CAPT on the Web - July 2016

What's New in July 2016

Welcome to CAPT on the Web ---- a quick link to the latest prevention resources, articles, and tools on www.samhsa.gov/capt, offering cutting edge research, timely publications, and examples of successful prevention efforts from around the country. Check out what's new on the site!

Prevention Collaboration in Action

Local Connections Strengthen Prevention Programming for New Jersey Military Families. Learn more about how the New Jersey Prevention Network is collaborating to develop and deliver culturally appropriate programming to military personnel and their families.
Using Social Media to Facilitate Collaboration. Social media can play an important role in helping practitioners build and grow public health collaborations. This tool explores factors to consider prior to establishing a social media presence and concrete tips for maximizing the benefits of this approach.
Effective Social Media Planning. Designed to accompany the tool Using Social Media to Facilitate Collaboration, this worksheet presents some important questions to consider prior to establishing a professional social media presence.

Click here for other Prevention Collaboration in Action Toolkit stories and tools.

Other CAPT Resources

Preventing the Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs: Using the PDMP and Other Strategies for Success. Originally delivered May 31 to Partnerships for Success grantees, this webinar explored opportunities for using Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data and other resources to support efforts to prevent prescription drug misuse.

Click here to access other resources on prescription drug misuse.

Upcoming Events

9th Annual National Rural Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Conference: Spotlight on Best Practice Approaches. August 3-5, 2016. Lancaster, South Carolina. The theme of this year's conference is the importance of adopting best practice models and the potential challenges service providers may face in doing so.
National Conference of Addition Disorders 2016. August 18-21, 2016. Denver, Colorado. This conference provides a diverse educational curriculum on prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery management of addictions that affect various genders, generations, and cultures.

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SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) is a national training and technical assistance system committed to strengthening substance abuse prevention efforts at the regional, State, and local levels and building the nation's behavioral health workforce.

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