2023 Agenda
8:00 am – 9:00 am WA Prevention Provider Meeting Check-in & Registration Opens
8:30 am – 9:00 am WA Prevention Provider Networking
9:00 am – 12:00 pm WA Prevention Provider Meeting for DBHR Providers
9:00 am – 12:00 pm WA Prevention Provider Meeting for DOH Providers
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (DBHR-hosted lunch is only offered for DBHR staff and DBHR contracted providers who are attending the morning sessions as invited)
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm WA Prevention Provider Meeting for state agencies, State Prevention Enhancement (SPE) Policy Consortium Members and Providers
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Prevention Summit Early Check-in & Registration – Dinner on your own, enjoy Spokane!
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm WA Prevention Provider Optional Meeting(s)
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Prevention Summit Optional Meeting(s) & Networking
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Prevention Summit Team Adult Advisor/Chaperone Meeting
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Prevention Summit Volunteer Meeting
7:30 am – 8:30 am Check-in and Registration
8:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast & Open Networking
8:30 am – 9:30 am Combined Welcome
9:30 am – 10:30 am Combined Opening Keynote
Tools for Change: Balancing our Best Intentions with Best Prevention Practices, Joe Nigel
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break/Transition
10:45 am – 11:45 am Adult Keynote Session
Safety & Belonging for LGBTQ+ Youth, Page (she/they)
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Break/Transition
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm Combined Power Session
Unite Prevention Voices! Good Policy is Prevention Work, Scott Waller, M.Ed., CPP
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Break/Transition
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Adult Workshop I Sessions
Mentoring as a Prevention Strategy, Jolynn Kenney, M. Ed.
Adult Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Young Adults in Washington: Lessons Learned from the Young Adult Health Survey and Check-In With Yourself Program, Jason Kilmer, Ph.D., Christine Lee, and Mary Larimer
Adult Becoming a Certified Prevention Professional (CPP), Kirsten Fuchs, M.Ed., CPP, Liz Wilhelm, Sigrid Gauger, Lizbet Maceda, Gunthild Sondhi, Janine Koffel, Sarah Meyers
Adult Building Protection: A Recruitment and Engagement Strategy, Jennifer Hogge
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break/Transition
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop II Sessions
Adult Find What Moves You: A Program to Build Resilience Skills in Adolescents, Anne Cox, Ph. D and Amanda McMahon
Adult Examining How Communities Achieved Long-Term Outcomes Through the Implementation of Environmental Strategies in South Carolina, Michelle Nienhius, MPH
Adult ”ComeUnity” How to Effectively Engage in Communities that are Different than You, Donna Kelly
Adult Here’s a Great Way to Answer the Question, “Is Prevention Working in My Community?”, Scott Waller, M.Ed., CPP
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Break/Transition
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Power Session
Adult Opportunities to Integrate Harm Reduction into Prevention Strategies for Young Adult Substance Use, Ph.D.
Adult Centering Community Voices to Advance Behavioral Health Equity: Findings from the Evaluation of the Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative, Gitanjali Shrestha, Ph.D., Jordan Newberg, and Konul Karimova
Adult Prevention Pizzazz: Fun Thought-Provoking Activities to Enliven Your Class Presentations, Margaret Rubens-Ellis, M.Ed.
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm Break/Transition
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm Dinner (provided) & Day 1 Evaluations
5:45 pm – 6:15 pm Prevention Awards of Excellence Ceremony & Day 1 Closing
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Youth Optional Evening Activities
8:00 am – 8:30 am Breakfast (provided) & Open Networking
7:30 am – 8:30 am Check-in and Registration Opens
8:30 am – 9:30 am Combined Welcome
9:00 am – 9:15 am Break/Transition
9:15 am – 10:15 am Workshop III Sessions
Adult Amplifying Our Voices for Commercial Tobacco Prevention, Margaret Shield, PhD
Adult Translating Prevention Research into Policy and Practice: Using Research to Education and Inform Decisionmakers and Practitioners to Promote Community Health and Wellbeing, Brittany Cooper, Ph.D., and Kevin Haggarty
Adult Incorporating Suicide Prevention into Existing Training Schedules, Ashley Hall, BSW, MSW, Ph.D.
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break/Transition
10:30 am – 11:30 am Workshop IV Sessions
Adult Advancing Community Prevention Efforts in an Era of Scientific Distrust, Joe Nigel
Adult Letting Go and Staying Connected: Expanding access to an evidence-based handbook supporting parents of young adults to reduce college student substance use, Clara Hill, MPH, Kimberly Klein, Jennifer Duckworth, Brittany Cooper, Laura Hill, Billy Reamer, and Sarah Mariani
Adult Purposefully Engaging Youth Using a Research-Based Resource Guide for Adults, Elizabeth Weybright, PhD, Melanie Greer, and Cassandra Watters
Adult Friends for Life Media Campaign: Connecting with Youth to prevent fentanyl use, Stacie Jones, and Paj Nandi
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch (provided)
12:30 am – 1:30 pm Combined Keynote
Hope 101, Kristi Sharpe, CPP
1:30 pm– 2:15 pm Combined Closing Power Session
TBD
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Combined Closing & Overall Conference Evaluation
*The above agenda is subject to change.