The RI Governor’s Council on Behavioral Health’s Prevention Advisory Committee is proud to host its second statewide prevention conference (PREVCON) on April 5, 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel located in Warwick, RI. RI PREVCON 2022—Prevention without Barriers:...
Events
Gaming/Gambling Addiction Prevention
The RIPRC will be offering a training on prevention of gambling/gaming addiction in November. More information to come!
Is it Time to Train, or to Present?
The RIPRC will be offering a training in October called Is it Time to Train, or to Present?. This training is scheduled to be held virtually on October 26th, 2021 from 10:30-12:30 PM EST. You do not want to miss this one! Description: This session focuses on two tools...
RIPRC’s Mental Health Training Series: The Next Step in our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts
This is the third training in the RIPRC’s virtual Mental Health Training Series! Audience: Non-profit staff working on prevention activities. Goal: Identify a direction, significant steps, and benchmarks for increasing equity, diversity, and inclusion internally and...
RIPRC’s Mental Health Training Series: Mental Health and Adolescent Marijuana Use
This is the second training in the RIPRC’s virtual Mental Health Training Series! Goal: Increase knowledge on the impacts of marijuana on the mental health of adolescents to impact prevention efforts targeted to adolescents. Learning Objectives: 1) Understand how...
RIPRC’s Mental Health Training Series: Prevention of Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
This is the first training in the RIPRC's virtual Mental Health Training Series! Goal: Gain a strong foundation on the characteristics of adolescent anxiety disorders to support prevention efforts and the wellbeing of adolescents in RI. Learning Objectives: 1) Be able...
RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series: Strategies to Support Trauma-Impacted Students in The Classroom W/ Dr. Kevin Plummer
This webinar is part of the RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series presented by Rhode Island Student Assistance Services (RISAS). This webinar, based on years of helping teachers with trauma-impacted students, provides a common-sense approach to understanding childhood...
RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series: My “Because I Said So…”: Positive Parenting Strategies to Promote Healthy Lifestyles” for Latinx communities (“Porque Yo Lo Dije…”: Estrategias de Crianza Positiva Para Promover Estilos de Vida)
This webinar is part of the RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series presented by Rhode Island Student Assistance Services (RISAS). Mayra is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who has worked in the field of social work and counseling for the last 28 years. She has...
RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series: Adolescent Substance Use – How to look, talk and listen to teens about substance use W/ Dr. Selby Conrad
This webinar is part of the RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series presented by Rhode Island Student Assistance Services (RISAS). Selby Conrad, Ph.D. is a child and adolescent psychologist with clinical expertise in the treatment of adolescent substance use and...
RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series: Life after the pandemic: Helping youth move on and thrive W/ Dr. Heather Pelletier
This webinar is part of the RI Youth Mental Health Webinar Series presented by Rhode Island Student Assistance Services (RISAS). The COVID19 pandemic has imposed prolonged inconveniences and disruptions to most areas of life. For our youth, the impact has been...