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DMHAS PREVENTION TRAINING COLLABORATIVE |
The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services offers a training collaborative with the following agencies: The Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, The Connecticut Institute for Cultural Literacy and Wellness, The Consultation Center, Connecticut Assets Network, The Governor's Prevention Partnership, The Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technology, and Operation Respect CT, Inc. DMHAS provides training to individuals within the state of Connecticut for guidance and prevention.
There are no fees for attending many of these workshops. Most workshops are approved for 5 CEUs from NASW/CT. Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
2008 SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOP CALENDAR
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2/22/08 Workshop Full |
Promoting
Prosocial Behavior in Early Childhood and Childhood: The Bingham
and Salmon Prosocial Programs |
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3/28/08 Workshop Full |
Prevention of
Negative Body Image and Disordered Eating: What Can Parents and
Professionals Do and Be |
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5/09/08 Workshop Full |
Promoting the Healthy Development of Children Living in Gay Families -- Sylvia Kay Fisher, Ph.D. Details |
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5/23/08 Workshop Full |
Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders -- Arthur M. Horne, Ph.D. Details |
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06/19/08 Workshop Full |
The Salmon Pro-social
Program for After School Programs -- Chris Gullotta, Jen Messina, Tom Gullotta Details |
| 10/24/08 |
Evidence-Based Approaches to Underage
Drinking -- Tom Gullotta and Kerensa Knowles (New London, CT) Details |
| 11/21/08 | Promoting Prosocial Behavior in School-Aged Children: The Salmon Programs (Glastonbury, CT) Details |
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2009 |
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| 02/23/09 | Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practice (Hartford, CT) Details |
| 03/16/09 |
Promoting Prosocial Behavior in Preschool Children:
The Bingham Program (New London, CT) Details |
| March TBD | Depression, Obesity, and Substance Misuse: The Use of Physical Activity and Exercise as Intervention (Hartford, CT) Details |
| 04/06/09 |
Adolescents and Violent Behavior: Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Practices (Hartford, CT) Details |
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See workshop details below to register for an "open" workshop. |
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Child and
Family Agency and DMHAS Present: THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
Promoting Prosocial Behavior in Early Childhood and Childhood: Workshop Objectives: Through lecture/discussion the training workshop will enable participants to: 1. Examine how Prosocial behavior develops in childhood.
2. Examine how parents , teachers and social workers can
promote Prosocial behavior as 3. Learn how the Bingham and Salmon Prosocial Programs work. Workshop Description: This one day workshop is a hands-on, participatory workshop, exploring the background, content and implementation of the Bingham and Salmon Prosocial Programs. It examines the roles of administrators, coaches, teachers/facilitators and parents in helping children to learn kindness, respect, empathy and self-control. The Bingham and Salmon Prosocial Programs are evidence-based curriculums to encourage positive social skills in preschool and elementary aged children. Grounded in learning and multiple intelligence theories, these "universal" primary prevention programs are introduced to staff in a series of learning sessions. After this introductory experience, educators work with coaches in their settings to develop their abilities to elicit and nurture positive behaviors from their students. This workshop provides an introduction to the curriculum. Workshop leaders: Margaret Schofield: Co-founded Tuesday Preschool (collaborative for financially disadvantaged families); founder, The Clubhouse at Essex Elementary and The Children’s House-Toddler House, Centerbrook, CT Rick DeMatto: Previous Director of Special Education for the Waterford Public Schools, for twenty-four years. He retired in 2004 and is currently an educational consultant to public schools and human services organizations. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the development and implementation of early childhood education programs, including the Waterford Public School PREPP program and the New London Child and Family Agency’s preschool programs at the Smith Bent Children Center. Chris Gullotta: Creative Experiences coordinator for the Glastonbury Youth Services Bureau. She has been recognized as a leader for prevention programming in the state of Connecticut. She has published several articles in respected journals and books discussing how the arts can be used to promote social competency. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. Jen Messina: Coordinator of Educational Services at the B. P. Learned Mission, a program of Child & Family Agency of SECT. Jen's graduate work in primary prevention and health promotion at Harvard University in the School of Education focused on children and adolescents. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. Tom Gullotta: Editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention and co-edited with Martin Bloom the Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. He has written extensively on evidence-based practice in childhood and adolescence and is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
