Register today! 56th Annual New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies June 2 - 6, 2025 | Virtual- RI Partial Scholarships are available! This year we are temporarily returning to a virtual-only format due to an unexpected capital improvement project at...
New England Region
Prevention Success Video Series
New England PTTC, January 2024 This video series highlights several initiatives from across New England following evidence-informed prevention practices to develop effective prevention programs. Through interviews, you will see examples of how these prevention...
Increasing Cultural Humility for Prevention Specialists who work with Hispanic, Latino, Latinx Populations in New England
New England PTTC, November 2022 This tool serves prevention specialists that want to establish positive relationships with Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx populations and those who are already working with this population and want to improve their cultural humility. The...
Focus on Cannabis Prevention
New England PTTC It is important for the prevention community to know and understand the risks related to cannabis, especially in a time of changing laws, rules, and regulations in the region. The New England PTTC has created this page to bring together the latest...
Podcast – The Prevention Space: Clarifying the Role of Professionals in the Workforce
Scope of Practice is a podcast series hosted by Jeffrey Quamme. Through this series, Jeffrey shares conversations with subject matter experts, journalists, individuals in recovery, practitioners, educators, and others with a direct connection to the field of addiction...
Planning and Implementing Policy, Enforcement, and Media Strategies: A User Guide
Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network, October 2020 This User Guide offers substance misuse prevention professionals working in agencies and coalitions a set of practical tools to support the implementation of three foundational environmental prevention...
Who Is At Risk For Drowning
Drowning is a leading cause of death for all children. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, for every child who dies from drowning, another five receive emergency department care for non-fatal submersion injuries. Children 1 to 4 years old have the...
Announcing the 2021 New England PTTC Fellows!
New England PTTC, 2021 Rhode Island's very own Kathy Gardner and Dan Fitzgerald have been selected as fellows by The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center for 2021. This is a seven-month program where the fellows will create a tool or product around the...
Safe Sleep for Your Baby
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 2021 "Tragically, infants in Connecticut are still more likely to die from unsafe sleeping conditions than from child abuse, car accidents, choking,...
Presentation slides from the 2019 New England Summer School of Addiction Studies Marijuana Policy Plenary session: The Evolution of State Cannabis Policies and Where Prevention Fits In
Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network, October 2019 Presentation description: Cannabis laws and policies are rapidly changing in states. Various decriminalization, medical marijuana, and adult-use marijuana policies are being debated and moving through state...