Training & Instruction

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Mobilizing communities to prevent substance misuse, suicide and other unhealthy coping skills and increasing awareness of how negative childhood experiences can impact us throughout our lives.

1639 Jamestown Church
Sep 9

Talk Saves Lives

11:30 AM An Introduction to Suicide Prevention is a standardized, 30-45 minute presentation that covers the scope of this leading cause of death; what the research has found to be warning signs of suicide, and the strategies that prevent it. For more information and to register, call the Peninsula Agency on Aging at (757) 345-6277 Lunch is provided. Click here for the flyer!

Sep 25

CRI COURSE 1: TRAUMA-INFORMED

9:00 AM This 6-hour course covers NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, the ACE Study, and Resilience), Brain States, and ROLES strategies for individuals seeking a trauma-informed certification.

Course 1 introduces CRI’s capacity-building framework for building resilience, KISS. Knowledge, Insight, Strategies and Structure describes our community’s learning and movement from theory to practice and how to implement evidence-based strategies into action. The training includes three groups of topics: the NEAR sciences, a cluster of emerging scientific findings in the fields of Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACE Study, and Resilience; Brain States, the critical transition from Knowledge to Insight; and ROLES, CRI’s signature training on Recognize, Observe, Label, Elect and Solve, core strategies that take us below the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The key objective is to provide information about identifying and responding to trauma with evidence-based resilience strategies when working with an audience whose trauma history may not be known.

Course 1 is a prerequisite for Course 2: Trauma-Supportive. Lunch is on your own. Registration closes two days prior to training date.

Oct 9

Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention

9:00 AM This program examines some of the traditional models of prevention, intervention, and treatment and their degrees of effectiveness.  Participants will be asked to view prevention through a different lens and will be allowed to brainstorm ways of addressing concerns.  We will review updated terminology and the best ways to start conversations with teens and young adults.  Participants will be given tools and suggestions for starting an Early Intervention Program in their school or community. Strategies for both prevention and response will be discussed. For more information, Betsy Bell
(804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Oct 9

Helping Youth Build Healthy Relationships in Real Life and Online

1:00 PM Relationships are vital to social and emotional development; unfortunately, our youth often enter into friendships and romantic relationships that harm their social and emotional well-being. Participants will be helped to understand the signs of toxic relationships and how to help our youth do the same. Discussion will include factors that lead to these types of relationships and how to avoid them. For more information contact, Betsy Bell
(804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Oct 29

Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention

9:00 AM Students experience a myriad of emotions as they progress through school. While most cope successfully with these feelings, many will harbor emotional pain so great that they have thoughts of suicide. In fact, approximately 50% of lifetime mental health conditions emerge by age 14 and 90% of deaths by suicide had an underlying mental illness. As mental health concerns increase, schools must be ready to address suicide prevention and intervention needs for all students.  (2 hours) Through scenario-based examples and activities, participants will learn how to identify risk and protective factors and warning signs of suicide. They will also learn how schools can support students at-risk for suicide through implementation of MTSS such as, conducting suicide risk assessments, safety planning, and reintegrating students back into school after hospitalization. Additionally, best practices in suicide postvention will be defined and reviewed.  

Oct 29

Identifying and Supporting Youth with Trauma Experiences

11:15 AM Students experience various forms and degrees of trauma as a result of death, illness, crisis, and loss, often affecting behavioral, social-emotional and academic growth, which can lead to harmful behaviors if unrecognized and untreated. Through scenario-based examples and activities, participants will learn how to identify traumatic events, experience, and effects. A trauma-informed approach within a multi-tiered system of support will be described, and specific examples and resources will be provided in order to apply the concepts learned. For more information contact, Betsy Bell
(804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Oct 29

Bullying Prevention and Intervention

12:45 PM A longstanding challenge for school communities across the country and spanning decades of American education, bullying behavior is harmful to victims, offenders, and school learning environments, as well as linked to long-term mental health impacts and violent behaviors. Participants will examine the myriad issues and presentations of bullying in this module, considering their impact upon students’ learning and sense of safety in school today. Exploring multi-tiered solutions, interventions, strategies, and supports, participants will learn to identify and combat these challenges through universal, targeted, and intensive interventions and resources. For more information contact, Betsy Bell (804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Dec 4

CRI COURSE 2: TRAUMA-SUPPORTIVE

9:00 AM This 6-hour course covers the science of resiliency and shares promising strategies to build culturally and contextually resilient individuals and communities. (You must complete Course 1 in order to take Course 2.)