February
22, 2008 THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL For information: email Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). top
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Description: This workshop explores the theoretical and empirical basis for school-based and community-based efforts to prevent negative body image and disordered eating. In particular, the “Bolder model” of prevention, which combines the personal, professional, and the political, will be presented. Michael Levine, Ph.D.: Michael Levine is Professor of Psychology and former chair of the Psychology Department at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology in 1979 from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He currently teaches courses in abnormal psychology, theories of personality, clinical psychology, introductory psychology, childhood psychopathology, and the psychobiology of abnormal behavior. Dr. Levine's special interest is eating problems and their links with preventive education, developmental psychology, and community psychology. Recent publications include: Levine, M. P., Piran, N., & Irving, L. (2003). Primary prevention of disordered eating behavior in adolescents. In T. P. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.), The encyclopedia of primary prevention and health promotion. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, and Levine, M. P., & Piran, N. (2001). The prevention of eating disorders: Towards a participatory ecology of knowledge, action, and advocacy. In R. Striegel-Moore & L. Smolak (Eds.), Eating disorders: New directions for research and practice (pp. 233-253). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: Friday, March 28, 2008 THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
For information:
email Received 5 credit hours from NASW Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and
DMHAS Present: THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
Promoting the Healthy Development of Children Living in Gay
Families Workshop Objectives: Through lecture/discussion the training workshop will enable participants to: 1. To gain an understanding of the issues confronting children living in LGBT families. 2. To learn how prevention's technology can be applied to promote the healthy development of children living in LGBT families. 3. To learn about promising efforts underway in developing evidence-based practice for working with this population.
Workshop Description: This workshop provides an overview of the issues associated with LGBT families and the children living in those families. Specific attention is given to the use of prevention's technology (education, competency promotion, social support, community organization and systems change) and how that technology can be used to promote the healthy development of children living in LGBT families. Sylvia Kay Fisher, Ph.D.: Sylvia Kay Fisher, Ph.D. (Educational Measurement & Evaluation), Program Director for Evaluation at the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, has extensive experience in research, measurement, and evaluation. Her clinical work includes counseling and assessment with diverse clients of all ages. Formerly a research psychologist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sylvia has taught several undergraduate and graduate courses, and has published in numerous professional venues. Her work on Promoting the Healthy Development of Children Living in LGBT Families will appear later this year.
A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: Friday, May 9, 2008 THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
For information:
email Social Work CEC’s have been applied for. Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and
DMHAS Present: THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders Workshop Objectives: Through lecture/discussion the training workshop will enable participants to:
Workshop Description: This workshop examines bullying and other aggressive events in schools. Factors contributing to bullying and aggressive behavior, and consideration of family and school environmental factors associated with peaceful schools are examined. We explore “Bully Busters”, an evidence-based program developed for implementation by counselors, administrators, psychologists, and social workers to assist teachers and others in schools to reduce bullying and other aggressive acts of students. Arthur M. Horne, Ph.D.: is the Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia. He is the past editor for the Journal for Specialists in Group Work. He has co-authored seven books and co-edited seven, and has served on editorial boards of seven journals. An active researcher, he was the co-investigator of ACT EARLY – a 6-year program funded by the U.S. Department Office of At-Risk Children. ACT Early was developed to identify children at risk for emotional and behavioral problems and facilitate educational prevention and early intervention programs to direct the students into healthier developmental pathways. He is a principal investigator of GREAT Schools and Families, a project designed to reduce violence in schools, funded by the CDC. This project provides teacher, student, and family prevention and early intervention programs developed to impact the educational ecosystem, leading to reduced bullying and aggression. He is currently the Interim Dean of the College of Education at the University of Georgia, and continues research and training on school aggression intervention programs. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
For more information:
email Social Work CEC’s have been applied for. Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present:
Promoting
