Autonomous but Not Alone: Navigating Students through Drug-Related Risk
– A Toolkit for School-Based Staff
Cardea Website Link: Autonomous but Not Alone
Presented on September, 30, 2020: Click Here to watch Video
This toolkit stresses the importance of building relationships and using a harm reduction approach to help empower youth to avoid and reduce risk.
This training is on the Autonomous but Not Alone: Navigating Students through Drug-Related Risk Toolkit. This toolkit for school-based staff, stresses the importance of building relationships and using a harm reduction approach to help empower youth to avoid and reduce risk associated with substance misuse. The interactive training provides guidance on setting the tone for conversations with a focus on confidentiality and key scenarios related to substance misuse often encountered in school settings such as riding and driving; youth worried for a friend; conflicts; and engaging reluctant youth.
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Adolescent Substance Use: Legislation, Prevention Practices, and Organizational Preparedness
Recorded on November 14, 2019: Click Here to watch Video
Texas has new legislation that impacts how schools address the behavioral health needs of students. The interactive webinar discusses the new legislation, prevention practices, and key considerations for schools and other school-based organizations interested in preventing opioid and other substance misuse among adolescents.
Hear from our experts:
Jessica Duncan Cance, PhD
Texas DSHS
Handouts from Presentation:
Public Health Persepctive “What Can We Do”
Vanessa Sarria, MPA
Cardea
Handouts from Presentation:
Overview Community of Practice
Josette Saxton, MSSW
Texans Care for Children
Handouts from Presentation:
Preventing Addressing You Substance Use
Lori Holleran Steiker, PhD
Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas.
Handouts from Presentation:
Key Considerations for Assessing Organizational Preparedness
Video Series: Opioid Misuse Prevention in Adolescents
New! Short videos on topics relating to substance misuse, opioids, adolescents, girls, screening, motivational interviewing, and referral. Taken from a series of 2018 webcasts presented by YSAPC in partnership with Cardea, these 2 to 15 minute videos offer a focused look at key topics presented by Lori Holleran Steiker PhD, and Robin Peyson, MHSA. Watch them all, or watch a few when you need specific information. Perfect for those who don’t have time to listen to the full webinar recordings.
The series can be found here: https://vimeo.com/album/5720503
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