Coalitions Applying Science to Practice

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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010

Defining Prevention Science

Presenter(s): Zili Sloboda, JBS International

Description: This workshop is designed to familiarize substance abuse professionals about the emerging field of prevention science. The implications for training for all interested in prevention whether researcher, practitioner or policy maker will be discussed.

Learning Objectives: (1) Understand that there is a new field of prevention science; (2) Understand the competencies of this new field; (3) Apply these competencies to the participants own work

Level: Beginner

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How to Write a Winning Application: How CADCA's Got Outcomes! Award Can Take Your Coalition to the Next Level

Presenter(s): Andrea de la Flor, CADCA; Merilee Fowler & Doug Bartosh, MATForce (Methamphetamine Advisory Task Force) The Yavapai County Substance Abuse Coalition (2009 Milestones Category Winner); Michael McBride , Missouri Partners in Prevention (2009 In Focus Category Winner); Kitty Bowman, Revere CARES (2009 Coalition of the Year Winner); Erica Leary, North Coastal Prevention Coalition (2008 Coalition of the Year Winner)

Description: Struggling to communicate your coalition efforts to funders and other stakeholders? Learn more about CADCA’s Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Awards. These prestigious awards require a rigorous application process that helps coalitions think strategically and refine their ability to concisely make the case for their coalition and its contributions to population-level changes in substance abuse outcomes. Mirroring many grant applications, Got Outcomes! offers coalitions the opportunity to gain technical assistance to create an award winning application. Hear from this year’s winners about what it takes to create a winning application.

Learning objectives: (1) Be familiar with the three Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Award categories (Milestones, Coalition in Focus, Coalition of the Year); (2) Understand the two different phases of the Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Award application and review process, as well as what is required of applicants in each phase; (3) Be familiar with ways you can strengthen your Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Award application; (4) Learn about the numerous benefits and opportunities offered to CADCA Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Award winners and how the award can take your coalition to the next level.

Level: ALL Levels

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Innovative Evaluation Methods Designed to Impact Sustainability and Advocacy Among Coalitions with Limited Resources

Presenter(s): P. Allison Minugh & Susan Janke, Datacorp; Marie Waldeck & Nancy Devaney, Initiatives for Human Development

Description: This workshop is designed to help coalitions identify creative and innovative yet scientific means to evaluate their efforts. This workshop will present a variety of low-cost techniques that participants can use to not only evaluate their coalition but to advocate for future funding. Participants should be familiar with the basics of evaluation.

Learning objectives: (1) Identify data that is available at little or no cost that they can use to monitor outcomes; (2) Learn to use data to meet their coalition's unique needs; (3) Identify methods for presenting data that achieve results.

Level: ALL Levels

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010

Becoming an Everyday Scientist to Change the World

Presenter(s): Dennis Embry, PAXIS Institute

Description: All humans are everyday scientists—even babies. This gift is what enables humans to create their world intentionally. The emphasis on evidence-based programs has inadvertently impaired this native ability of all coalitions and persons concerned with community-level prevention. In this workshop, we'll apply the principles of being an everyday scientist to deploy and measure the impact of evidence-based kernels for home, school, neighborhood and communities using valid and experimental designs that even meet NREPP standards. Youth, adults and community members can participate fully as everyday scientists, and the products of everyday scientists are powerful ways to recruit sustainability and enduring impact for local prevention and local innovative prevention that can become "evidence-based" without the budget of the National Institutes of Health.

Learning objectives: (1) Learn four types of evidence-based kernels that can use used to solve local prevention problems for all ages; (2) Learn two basic, easy-to-use everyday scientist experimental designs that can used with individuals, at schools, in neighborhoods and the whole community; (3) Apply the everyday scientist ideas to several examples.

Level: ALL Levels

Tools and Tales: Measuring the Success of Environmental Strategies

Presenter(s): Chuck Klevgaard, Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, SAMHSA CSAP; Pamela Imm; Erica Schmitz, Maine's Environmental Substance Abuse Prevention Center (MESAP)

Description: This panel presentation is designed to offer coalitions information of how to build their capacity to select, implement and evaluate environmental strategies. The panel members will share information about advances in the field that have increased our ability to select those environmental strategies that have the best fit for changing local conditions driving the identified problem. Participants should be familiar with the basics of evaluation and come prepared with questions current challenges related to the evaluation of environmental strategies.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand recent advances in the field associated with the selection, implementation and evaluation of environmental strategies; (2) Understand specific evaluation methods, strategies and tools you can use to measure short- and long-term outcomes applicable to particular environmental strategies; (3) Understand how communities can successfully implement environmental strategies that can be been linked to community and state level outcomes.

Level: Intermediate

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Want to Be a DFC Peer Reviewer?

Presenter(s): Jack Claypoole & Shannon Weatherly, ONDCP; Cynthia Riddick, SAMHSA/Office of Grants Review

Description: The Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program prides itself on its true peer review process for choosing the best coalitions to receive DFC grants. If you're a current DFC grantee who will not be applying in the FY2010 cohort and want to be a Peer Reviewer, then please attend this workshop. DFC staff will assist potential Peer Reviewers in the best methods for effectively reviewing the DFC applications.

Learning objectives: (1) Understand the process for becoming a DFC Peer Reviewer; (2) Understand the roles and responsibilities of a DFC Peer Reviewer; (3) Understand the most effective ways to review a DFC grant.

Level: ALL Levels