Training

Our Training & Education Department is ready to collaborate with you to meet all your training needs. As an approved CEU provider with the Florida Certification Board and with a staff certified in over 17 evidence-based programs, our team can provide or develop customized training on nearly any Prevention topic you request. Below you will find our training calendar, a working list of specific training courses that are already developed and ready for implementation, and a link to a form that allows you to request specific training that is not already scheduled.
Please reach out to Laura in our training department for any needs not covered here:
[email protected]

Trainings Offered by CCA

Harm Reduction Training

The Intersection of Temperament, Cultural Humility, and Generational Identity

SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST)

SAPST Snippets (Virtual Series)

Topics in Resilience: A Virtual Series

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), Suicide Prevention

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), Suicide Prevention

Youth Topics: A Series

Cultural Awareness Series

Self-Care & Burnout

Motivational Interviewing

Ethics in Prevention

Mobilizing the 12 Sectors

— HARM REDUCTION TRAINING —

CCA provides Naloxone as well as Safe Storage & Disposal training both virtually and in-person. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications. This training explores how Naloxone works and how to safely administer it to someone in need. Good Samaritan Laws are also covered. In most cases, Narcan can be provided to participants. Having medications at home that are not safely stored or disposed of has negative environmental effects as well as increases the risk of misuse and accidental poisoning among household members, especially children and pets. Participants in this training will learn how and why to secure medications properly and to dispose of unwanted or expired medication. In most cases, Deterra Drug Deactivation & Disposal Pouches can be provided to participants. 1hr.

— The Intersection of Temperament, Cultural Humility, and Generational Identity —

The Four Lenses is a proven personality temperament model that acts as a universal
companion to any training or initiative. This interactive foundational training helps individuals and organizations establish a common language and value system for diverse perspectives and unique talent in the workplace, in the classroom, or life.  Participants will learn how to motivate reluctant people, communicate with power, strengthen leadership abilities, enhance relationships, reduce stress and conflict, and teach difficult learners. In addition to The Four Lenses assessment, this training includes an overview of Cultural Humility and how the value system of each generation impacts communication (i.e. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha). 3hrs.

—SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST)—

SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST) is a 4-day SAMHSA training
that focuses on the fundamentals of substance abuse prevention based on the current knowledge and practice in the field. This interactive course covers the Strategic Prevention Framework in detail (Assessment, Capacity, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, Sustainability, and Cultural Competence) using hands on activities and case studies for practical application. Registration required. 36hrs.

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— SAPST Snippets (Virtual Series) —

The Snippets are a CCA developed series designed to highlight, discuss, and refresh
individual topics from the greater SAPTS curriculum. Topics covered include: Logic Models, Needs Assessments, Cultural Awareness, Building Capacity, and others. This series is suitable for any prevention professional, whether they have taken the full SAPST course or not. The online SAPST pre-course is the only prerequisite. 1hr each session.

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— Topics in Resilience:
A Virtual Series —

Everyone can be resilient. Resiliency (the ability to bounce back from adversity) is a
teachable and learnable skillset. This series, working in partnership with the Northeast Florida ACEs Alliance (NFAA), covers a wide range of strategies needed to build that skillset, including replicable activities for use when working with adults and teens alike. Each session focuses on a different area of resilience. 1hr each session.

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— Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), Suicide Prevention —

The first person to encounter someone considering suicide is likely a friend, family
member, or acquaintance. Often, those people don’t have the training or tools to navigate those conversations effectively. This course is a suicide prevention training that helps participants recognize and respond to the warning signs of Participants will learn how to question, persuade, and refer people at risk for suicide for help. 1-1.5 hrs.

— Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) —

Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack — we’d
start CPR or call 9-1-1. But too few of us would know how to respond if we saw someone having a panic attack or showing signs of alcohol use disorder. Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist and support others who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. This evidence-based, early-intervention course uses community-specific scenarios, activities and videos to teach the skills needed to recognize and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges as well as how to provide initial support until the person is connected with appropriate professional help. Registration required. 8hrs.

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— Youth Topics: A Series —

Taught by CCA’s Youth Services Coordinator, this series unpacks topics related to youth
and youth services. Topics include: Talking to Teens About Substances, Navigating the World of Social Meda, and others (TBD). Sessions will include resources and support for further learning. 1hr each session.

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— Cultural Awareness Series —

This online series explores the social determinants of health for several cultural
subgroups, paying particular attention to how topics in prevention, treatment, and recovery might show up differently for members of those communities. Originally taught live during the 2023-24 fiscal year, this series emphasizes action steps we can take to make our spaces and programs more culturally competent. 1hr each session.

— Self-Care & Burnout —

Recognizing signs of burnout is essential to stress management, job satisfaction,
relationship health, and overall wellness. This course teaches both how to avoid burnout and how to respond to it when it is happening. Reactive self-care is a very important part of responding to our own needs and regaining our emotional and physical health. Proactive self-care is an essential part of remaining emotionally and physically healthy in the first place. This course explores both, with a strong emphasis on how to craft a personalized self-care plan. 1hr.

— Motivational Interviewing —

Motivational Interviewing is a method for helping people find their internal motivation
for finding solutions to their problems. Participants will learn strategies that start from a place of empathy and draw on the client’s personal motivation to create their own goals for change. 2hrs.

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— Ethics in Prevention —

As substance use prevention professionals, we regularly face situations that require us to make ethical decisions. Often it is clear how to act ethically; sometimes it is not. This course, adapted from the original SAMHSA Center for Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) course, explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics, brought to life with realistic examples designed to enhance participant understanding. The course also introduces a decision- making process to help practitioners apply this code to a variety of ethical dilemmas. Registration required. 8hrs.

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— Mobilizing the 12 Sectors —

Effective community capacity building requires the engagement of 12 identified sectors
across the community landscape. This session identifies those sectors and gives practical guidance on fostering meaningful and productive engagement. The 13th sector specific to prevention (the recovery community) is also discussed. 1hr.

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