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 & 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.
Advanced Youth Facilitation Skills: Two Day Intensive Workshop
Participate in a two day intensive dive into youth facilitation best practices. In this two-day facilitation workshop, you will fill your toolbox with activities, skills and facilitation strategies intended to grow your practice working with youth groups. Learn the skills to help groups solve complex problems, leverage diverse points of view, practice social-emotional skills and […]
Breaking Out the Boxes: Exploring Gender Variance and the Trans Umbrella
One of the simplest ways to honor others is to affirm who they are. None of us can have healthy relationships with people who invalidate, minimize, or dismiss us. In this workshop, we'll dismantle and examine what we think of as gender and then reassemble those pieces with a greater understanding of how gender works […]
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 […]
Emerging Best Practices of Youth Prevention: Using Neuroscience to Reach Developing Brains
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 […]
Transforming Knowledge Into Action: Youth Mentoring Strategies
A three-part training series focused on building youth engagement skills and expanding your professional learning networks. Join the Maine Youth Action Network's team for this free training opportunity! Participate in a learning cohort with other emerging leaders in the youth engagement field. This series provides participants with train-the-trainer content on youth mentoring best practices, engagement […]
Emerging Best Practices of Youth Prevention: Relationships as Protective Factors
Develop skills to grow and sustain lasting and supportive relationships with young people. In this workshop, dive into how protective factors like positive adult relationships can build resiliency in young people and improve outcomes.
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 […]
Emerging Best Practices of Youth Prevention: Relationships as Protective Factors
Develop skills to grow and sustain lasting and supportive relationships with young people. In this workshop, dive into how protective factors like positive adult relationships can build resiliency in young people and improve outcomes.
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 […]
Prevention Professionals Conference
Prevention Professionals Conference is designed to offer Maine's Prevention Community a broad range of learning opportunities. The conference will focus on providing information and resources for the field of tobacco and substance use prevention including building resilience and protective factors as a prevention strategy; innovative approaches to addressing health disparities; framing and messaging; comorbidity tobacco […]