and
long-term health problems, test positive for methamphetamine,
and suffer from neglect and abuse. Learn the health, social
and emotional effects of drug endangered children, their physiology
and behaviors, and best practices in addressing their needs.
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- 7B. SIG: LOCAL AND STATE PERSPECTIVES ON
LESSONS LEARNED
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Susan Crowley, Director of Prevention Services,
Universtiy Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
& Louis Oppor, State Incentive Grant Project Coordinator,
WI Dept. of Health & Family Services
A panel of state and local State Incentive Grant (SIG) participants
will share their perspectives on participation in the SIG effort
and discuss the next steps in the process of developing and
implementing a statewide prevention system.
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- 7C. BRAIN DRAIN: THE EFFECTS OF AODA ON
THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN (Repeated in 8C)
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Tim Burns, Educare Institute, Santa Fe,
NM
This workshop offers an overview of birth through adolescent
brain development with special emphasis placed on the effects
of alcohol and other drugs on the brain. At the end of the presentation,
participants will understand the major developmental stages
of the brain and identify four ways in which drugs impact brain
function.
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- 7D. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION IN THE LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY (Repeated in 8D)
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Rodger L. Beatty, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
University of Pittsburgh; & Nancy Kennedy, Ph.D., Association
of Clinicians for the Underserved, Rockville, MD
This session will expose participants to a 50-year historical
overview on the role and use of alcohol and tobacco in the LGBT
Community (B & T information is limited on this subject)
from the early clandestine bars/clubs to the contemporary infiltration
of alcohol and tobacco use into the LGBT community. More importantly,
the attempts at viable prevention efforts will be examined with
a view toward what is needed and what can be expected in these
very challenging times.
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- 7E. COMMUNITIES CAN REDUCE YOUTH
EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL ADVERTISING (Repeated in 8E)
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Julia Sherman, Center on Alcohol Marketing
and Youth, Washington DC
Youth are bombarded with alcohol advertising that communities
have the power to control through the use of public policy.
Participants will learn how to inventory alcohol advertising
in their community and explore policy options to reduce or eliminate
that exposure. Among policies to be explored are community restrictions
on sign placement and bans of alcohol ads on public property
including bus shelters, transit vehicles, parks, and recreational
centers.
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- 7F. SAMHSA's PREVENTION PLATFORM: APPLYING
THE STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK TO YOUR COMMUNITY (Repeated
in 8F)
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Carlos Morales, Associate Systems Analyst,
CSAP’s Central Center for the Application of Prevention
Technologies
Are you interested in learning more about substance abuse
issues? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA) Prevention Platform is the online service to help build
substance abuse prevention programs utilizing SAMHSA’s
Strategic Prevention Framework. This session can help you through
its informational resources and interactive tools designed to
assist you in the following areas: assessment - determining
your prevention needs; capacity - improving your capabilities;
planning - developing a strategic plan; implementation - putting
your plan into action; and evaluation - documenting the outcomes
of your work.
10:30-NOON - BREAKOUT
SESSION 8
- 8A. POLITICAL CAPITAL- HOW TO HELP YOUR
CAUSE USING ADVOCACY
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Jeff Ranous,
Wisconsin Senior Director of Advocacy, American Heart
Association, Greater Midwest Affiliate
The legislative arena often appears overwhelming and untouchable.
This presentation will de-mystify the legislative process as
well as provide valuable tools on how to effectively use advocacy
to influence policymakers and further your cause.
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- 8B. TURNING INTENTIONS INTO ACTION: STRATEGIES
TO INCREASE THE TRANSFER OF LEARNING
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Julie Swanson, Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin
Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources, University Health Services,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
What is “transfer of learning”? What factors influence
whether participants will use what they have learned at a conference
or workshop once they get back home? How can we increase transfer
of learning? This session will go beyond action plans to provide
practical strategies and techniques to increase the transfer
of learning. You will leave with new ideas to use the next time
you plan, present at or attend a professional conference or
workshop.
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- 8C. Repeat of 7C
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- 8D. Repeat of 7D
8E. Repeat of 7E
8F. Repeat of 7F
NOON-12:30pm - CLOSING
SESSION
Door Prizes
Evaluations
| Training
Institute - Monday August 8 |
| Tuesday August 9
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| Wednesday August 10
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| Thursday August 11
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Program
At-A-Glance
Conference
Benefits/Objectives/Who Should Attend
Keynote
Speakers Biographies
2005
Conference Brochure [very large
PDF file - 4.2MB]
Online
Registration (UW-Stevens Point)
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