EARN NAADAC CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
You can now earn 1 hour of continuing education credit by watching an on-demand training and completing a content-assessment.
Brought to you in collaboration with PRISM Collaborative.
UPCOMING TRAININGS
Register for upcoming ROTA C Events below. For more information, please contact our research coordinator here.
Engaging Youth in Community-Based Substance Use Prevention
Webinar | Duration: 1 hour | April 30, 2025 | 12:00 PM PT
SPEAKERS
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Barbara Brody, MS - Associate Professor of Practice for the Oregon State University Extension Service in Malheur County
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Elizabeth Weybright, PhD - Associate Professor & Adolescent Extension Specialist for Washington State University Service in Whitman County
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Student Leader from Nyssa High School in Ontario, OR
DESCRIPTION
Young people “speak the language” of their peers, making their voices essential in both the development and implementation of substance use prevention efforts. Engaging youth ensures that prevention strategies are relatable, relevant, and more likely to resonate with those they aim to support. In this webinar, panelists will explore practical ways to involve youth in prevention planning and share examples of how youth have been meaningfully engaged in rural community-based prevention initiatives. Panelists from Oregon State University Extension Service in Malheur County will describe the process of using formative assessment to develop a youth mentoring program grounded in positive youth development principles. Panelists from Washington State University will share strategies for effectively involving young people in substance use prevention programming and discuss examples of youth-led projects, including a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) initiative focused on opioid use disorder prevention. Panelists will also explore practical tools for identifying the type of youth engagement most appropriate for different settings, with reflections on lessons learned from the field.
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OBJECTIVES
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Recognize the importance of including the youth voice in rural prevention efforts.
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Describe the process of formative assessment in developing a youth mentoring program to prevent substance use/substance use disorders in youth.
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Identify youth engagement strategies to effectively involve young people in substance use prevention programming.
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Describe examples of youth engagement, including youth participatory action research in preventing opioid use disorder.
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Empathy Lens: Humanizing Images & Education for Reducing Stigma Against People Who Use Drugs
Webinar | Duration: 1 hour | May 29, 2025 | 12:00 PM PT
SPEAKERS
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Meg Brunner, MLIS - is a research librarian and the Director of Information Services at the UW Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI), where she specializes in the retrieval, organization, dissemination, and accessibility of infor mation for a variety of audiences.
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Erinn McGraw, BFA - is a Public Infor mation Specialist at UW ADAI. Her work uses design, photography, videography, online training development, and infor mation dissemination to engage the public and workforce in health topics related to substance use.
DESCRIPTION
Using stigmatizing language and images related to substance use causes harmful stereotypes and health barriers for an already vulnerable population. It can be challenging to find images that don’t perpetuate the problem. The Empathy Lens project was created to address this issue with a free collection of realistic, non-stigmatizing images. In this session, we’ll talk about the impact of stigma on people who use drugs and provide guidance on where to find and how to select accurate, non-stigmatizing information and images to use in your work.
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OBJECTIVES
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Describe how stigma impacts people who use drugs
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Explain how images can perpetuate stigma
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Name 3 things to avoid when selecting a non-stigmatizing image