SESSION 5 - Wednesday, 11:00am-12:20pm
5a - “White Coat” Outreach: What’s hot, what’s not
Alice O’Connor, The O’Connor Company
Learn the tools and the questions to ask when you want to involve health care professionals to advance your cause. How to communicate your goals to busy people to stimulate their involvement.
5b - Advocacy: Education in Action
Diane Welsh, Legal Counsel, Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services
Advocacy is a distinct and appropriate activity for social service and prevention professionals. Learn which activities constitute advocacy and when advocates can appropriately share their knowledge with policy makers.
5c -Strategic Prevention Framework: Coming to a Community Near You
Tracy Johnson, Central CAPT
The purpose of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) aim is to prevent substance abuse and related problems in communities by building capacity and infrastructure at the State and Community levels. Many states have formulated State Incentive Grant (SIG) plans that employ community mobilization as their primary strategy by supporting the development of local coalitions within communities.
5d - What Works Wisconsin: Moving From Good Intentions to Effective
Interventions for Preventing Delinquency and Other Youth Problems
Mary Huser , UW-Extension Family Living Programs; Cailin O'Connor, UW-Madison School of Human Ecology; and Stephen Small, UW-Madison School of Human Ecology/UW-Extension
Drawing on the "What Works, Wisconsin" report released in 2005
(http://oja.state.wi.us/jj/), we will discuss evidence-based programs and practices for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and other
child and teen problems. Participants will gain a deeper understanding
of what it means for a program to be "evidence-based" and "cost-effective," as well as insights into how the accumulated
evidence on effective programs can be used to improve practices and
programs more generally..
Session 1- Tuesday 11:00am-12:20pm
Session 2- Tuesday 2:00pm-3:20pm
Session 3 - Tuesday 3:30pm-4:50pm
Session 4- Wednesday 9:30am-10:50am
Session 5 - Wednesday 11:00am-12:20pm
General Session Descriptions
Printer-friendly copy of full descriptions - PDF version - 432KB
