Free online training: How to prevent underage drinking

Throughout 2013, the federal Interagency Coordinating Committee Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) is hosting a series of webinars on underage drinking.  The next one will take place next week.

Shape of the Solution
April 17, 2013
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

National experts will expand on the shape of the solution to underage drinking.  The discussion will focus on evidence-based prevention strategies that are age and culturally appropriate and address both individual and environmental factors.  Following the presentation, panelists will engage in a live question-and-answer period.

To register, click here.

Free webinar: skills for parenting drug-free kids

Free webinar: Seven Simple Skills to Promote Happy Families, Healthy Brains, and Alcohol- and Drug-Free Kids

Thursday, June 21, 2012
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Click here to register


For children to do well in school, succeed in life, and remain addiction free, parents need to be well-trained in bonding, setting boundaries, and monitoring kids’ activities.  Kids need to learn skills to help them make healthy decisions in the face of peer pressure, media influences, and easy access to drugs. But where can parents and kids learn these skills?

During this webinar, parents will be given seven specific skills that include communicating politely, establishing rules and routines for youth success, and using positive discipline.  Parents will learn how they can prevent underage drinking and other substance abuse in their family.

Free webinar: social marketing, social norms, social media and substance abuse prevention

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is offering a free webinar as part of their series on environmental strategies for substance abuse prevention:

Social Marketing, Social Norms, Social Media, Social What?
December 13, 2011
3:30-5:00 p.m.

The strategies and evidence that support different prevention practices often get confused, severely limiting the effective implementation of these approaches. Learn about the differences between some of the more common and evidence-based prevention strategies, including social marketing and social norms, as well as how new tools like social media fit in to the mix. This webinar will leave you with new tools, a better understanding of your prevention arsenal and the energy to make positive behavior change a reality.

Key topics will include:
-Social Marketing, including branding strategies
-Social Norms
-How to select the right approach
-Differentiating between a tool and an approach
-How to select the right tools for your approach
-How Social Media fits in most effectively

To register, click here. 

What is "environmental" prevention?

A term that people involved with underage drinking and youth substance abuse prevention hear a lot these days is "environmental strategies". These types of strategies are aimed at changing the environment in which substance abuse can occur. It's more than a one-time program, it's changing the community in which we live. By altering the environment in our neighborhoods, we can impact behaviors and decisions regarding substance abuse.

Learn more for free and from the comfort of your own desk . . .

The Path to Community Change
A free webcast program
Thursday, March 26, 2009
10:00 - 11:00 Pacific Time

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn what an environmental strategy is and how to implement them.
2. See how applying environmental strategies can impact substance abuse.
3. Discover why it takes a group to implement true change.
4. Learn the seven strategies to affect community change.

Register by clicking here.

CADCA previously did some webinars on environmental strategies. Here are a few resources they provided:

PowerPoint on Environmental Strategies
A new publication about environmental strategies
"Roots of Environmental Strategies: A Public Health Model"
Example of a community implementing environmental strategies