Pro-social Behavior in Childhood: Workshop Objectives: Through lecture/discussion the training workshop will enable participants to: 1. Examine how Pro-social behavior develops in childhood. 2. Examine how parents, teachers and social workers can promote pro-social behavior as a protective factor. 3. Learn how the Salmon Pro-social After School Program works. Workshop Description: This one day workshop is a hands-on, participatory workshop, exploring the background, content and implementation of the Salmon Pro-social After School Program. It examines the roles of administrators, coaches, teachers/facilitators and parents in helping children to learn kindness, respect, empathy and self-control. The Salmon Pro-social Program is evidence-based curriculums to encourage positive social skills in preschool and elementary aged children. Grounded in learning and multiple intelligence theories, this "universal" primary prevention program is introduced to staff in a series of learning sessions. After this introductory experience, educators work with coaches in their settings to develop their abilities to elicit and nurture positive behaviors from their students. This workshop provides an introduction to the curriculum. Workshop leaders: Chris Gullotta: Creative Experiences coordinator for the Glastonbury Youth Services Bureau. She has been recognized as a leader for prevention programming in the state of Connecticut. She has published several articles in respected journals and books discussing how the arts can be used to promote social competency. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. Jen Messina: Coordinator of Educational Services at the B. P. Learned Mission, a program of Child & Family Agency of SECT. Jen's graduate work in primary prevention and health promotion at Harvard University in the School of Education focused on children and adolescents. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. Tom Gullotta: Editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention and co-edited with Martin Bloom the Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. He has written extensively on evidence-based practice in childhood and adolescence and is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Thursday,
June 19, 2008
For information:
email Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present: Evidence-Based Approaches to the Prevention of Underage Drinking Training Agency: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Date: October 24, 2008 Time: 9-3 Course Description: This workshop provides an overview of prevention’s technology with special attention to how the tools of prevention can be used to reduce underage drinking. Attendees will have the opportunity to design an intervention during the course of the workshop.Instructor(s): Tom Gullotta and Kerensa KnowlesTom Gullotta is C.E.O. of Child and Family Agency and a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the 4th edition of The Adolescent Experience, senior book series editor for Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, and editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention. He has published extensively on adolescents and primary prevention. Kerensa Knowles, BS, is the Community Health Coordinator for Ledge Light District. She has been with Ledge Light Health District for 8 years and currently coordinates the Ledyard Community Underage Drinking Coalition and Tobacco Cessation programs. Ledge Light Health District is committed to the prevention of disease, illness and injury and assuring the condition for which people can be healthy. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge. Friday, October 24 , 2008Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration / Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. Place: Gullotta Resource Library 254 Hempstead Street, New London, CT 06320
For information:
email Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present: 85 Glastonbury Boulevard, Glastonbury, CT Promoting Prosocial Behavior in
Childhood (6 to 12 years-of-age): Training Agency: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Date: November 21, 2008 Time: 9-3 Course Description: This workshop is a hands-on, participatory workshop, exploring the background, content and implementation of the Salmon Prosocial Program. It examines the roles of administrators, coaches, teachers/facilitators and parents in helping children to learn kindness, respect, empathy and self-control. The Salmon Prosocial Program is evidence-based curriculum to encourage positive social skills in elementary aged children. Grounded in learning and multiple intelligence theories, these “universal” primary prevention programs are introduced to staff in a series of learning sessions. After this introductory experience, educators work with coaches in their settings to develop their abilities to elicit and nurture positive behaviors from their students. This workshop provides an introduction to the curriculum. Instructor(s): Tom Gullotta, Chris Gullota, and Jen Messina Tom Gullotta is C.E.O. of Child and Family Agency and a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the 4th edition of The Adolescent Experience, senior book series editor for Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, and editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention. He has published extensively on adolescents and primary prevention. Chris F. Gullotta: Creative Experiences coordinator for the Glastonbury Youth Services Bureau. She has been recognized as a leader for prevention programming in the state of Connecticut. She has published several articles in respected journals and books discussing how the arts can be used to promote social competency. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. Jen Messina : Coordinator of Educational Services at the B. P. Learned Mission, a program of Child & Family Agency of SECT. Jen's graduate work in primary prevention and health promotion at Harvard University in the School of Education focused on children and adolescents. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program.Jen Messina: Coordinator of Educational Services at the B. P. Learned Mission, a program of Child & Family Agency of SECT. Jen's graduate work in primary prevention and health promotion at Harvard University in the School of Education focused on children and adolescents. She is one of the co-authors of the Salmon Program. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: Friday, November 21, 2008
