Events
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program and its related public health and non-profit partners frequently offer training, events, and conferences focused on the many different areas of tobacco and substance use prevention and control.
If you have an conference in Maine that is relevant to the prevention and control of tobacco, substance use, suicide or injury; submit information to tsup.dhhs@maine.gov. We will review and post if appropriate.
Reducing Stigma and Using Harm Reduction When Working with People Who Use Opioids
The words we choose have an impact. How we talk about drug use and people who use drugs is informed by our preconceived notions and internalized biases. When we use words like “clean,” we necessarily imply that the opposite is “dirty.” Opioid Use Disorder continues to be a highly stigmatized medical condition, despite many advancements in our understanding of the neurobiological, social, and environmental determinants that impact individual health. People with an Opioid Use Disorder continue to report high rates of discrimination from medical providers, service denials from government entities, and continued unfair targeting by law enforcement. The ramifications of stigma in care environments are far reaching and further compound the opioid crisis. During this workshop, participants will explore personal biases related to opioid use and examine the way that these biases present in language. We will consider the effects that stigmatizing speech and actions have on people who use drugs, and we will discuss how to create an affirming environment that will enhance care for people who use drugs.
Registration fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch.
Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training
Join other healthcare professionals in this one-day training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. The Basic Skills Training is open to all healthcare professionals, prevention professionals, and community members who are interested in learning more about the burden of tobacco and strategies for treatment.
The training is a requirement for those interested in the National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice.
Maine Harm Reduction Conference
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| Please join the University of New England, the Collaborative SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) Training Grant and the City of Portland’s Public Health Division for a series of workshops about ideas and strategies aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with substance use and other high-risk behaviors.
Join a wide array of medical professionals, students, harm reductionists, social service workers, people with substance use experience past and present, law enforcement, and local community allies. This conference will offer workshops and presentations on various topics, Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Tracks will be available. Topics will include: · Reproductive Justice and Substance Use · Naloxone Distribution in Maine · Overdose Prevention Services · Harm Reduction Basics · Hepatitis Transmission and Treatment · Peer-Led Recovery and Pathways to Support · Many more topics |
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2019 Clinical and Legal Opioid Update
2019 Clinical Opioid Update: Learning Objectives:
- Review latest research relating to opioid + pain prescribing practices
- Constantly consider harm reduction
- Discuss opioid use disorder and treatments
2019 Legal Opioid Update: Learning Objectives:
- Review impact of Chapter 488 in Maine
- Discuss opioid laws, rules and initiatives of the new administration
- Study Chapter 21 requirements & logical implementation
- Investigate methods to further transform local and regional prescribing
Co-Prescribing Benzodiazepines and Opioids: The Black Box of Increased Overdose Risk: Learning Objectives:
- Review the trends in benzodiazepine prescribing
- Evaluate risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepines and opioids
- Consider taper plans
- Recall importance of risk reduction
Workshop is free, advanced registration is required. Light snacks will be provided.
2019 Clinical and Legal Opioid Update
The topics covered at this session will be:
2019 Clinical Opioid Update: Learning Objectives:
- Review latest research relating to opioid + pain prescribing practices
- Constantly consider harm reduction
- Discuss opioid use disorder and treatments
2019 Legal Opioid Update: Learning Objectives:
- Review impact of Chapter 488 in Maine
- Discuss opioid laws, rules and initiatives of the new administration
- Study Chapter 21 requirements & logical implementation
- Investigate methods to further transform local and regional prescribing
Co-Prescribing Benzodiazepines and Opioids: The Black Box of Increased Overdose Risk; CLearning Objectives:
- Review the trends in benzodiazepine prescribing
- Evaluate risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepines and opioids
- Consider taper plans
- Recall importance of risk reduction
Workshop is free, advanced registration is required. Light snacks will be provided.
Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program Prevention Professionals Day (Save the Date)
This conference is intended for community prevention and public health professionals; coalition members; tobacco, substance use and mental health prevention and health promotion practitioners; program managers and administrators; state agency prevention staff; volunteers and task force members; and others who deliver tobacco, substance use and mental health prevention services or who are interested in prevention issues and practice. More information to follow.
2019 Clinical and Legal Opioid Update
2019 Clinical Opioid Update: Learning Objectives:
- Review latest research relating to opioid + pain prescribing practices
- Constantly consider harm reduction
- Discuss opioid use disorder and treatments
2019 Legal Opioid Update: Learning Objectives:
- Review impact of Chapter 488 in Maine
- Discuss opioid laws, rules and initiatives of the new administration
- Study Chapter 21 requirements & logical implementation
- Investigate methods to further transform local and regional prescribing
Co-Prescribing Benzodiazepines and Opioids: The Black Box of Increased Overdose Risk: Learning Objectives:
- Review the trends in benzodiazepine prescribing
- Evaluate risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepines and opioids
- Consider taper plans
- Recall importance of risk reduction
Registration is Free - Advanced Registration is required. Light snacks will be provided.
Emerging Best Practices of Youth Prevention Training Series
A three-part series focused on leveraging prevention best practices to effectively engage youth within our communities.
Come join the Maine Youth Action Network's team, in this free training series to learn the neuroscience behind why scare tactics miss the mark in adolescent brains; strategies for directly involving youth in prevention-focused research; and how to grow and sustain lasting, supportive relationships with any young person.
Part 1- Using Neuroscience to Reach Developing Brains December 5th @ The Point - South Portland - 9:30-4:00
Part 2 - Community Driven research with Youth February 6th @ The Opportunity Alliance Timbers Room - South Portland - 9:30-4:00
Part 3 - Relationships as Protective Factors April 2nd @ The Point - South Portland - 9:30-4:00
Over the course of these trainings, attendees will be working in peer cohorts to build and strengthen their networks and professional communities. Due to this structure, if you are interested in only attending one of these training please email allyson.gardner@opportunityalliance.org to be placed on our wait list.
Opportunities for Change – Addressing Tobacco and Nicotine Use in Behavioral Health Settings
Individuals living with serious mental health conditions die on average 25 years earlier than the general population, most often from tobacco related cancer, heart disease, and lung disease.
If you work in the behavioral health field, you know that tobacco can be a difficult issue to address. Your clients - people with mental health diagnoses - are more likely to use tobacco, to smoke more and to have a harder time quitting than those without such a diagnosis. However, these individuals want to quit and CAN quit. But they may need some extra support.
Join other behavioral health professionals and MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence Training and Education staff for a half-day training to learn more about confronting tobacco use in individuals with behavioral health conditions.
The Science and Art of Threat and Risk Assessment in School
This important and timely workshop focuses on assisting school personnel and mental health professionals to improve their understanding of models of risk and threat assessment.
Tennies will discuss the characteristics of adolescent development that makes this process so challenging as well as the changes in our society that have contributed. The differences and commonalities of threat versus forensic risk assessments are reviewed as well as the findings of the Safe School Initiative by Homeland Security and Department of Education, which form the foundation to understand the principles of threat assessment. Tennies will introduce you to the threat matrix for decision-making about the level of risk of threats to assist participants in developing more precise ways to assess threats made in school settings.
In the afternoon, the elements and examples of forensic risk assessments are reviewed. Dynamic versus static risk and protective factors are delineated. Specific risk management interventions and strategies are provided with time for small group activities to individualize these strategies for your own organization.
Early bird fee: $55.00 if registration fee is paid by 11/15/19.