Part 1: An Overview of Problem Gambling in Connecticut
2025-12-01 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | https://preventiontrainingcenter.org/event/part-1-an-overview-of-problem-gambling-in-connecticut-2025/
Please register below to attend this virtual training event! Once we’ve received your RSVP you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom Link.
Part one will include the overview of gambling, features in games that resemble gambling, defining problem gambling, Connecticut prevalence, gambling prevention resources and information on the Regional Gambling Awareness Teams.
Presented by:
Kaitlin Brown, Director of Programs and Services, CT Council on Problem Gambling
Kelly Leppard, Primary Prevention Services Coordinator, DMHAS Problem Gambling Services
Learning Objectives:
– Explain the types of gambling and features in games that resemble gambling
– Identify risk and protective factors including warning signs for problem gambling
– Understand the progression of gambling related issues and prevalence in Connecticut
– Obtain gambling prevention resources and information on the Regional Gambling Awareness Teams
Questions, contact Jennifer Jacobsen, jacobsen@xsector.com

Part 2: Gambling as a Co-occurring Disorder and Current Data
2026-01-12 12:00 - 14:00 | https://preventiontrainingcenter.org/event/part-2-gambling-as-a-co-occurring-disorder-and-current-data-2025/
Please register below to attend this virtual training event! Once we’ve received your RSVP you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom Link.
Part two will focus on gambling as a co-occurring disorder with both substance use and mental health disorders and current national, state, regional and local gambling data that is available.
Presented by:
Kaitlin Brown, Director of Programs and Services, CT Council on Problem Gambling
Kelly Leppard, Primary Prevention Services Coordinator, DMHAS Problem Gambling Services
Learning Objectives:
– Describe the co-occurring nature between mental health and gambling
– Compare the similarities & differences between gambling and substance misuse behaviors and brain biology
– Identify and review emerging trends and current national, state, regional and local data that is available
Questions, contact Jennifer Jacobsen, jacobsen@xsector.com

Prevention Storytelling for Impact
2026-01-29 10:00 - 12:00 | https://preventiontrainingcenter.org/event/prevention-storytelling-for-impact/
Please register below to attend this virtual event! Once we’ve received your RSVP, you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom Link.
Description:
Prevention Storytelling for Impact is an interactive web-based training designed to help prevention professionals translate their coalition’s and organization’s work into clear, compelling stories that demonstrate measurable impact. Participants will learn how to use their mission, vision, goals, and outcomes to identify meaningful wins, both large-scale outcomes and everyday moments, and frame them in ways that resonate with funders, partners, and the community. Through a guided exercise and practical tools, attendees will leave with an understanding of effective story structure, and a repeatable, step-by-step process to create a success story and communicate prevention impact across multiple platforms.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will:
1. Connect coalition and organization activities and outcomes to their mission and goals to surface meaningful stories of prevention impact.
2. Identify their organization’s unique impact strategy—its “Midas touch”—that shapes how prevention work creates change.
3. Differentiate between big and small impact stories and determine how each can be used to communicate progress to diverse audiences.
4. Translate one prevention success into tailored stories across multiple communication formats, including social media, newsletters, public announcements, and video.
Note: All participants will need to bring their organization's vision/mission statement, goals and one successful activity/outcome.
Presenters:
Anna Gasinski, BS, CPS
Prevention Specialist
Sharece Sellem-Hannah, MS
Creative Community Health Educator & Advocate
TEDx Speaker, “What is Human Services Missing?”
This training is eligible for 2 CEU upon completion.
Questions? Contact Jennifer Jacobsen at jacobsen@xsector.com
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (CT DMHAS) with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) supported this TTASC activity.

Part 3: How to Make Gambling Prevention a Priority
2026-02-02 12:00 - 14:00 | https://preventiontrainingcenter.org/event/part-3-how-to-make-gambling-prevention-a-priority-2025/
Please register below to attend this virtual training event! Once we’ve received your RSVP, you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom Link.
Part three will provide information on gambling prevention strategies, responsible gambling efforts, ethical decisions and how to integrate gambling into brief screenings and interventions.
Presented by:
Kaitlin Brown, Director of Programs and Services, CT Council on Problem Gambling
Kelly Leppard, Primary Prevention Services Coordinator, DMHAS Problem Gambling Services
Learning Objectives:
– Identify gambling specific prevention strategies
– Analyze and discuss gambling related ethical situations to determine best practices for prevention professionals
– Describe a model for gambling integration within mental health, substance use and recovery based organizations that can be used in prevention and treatment
Questions, contact Jennifer Jacobsen, jacobsen@xsector.com

2026 National Prevention Week Workshop
2026-02-24 12:00 - 13:30 | https://preventiontrainingcenter.org/event/2026-npw-workshop/
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Description: TTASC will be hosting a virtual workshop session to prepare for SAMSHA’s National Prevention week taking place May 10-16, 2026.
Learning Objectives:
– Identify the goals of National Prevention Week, May 10-16, 2026
– Explore 2026 CT NPW initiatives and past local activities that coalitions can adopt
– Identify current or past local prevention initiatives that can be promoted or celebrated during NPW
– Explore new opportunities and engage community sectors into local NPW prevention programming
Presenters:
Lisa Mason, TTASC
This training is eligible for 1.5 CEU upon completion.
Questions? Contact Lisa Mason at mason@xsector.com
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (CT DMHAS) with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) supported this TTASC activity.

Opioid Response Training & Municipal Toolkit
2026-10-15 09:30 - 14:30 | https://preventiontrainingcenter.org/event/municipal-opioid-response-training-and-toolkit/
Please register below to attend this virtual event! Once we’ve received your RSVP, you will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom Link.
Bringing Municipal Leadership, Departments, and Community Partners Together to Create a Coordinated Opioid Prevention and Support Strategy for:
– Public Health
– Public Safety
– Schools
– Human Services
– Local Prevention Councils
– Treatment
– Recovery
– Community Partners
Overdose prevention cannot rest with one department or organization. Learn how all your community partners can operate as one local response. This training provides a roadmap for local decision making and coordination by examining local readiness, clarifying roles, and selecting strategies to align current programs, resources, community expertise, and available funding around shared priorities and measurable results.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
– Understand opioid and stimulant facts, trends, and the evolving drug supply
– Explore key data sources and how communities use data to guide local decisions
– Leverage Opioid Settlement Funds using the municipal workbook for planning and decision making
– Apply evidence-based prevention strategies across municipal departments, schools, youth-serving organizations, and families
– Build coordinated, community-wide prevention and response systems
– Learn how to access and make the best use of the full Municipal Toolkit’s tools and resources
This training is eligible for up to 5 CEUs upon completion.
Questions? Contact Jennifer Jacobsen at jacobsen@xsector.com