For information:
email Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present: Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practice Training Agency: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Date: Monday, February 23, 2009 Time: Course Description: The misuse of drugs is responsible for individual, family, and community tragedy on a daily basis. This one day symposium presents an overview of adolescent misuse from the perspective of several respected scholars. Discussions focus on the history of drugs in the US, neurobiological effects of substances on the brain, evidence-based community level interventions to reduce substance misuse, and school-based interventions to reduce substance misuse. Attendees will receive a copy of the “Handbook on Adolescent Substance Misuse: Treatment and Prevention.” 1. How did we get here - A social history of drugs -- Tom Gullotta 2. Neurobiology and substance abuse --Cathy Martin 3. Evidence-Based System Preventive Interventions -- Matt Chinman 4. Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions: School-based Interventions -- Carl Leukefeld Instructor(s): Tom Gullotta, Cathy Martin, Matthew Chinman, and Carl G. Leukefeld Catherine A. Martin; Dr. Martin is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research and E.A. Edwards Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She completed her medical and psychiatry and child psychiatry training at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Particular research and clinical interests include the relationship of impulsivity and inattention to nicotine use; development of pharmacological strategies that impact on impulsivity, inattention, and nicotine use; pubertal changes and drug abuse liability, and individual differences in drug effects of drugs of abuse. She is also involved in the training of clinical researchers locally and nationally. Matthew Chinman; Dr. Chinman is a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation where his recent focus has been to develop strategies to enhance the prevention capacity of community-based practitioners. As such, he co developed the Getting To Outcomes (GTO) model and led the development of the RAND Report, Getting to Outcomes 2004; Promoting Accountability through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation, which is a step-by-step guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs. Tom Gullotta is C.E.O. of Child and Family Agency and a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the 4th edition of The Adolescent Experience, senior book series editor for Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, and editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention. He has published extensively on adolescents and primary prevention. Carl G. Leukefeld; Dr. Leukefeld is Professor of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry, Oral Health Science and Social Work; and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science and Director of the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, with a graduate appointment in Sociology. He came to the University of Kentucky in 1990 to establish the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse where he filled administrative and research positions. Dr. Leukefeld has published over 150 articles, chapters, books and monographs. He currently serves on the NIH Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section and has served on the NIH/NIDA Health Services Initial Review Group and as a reviewer and consulting editor for seven journals. His research interests include treatment interventions, outcomes, HIV prevention, criminal justice sanctions, health services, and rural populations. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: Friday, February 23, 2009
For information:
email Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present:
Promoting Prosocial Behavior in Early Childhood (4 to 6
years-of-age): Training Agency: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Date: March 16, 2009 Time: 9-3Course Description: This workshop is a hands-on, participatory workshop, exploring the background, content and implementation of the Bingham Prosocial Program. It examines the roles of administrators, coaches, teachers/facilitators and parents in helping children to learn kindness, respect, empathy and self-control.The Bingham Prosocial Programs are evidence-based curriculums to encourage positive social skills in preschool aged children. Grounded in learning and multiple intelligence theories, these “universal” primary prevention programs are introduced to staff in a series of learning sessions. After this introductory experience, educators work with coaches in their settings to develop their abilities to elicit and nurture positive behaviors from their students. This workshop provides an introduction to the curriculum. Instructor’s Name & Bio: Margaret Schofield: Co-founded Tuesday Preschool (collaborative for financially disadvantaged families); found, The Clubhouse at Essex Elementary and The Children’s House-Toddler House, Centerbrook, CT.