Course 2 describes training on topics that teach the knowledge and skills required by individuals who have contact with those who may be adversely affected by trauma and toxic stress, whether or not the trauma is known. These topics include resilience-based practices with universal application, such as classrooms, offices, or other places the general public may congregate. Topics in this category focus on prevention and teach a variety of strategies to address the often-hidden effects of trauma and toxic stress by fostering resilience within the individual and the larger community. Lunch is on your own. Registration closes two days prior to training date.

Please Note: You must be present for 100% of the class to receive your certification.

 
There currently is no cost per participant.  Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).

Space is limited to 30 participants. (A minimum of 10 registrations is needed to host the course.) Demographics are for grant reporting purposes.

Select a marked calendar date to view the event.

Talk Saves Lives

11:30 AM An Introduction to Suicide Prevention is a standardized, 30-45 minute presentation that covers the scope of this leading cause of death; what the research has found to be warning signs of suicide, and the strategies that prevent it. For more information and to register, call the Peninsula Agency on Aging at (757) 345-6277 Lunch is provided. Click here for the flyer!

CRI COURSE 1: TRAUMA-INFORMED

09:00 AM This 6-hour course covers NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, the ACE Study, and Resilience), Brain States, and ROLES strategies for individuals seeking a trauma-informed certification.

Course 1 introduces CRI’s capacity-building framework for building resilience, KISS. Knowledge, Insight, Strategies and Structure describes our community’s learning and movement from theory to practice and how to implement evidence-based strategies into action. The training includes three groups of topics: the NEAR sciences, a cluster of emerging scientific findings in the fields of Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACE Study, and Resilience; Brain States, the critical transition from Knowledge to Insight; and ROLES, CRI’s signature training on Recognize, Observe, Label, Elect and Solve, core strategies that take us below the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The key objective is to provide information about identifying and responding to trauma with evidence-based resilience strategies when working with an audience whose trauma history may not be known.

Course 1 is a prerequisite for Course 2: Trauma-Supportive. Lunch is on your own. Registration closes two days prior to training date.

Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention

09:00 AM This program examines some of the traditional models of prevention, intervention, and treatment and their degrees of effectiveness.  Participants will be asked to view prevention through a different lens and will be allowed to brainstorm ways of addressing concerns.  We will review updated terminology and the best ways to start conversations with teens and young adults.  Participants will be given tools and suggestions for starting an Early Intervention Program in their school or community. Strategies for both prevention and response will be discussed. For more information, Betsy Bell
(804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Helping Youth Build Healthy Relationships in Real Life and Online

01:00 PM Relationships are vital to social and emotional development; unfortunately, our youth often enter into friendships and romantic relationships that harm their social and emotional well-being. Participants will be helped to understand the signs of toxic relationships and how to help our youth do the same. Discussion will include factors that lead to these types of relationships and how to avoid them. For more information contact, Betsy Bell
(804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention

09:00 AM Students experience a myriad of emotions as they progress through school. While most cope successfully with these feelings, many will harbor emotional pain so great that they have thoughts of suicide. In fact, approximately 50% of lifetime mental health conditions emerge by age 14 and 90% of deaths by suicide had an underlying mental illness. As mental health concerns increase, schools must be ready to address suicide prevention and intervention needs for all students.  (2 hours) Through scenario-based examples and activities, participants will learn how to identify risk and protective factors and warning signs of suicide. They will also learn how schools can support students at-risk for suicide through implementation of MTSS such as, conducting suicide risk assessments, safety planning, and reintegrating students back into school after hospitalization. Additionally, best practices in suicide postvention will be defined and reviewed.  

