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Connecticut Prevention Professional Spotlight: Mary Ollennu
The Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (TTASC) likes to take the time to spotlight the...
Connecticut Coalition Success: Bristol Eliminating Substance Use Together (BEST) Coalition
Bristol, CT, has experienced a high number of overdose deaths - 42 in 2022. According to the Drug Overdose Deaths in...
Connecticut Prevention Professional Spotlight: Melvin Wells III
The Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (TTASC) likes to take the time to spotlight the...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
During May, the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), the National Alliance on Mental Illness...
Prevention Professional Spotlight: David Reyes
TTASC loves to showcase the work of those within the prevention community and their professional/personal journey....
Connecticut Coalition Success: Killingly Youth Substance Prevention Coalition
Killingly Youth Substance Prevention Coalition is a new coalition that illustrates several positive characteristics...
Prevention Professional Success: Spotlight with Carolyn Wilson
The Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (TTASC) likes to take the time to spotlight the...
Connecticut Coalition Success: Southington STEPS
Southington’s Town-wide Efforts to Promote Success (STEPS) coalition is considered a model coalition by many in...
Moving Research to Policy: Using Evidence to Advance Equity in Prevention
Racial and ethnic disparities in treatment access and outcomes among patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) have...
Public Policy & Environmental Change | The Strategic Prevention Framework in Environmental Strategy (Assessment)
The Community Assessment A community assessment is a comprehensive description of your target community (however your...
Prevention Domain 5: Public Policy & Environmental Change | Why are Environmental Strategies Important to Prevention
In this quarter’s segment of the Prevention Specialist Domain Series, we will be discussing how to further develop...
Professional Growth & Responsibility: Why is Credentialing Important?
The success of prevention programs relies heavily on a competent, well-trained, ethical and highly professional...
Professional Growth & Responsibility: Understanding the History of Prevention Policy & the “War on Drugs”
Substance prevention efforts and strategies have come a long way in America within the last one hundred years. Do you...
Professional Growth & Responsibility: Community Readiness Model
It is the responsibility of every Prevention Practitioner to understand the foundations of prevention and remain...
Professional Growth & Responsibility: Stages of Change
The Trans-Theoretical Model explains intentional behavior change along a temporal dimension that utilizes both...
Prevention Specialist Focus Domains: Professional Growth & Responsibility
Prevention is a science. Our work in this field is evidenced-based and constantly evolving with the new research found...