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Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present: Adolescents and Violent Behavior: Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Practices Training Agency: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Date: Monday, April 6, 2009 Time: 9-3 Course Description : This one day symposium gathers several respected scholars to examine the origins of violent behavior from a bio-psycho-social-environmental perspective. More importantly, this workshop provides those in attendance with recommendations for choosing evidence-based programs to implement from the preschool through adolescent years.1. Drugs and Violet Behavior; Carl G. Leukefled 2. Evidence-Based Treatment Interventions; Tom Sexton 3. Evidence-Based School Interventions; Aleta Meyer 4. Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions: Community-based Interventions; Tom Gullotta Instructor(s): Carl G. Leukefeld, Tom Sexton, Aleta Meyer and Tom GullottaCarl G. Leukefeld ; Dr. Leukefeld is Professor of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry, Oral Health Science and Social Work; and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science and Director of the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, with a graduate appointment in Sociology. He came to the University of Kentucky in 1990 to establish the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse where he filled administrative and research positions. Dr. Leukefeld has published over 150 articles, chapters, books and monographs. He currently serves on the NIH Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section and has served on the NIH/NIDA Health Services Initial Review Group and as a reviewer and consulting editor for seven journals. His research interests include treatment interventions, outcomes, HIV prevention, criminal justice sanctions, health services, and rural populations.>Tom Sexton is a professor at Indiana University and director of the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies. He has extensively researched and trained clinicians in Functional Family Therapy - one of the most effective evidence-based practices available. He has published extensively on evidence-based practice in treatment and prevention.Aleta Lynn Meyer has extensive experience collaboratively designing, implementing, evaluating and replicating effective health promotion and prevention programs for early adolescents in urban and rural settings (e.g., violence prevention, cancer prevention, depression prevention). Her program, Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RiPP), has been identified as a model program by several federal agencies. An evolving research interest of hers is the development of effective strategies for promoting communication about and dissemination/diffusion of integrated, comprehensive best practices for prevention in secondary schools. She recently developed an undergraduate service-learning course designed to facilitate the integration of community, life science and social science perspectives for addressing social problems. Tom Gullotta is C.E.O. of Child and Family Agency and a member of the psychology and education departments at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the senior author of the 4th edition of The Adolescent Experience, senior book series editor for Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, and editor emeritus of the Journal of Primary Prevention. He has published extensively on adolescents and primary prevention. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009
For information:
email Funding for this seminar series is made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS).
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Child and Family Agency and DMHAS Present:
Depression, Obesity, and Substance Misuse: Training Agency: Child & Family Agency of Southeastern CT Date: TBD March Time: 9-3 Course Description: This one day symposium gathers several respected scholars to examine the use of physical activity and exercise on intervention for the prevention of depression, obesity and substance misuse. Specific workshops address;
Aleta Lynn Meyer has extensive experience collaboratively designing, implementing, evaluating and replicating effective health promotion and prevention programs for early adolescents in urban and rural settings (e.g., violence prevention, cancer prevention, depression prevention). Her program, Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RiPP), has been identified as a model program by several federal agencies. An evolving research interest of hers is the development of effective strategies for promoting communication about and dissemination/diffusion of integrated, comprehensive best practices for prevention in secondary schools. She recently developed an undergraduate service-learning course designed to facilitate the integration of community, life science and social science perspectives for addressing social problems. A light breakfast and lunch is provided without charge.
Date: TBD March, 2009
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