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.
Emerging Best Practices of Youth Prevention: Community Driven Research with Youth
Learn about community-driven research models and their value in creating environmental change. Using these models, develop strategies to directly partner with youth in prevention focused research and build their skills and engagement.
Transforming Knowledge into Action: Youth Engagement and Retention
Learn to use research based tools and practices to enhance youth-led programming. Explore potential pitfalls and strategies around youth retention while building core competencies that support youth.
Emerging Best Practices of Youth Prevention: Community Driven Research with Youth
Learn about community-driven research models and their value in creating environmental change. Using these models, develop strategies to directly partner with youth in prevention focused research and build their skills and engagement.
Transforming Knowledge into Action: Youth Engagement & Retention
Learn to use research based tools and practices to enhance youth-led programming. Explore potential pitfalls and strategies around youth retention while building core competencies that support youth.
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training: Two-Day Intensive Workshops
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders […]
Practicing with a Restorative Lens: Two-Day Intensive Workshop
Join us to learn how to incorporate restorative based practices into your youth engagement work. Are you incorporating social emotional learning into your teaching practice? Working with colleagues to build a trauma- or healing-informed approach? Join fellow educators and youth facilitators in layering a restorative lens onto youth engagement practices. Workshop participants will explore restorative […]
How to Use Humor, Science and Effective Communication Strategies to Engage Youth Audiences in Positive Prevention
This funny, informative and engaging half-day training focuses on communicating with teenagers about sensitive topics such as substance abuse and mental health. The first training session is a keynote style presentation titled, Using Endorphins Wisely: The Science Behind Laughing, Meditating, Reducing Stress and Managing Your Emotions. This engaging program will involve stand-up comedy, audience participation […]