Identifying and Supporting Youth with Trauma Experiences

11:15 AM Students experience various forms and degrees of trauma as a result of death, illness, crisis, and loss, often affecting behavioral, social-emotional and academic growth, which can lead to harmful behaviors if unrecognized and untreated. Through scenario-based examples and activities, participants will learn how to identify traumatic events, experience, and effects. A trauma-informed approach within a multi-tiered system of support will be described, and specific examples and resources will be provided in order to apply the concepts learned. For more information contact, Betsy Bell
(804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

Bullying Prevention and Intervention

12:45 PM A longstanding challenge for school communities across the country and spanning decades of American education, bullying behavior is harmful to victims, offenders, and school learning environments, as well as linked to long-term mental health impacts and violent behaviors. Participants will examine the myriad issues and presentations of bullying in this module, considering their impact upon students’ learning and sense of safety in school today. Exploring multi-tiered solutions, interventions, strategies, and supports, participants will learn to identify and combat these challenges through universal, targeted, and intensive interventions and resources. For more information contact, Betsy Bell (804) 997-1658
Betsy.bell@dcjs.virginia.gov 

CRI COURSE 2: TRAUMA-SUPPORTIVE

09:00 AM This 6-hour course covers the science of resiliency and shares promising strategies to build culturally and contextually resilient individuals and communities. (You must complete Course 1 in order to take Course 2.)

Course 2 describes training on topics that teach the knowledge and skills required by individuals who have contact with those who may be adversely affected by trauma and toxic stress, whether or not the trauma is known. These topics include resilience-based practices with universal application, such as classrooms, offices, or other places the general public may congregate. Topics in this category focus on prevention and teach a variety of strategies to address the often-hidden effects of trauma and toxic stress by fostering resilience within the individual and the larger community. Lunch is on your own. Registration closes two days prior to training date.

Please Note: You must be present for 100% of the class to receive your certification.

 
There currently is no cost per participant.  Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).

Space is limited to 30 participants. (A minimum of 10 registrations is needed to host the course.) Demographics are for grant reporting purposes.

OUR PREVENTION TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Preparing Our Community to Help People in Need of Support

ACEs Interface training teaches participants about adverse childhood experiences, toxic stress, and how adversity in childhood can impact adult health.

Learn the steps to address trauma, how to create safe environments and improve relationships so that healing can begin and allow all children to reach their full potential..


Audience: Parents/Guardians, Teachers, Medical/Mental Health Professionals and Community Members.

LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.


Audience: Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshop. Anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model.

Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.


Audience: Parents/Guardians, Teachers, Medical/Mental Health Professionals and Community Members.

REVIVE! training provides information on how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose emergency using naloxone for lay rescuers. This training also covers understanding opioids, how opioid overdoses happen, and the risk factors for opioid overdoses.


Audience: Parents/Guardians, Teachers, Medical/Mental Health Professionals and Community Members

SafeTALK is a 4 hour LivingWorks workshop that teaches participants to be more alert to people thinking about suicide and better able to connect them to suicide intervention resources.

Participants will be better able to reach out to someone thinking about suicide, promptly connect them to further support, overcome personal and community attitudes that act as barriers to help and learn the powerful 4-step TALK model.


Audience: Everyone over the age of 16 years who wants to help keep the people around them safe from suicide should attend.

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Training and Instruction

The Historic Triangle Drug Prevention Coalition is always willing to train individuals, groups, agencies, and the like! Once you complete this form Joi Tramuel, HTDPC Coordinator, will reach out to you directly with more information on how to schedule your training.

PLEASE NOTE: We do not check messages sent through this form every day. If you have not received a response within three business days, please contact Joi Tramuel, HTDPC Coordinator at (757) 713-9670.

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