Learning Matters: Trainings, Technical Assistance, and Certification

Bolstering the relationship between health, education and performance with trainings, resources and technical assistance.

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Youth Suicide Prevention                 

UMatter: Schools Youth Suicide Prevention

Coming Spring 2012     

This two-day training prepares middle and high school communities to respond to the mental health needs of students and prevent suicide using the Lifelines curriculum. Schools teams should including an administrator, school counselor or nurse, health educator, and community liaison.

ADAP Prevention Training Series       

Workshops in Core Skills for Prevention Training and Education

for the Vermont prevention workforce.

Grantseeking Fundamentals

Date: March 5, 2012 (Snow date March 7)      Location: Rutland, VT       Trainer: Chuck Putney

Develop an effective program plan and identify the grant makers that would support it. Understand the key element of a clear and compelling proposal. Learn how to talk about your organization. Design a well-structured grant-seeking plan. Learn about foundations and government grants. Become comfortable using research tools and strategies. Workshop is 9:00AM – 4:30PM

Team Work:  Building Collaborative Skills

Date: March 14, 2012 (Snow date March 22)      Location: Randolph, VT       Trainer: ML Hannay

An interactive workshop for skills and techniques to build partnerships with others and achieve shared outcomes. Learn to demonstrate collaboration-building strategies and use interpersonal influence to develop win-win solutions. Explore consensus: when to use it and not use it, what it is, how to reach it.  Workshop is 9:00AM – 4:30PM

Integrated Professional Ethics for Student Assistance Counselors and School-Based Guidance Counselors

Date: March 19, 2012      Location: Burlington, VT       Trainer: Anthony Quintiliani

Review the complexities of integrated professional ethics of SAPs and school-counselors as part of the components of the three codes of ethics: NAADAC, ACA, and ASCA. Explore the challenges to ethical practice and the role of mindfulness-based awareness in ethical practice.  Workshop is 9:00AM – 4:30PM

Data-driven Approaches to Monitoring and Evaluating Environmental Strategies

Date: March 20, 2012      Location: Montpleier, VT       Trainers: Robert Flewelling and Amy Livingston from PIRE

For prevention workers to increase capacity to collect and use data by selecting appropriate environmental strategies, monitoring progress and adjusting the implementation, and assessing the impacts of those efforts. Explore the use of logic models. Identify useful data sources, measures, and methods.  Workshop is 9:00AM – 4:30PM

Prevention 201 (2 Day)

Date: April 2 and 3      Location: Montpleier, VT       Trainer: Sandra Puerini del Sesto

Experienced prevention workers will learn to use new tools and skills of the Strategic Prevention Framework. Explore the 2009 Institute for Medicine Report looking for implications of current and future prevention practices in the context of public health, health reform and recovery-oriented systems of care.  Workshop is 9:00AM – 4:30PM