CPI PREVENTION EXTENSION No Cost Training

           Core Competency Series:

Planning and Implementation- January 12, 2017

Los Angeles County

Facilitated by: Angela DaRe 

Workshop Description

Core Competencies ensure data-driven planning, evidence-based implementation, and outcome-based decision-making.  Each module is based on one of the five Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) stages.  Each module includes discussion of strategies for applying the SPF in real-world settings.  Participants will build knowledge around integrating the SPF into county-wide systems and processes, as well as methods for applying the principles to local programming efforts. 

Planning - Module 3

Addresses the thought processes and tools that support planning in SUD prevention.  This training discusses  logic models and their role in prevention planning, implementation, and evaluation, as well as how the strategic plan and logic model come together.

Implementation - Module 4

Starting with the characteristics of good strategies and sources of ideas for strategies, this training addresses the issues of fidelity and adaptation as applied to implementing evidence-based strategies.

 Speaker Angela DaRe

Ms. DaRe has almost 20 years of experience in the field of Substance Use Disorder prevention.  As Director of Prevention for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in Sacramento, she oversees all prevention programs and strategies, which encompass all of the domains of prevention.  As a consultant, she works wiht large and small prevention and early intervention agencies as well as California's diverse counties throughout the state with training and technical assistance.  Much of her work centers on; developing and utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework, utilizing current prevention science, identifying and reducing risk factors, creating a strong commitment to evidence based, culturally and linguistically approprisate strategies, and connecting complementary fields in order to inspire widespread strategic change.  As a Strengthening Families Program (SFP) facilitator, Ms. DaRe has had the pleasure of implementing the program for over 10 years and most recently added the newly developed faith-based component to the National SFP.  As a master trainer for SFP for over 5 years, she has had the opportunity to train countless facilitators in implementing the curriculum around the nation.  Additionally, she has been trained as both a facilitator and trainer in multiple evidence-based programs.