Upcoming Events

The legalization of sports betting across jurisdictions and global markets expanded availability and accessibility of sports betting with 1 in 5 U.S. adults (19%) reporting personally betting money on sports in the last 12 months (Pew Research Center, July 2022).  This session provides an overview to sports betting, “lure” and excitement, “belonging”  features, and the “consumption community” lifestyle of sports (Gordon, Gurrieri, & Chapman, 2015).  You will learn prevention considerations, including youth prevention (Pitt et al., 2017). This session will include a lived experience sharing by a sports gambler and is presented by Dr. Deborah Haskins.

Prevention Specialists often work in School and Community settings with students. These can be short interactions or ongoing programs, but regardless of duration, they require skills in managing a learning environment, engaging students, and dealing with any negative behaviors of students as they occur in a way that is safe for all students but minimizes disruption. This series is for prevention specialists who want to sharpen these skills of classroom management.

In this three-part training series, you will learn about effective classroom management, including:

● Basic classroom management strategies (March 10, 2023)

● Tips for meaningful student engagement (March 17, 2023)

● Proactive behavior management strategies for facilitating hot-button classroom discussions (March 24, 2023)

You can attend one, two, or all three sessions. You do not need to attend one to attend subsequent sessions.

The Positive Culture Framework Training is an excellent opportunity to engage with others across the country and move towards cultivating a culture that supports and sustains health and safety. There will be multiple opportunities for open dialogue and discussion among attendees at the Training. Step-by-step handouts, interactive training sessions, and small group activities will provide attendees with an informative, engaging experience.

Communities are the backbone of our social system, and ideally, provide a safe place for people to live, work, and play. Yet the history of systemic racism in America illustrates how BIPOC communities were not only built to be segregated but have continued to experience harm disproportionately to white communities.

This begs the question: what does a “safe” community look like, especially for people of color? And how can we center the conversation around health equity? In this two-day training, the trainers will first examine the history of racist housing policy in the United States, emphasizing the intentional disenfranchisement of Black and Brown communities and the implications for our health and racial equity work. They will then move into deeper, heart-space questions about our communities, and how we might imagine them differently. What are ways you can plug in to create changes? How can we use a Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) change framework to build safe and healthy communities that are designed by the people that live there? Participants should come prepared to dig creatively into some deeper questions about safety and resiliency. 
 

DAY 1: March 28th,10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET, IN PERSON at Assumption College (Worcester, MA)
Day 2: March 29th, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM ET online via Zoom

Communities are the backbone of our social system, and ideally, provide a safe place for people to live, work, and play. Yet the history of systemic racism in America illustrates how BIPOC communities were not only built to be segregated but have continued to experience harm disproportionately to white communities.

This begs the question: what does a “safe” community look like, especially for people of color? And how can we center the conversation around health equity? In this two-day training, the trainers will first examine the history of racist housing policy in the United States, emphasizing the intentional disenfranchisement of Black and Brown communities and the implications for our health and racial equity work. They will then move into deeper, heart-space questions about our communities, and how we might imagine them differently. What are ways you can plug in to create changes? How can we use a Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) change framework to build safe and healthy communities that are designed by the people that live there? Participants should come prepared to dig creatively into some deeper questions about safety and resiliency. 
 

DAY 1: March 28th,10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET, IN PERSON at Assumption College (Worcester, MA)
Day 2: March 29th, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM ET online via Zoom

In 2023, this virtual event is designed around the theme of “Coming Together to Work Together.”  Over three days, participants will find both inspiration and practical advice for how to engage in community collaborations that center equity and belonging in collective impact work.  This experience of true belonging is a prerequisite for deep, equity centered, community collaboration … the only way to achieve collective impact.
 

This year’s theme is “The Role of Prevention Science in Achieving Social Justice and Health Equity for All.”

The Society for Prevention Research envisions a wellness-oriented society in which evidenced-based programs and policies are continuously applied to improve the health and well-being of its citizens, fostering positive human development and citizens who lead productive lives in caring relationships with others.

The SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance this vision by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions in all areas of public health.

54th New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies - June 5 - 8, 2023

Live Program at Worcester State University , Worcester, MA and Virtual Program