| Purpose: |
This academy will present the IPS METHOD, a comprehensive approach for designing, planning and implementing systemic environmental prevention systems. Attendees will leave with knowledge to plan and implement environmental prevention projects addressing problems of alcohol in their community. |
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| Location: |
| Centrally located hotel in San Diego, CA; specific conference hotel TBA |
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| Date: |
Details will be posted as they are developed |
| Duration: |
4.5 days, Monday through mid-day Friday |
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| Appropriate Attendees: |
Prevention professionals or community members who want to learn how to implement environmental prevention projects in a comprehensive, sustainable way, based on all the unique features of their communities, residents, businesses and visitors. |
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Environmental Prevention Program Managers responsible for defining the environmental prevention program or project specifications |
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Designers of Prevention Systems responsible for designing and implementing a prevention system that supports environmental and community-based prevention efforts |
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Funders interested in environmental prevention efforts who want to ensure potential applications are structured and implemented for long term success. Funders considering an entry into environmental prevention methodology for the first time may also wish to attend. |
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..Tentative Training Outline |
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| Monday Afternoon |
- Systemic Environmental Prevention; Creating Change in Your Community
- “Communities as Systems” Perspective – What it means to your work
- Is Your Community Ready for Environmental Prevention? What to do if it’s not.
- The Planning and Implementation Model
- How the Uniqueness of Your Community Fits In
- The IPS METHOD
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| Tuesday |
| Applied Data and Research |
- Using Logic Models and Needs Assessments to Focus Your Project
- Effective Measurements for Environmental Prevention Projects
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| Policy Development |
- Research on Alcohol Policy – What’s Effective and What’s Not?
- Where’s that Lobbying Line?
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| Review and Discuss “Applied Data” Case History |
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| Wednesday |
| Media Advocacy |
- The Fundamental Building Block of Environmental Prevention Efforts
- How Your Community’s Voice Drives Social Change
- Cultural sensitivity and cultural competency
- Fundamental Skill Building
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| Review and Discuss “Media Advocacy” Case Histories |
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| Thursday |
| Intentional Organizing |
- Is More Better?
- How to get Agents of Change from the community
- Cultural competency
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| Enforcement / Recruiting and Working with Law Enforcement |
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| Review and Discuss “Intentional Organizing” and “Enforcement” Case Histories |
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| Friday |
| Other System Components |
- How to Find the People Who Can Do this Work Well. They may or may not be the Preventionists of past eras.
- Integrated Training and TA – Building Community Capacity FAST
- Strategic Planning
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| Special Considerations for Implementing Across Multiple Locations |
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| Topics that will not be covered in the training : |
The following topics are outside the scope of the IPS METHOD and are not included in this training. |
- Social Norms
- Social Marketing or other Social or Mass Media Campaigns
- Family or Individual focused prevention interventions
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For more information or |
if you have any questions, contact: |
James Baker |
Telephone: (619) 296.3355 |
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