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.
Beyond the Basics in Suicide Prevention
The Beyond the Basics conference serves as a "best practice" conference offering participant in-depth and progressive information and the latest research in the field of suicide and suicide prevention. The conference is designed for an adult audience that has attained basic training and knowledge in suicide and suicide prevention, and wishes to expand their knowledge […]
The Role of Life Experiences in Raising Healthy Children & Communities
This three-hour, inter-active session will provide participants with an introduction to the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study including what ACEs can look like, sound like, and feel like for those impacted, as well as the potential impact of toxic stress upon healthy brain development. We will explore the prevalence of ACEs in Maine as well as examine Adverse Community […]
Supporting Families, Supporting Youth: Working with LGBT Youth & Caregivers
Family connectedness and support is an important protective factor in the well-being of LGBT youth. However, many families and young people face challenges navigating their way to strong, affirming relationships. This training is geared towards a broad range of providers representing primary care, mental health, behavioral health, educators, community, clergy, etc. who work with LGBT […]
Maine Public Health Association 2018 Annual Conference
This year's conference features 34 oral presentations about addiction, public health programs and research in Maine, a poster session, and a plenary presentation, "Public Health Reimagined: A Blueprint for Building a Modern, Responsive, and Relevant Public Health System in Maine". Fees for conference are variable, please check the registration form.
Everything Your Kid Does Makes Sense: DBT for Working with Parents
This workshop is two 1/2 days (August 9th and August 23rd) will provide participants with eight parenting skills they can immediately use with parents who are struggling to raise children, including skills to help regulate emotions, communicate with kids and avoid judgments. The skills are drawn from Dick’s Dialectical Parenting Group, based on the DBT […]
FASD Basics: For Parents and Professionals
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a brain-based physical disability with behavioral symptoms. The FASD BASICS workshop introduces a neurobehavioral approach to living with, caring for, and working with individuals and families impacted by FASD acknowledges the source of behaviors: the brain, and provides a set of research-based best practices for helping people with fetal […]
Got Consent? It’s More Than Yes or No
Whether you are already providing consent education, or don't know where to start, this training is for you! As a result of this training, participants will: Be able to define consent. Understand Maine's new consent education law. Identify age-appropriate messages and strategies for addressing consent. Share lesson plans and ideas for incorporating consent in their […]
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 […]
Youth Mental Health First Aid: Two-Day Intensive Workshop
The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in crisis. Thank you for making time for this two day training. We are excited to work with you all. This opportunity is available for TWO people from your organization who work with young […]