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CADCA MID-YEAR

CADCA announced speakers for the annual mid-year training event. Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be the keynote. Mid-Year will also feature a conversation between CADCA’s President and CEO, General Barrye L. Price, Ph.D, the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bertha K. Madras, Ph.D, Professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School, and George F. Koob, Ph.D., who will discuss underage youth drinking and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol policy. Regina LaBelle, Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), will be the keynote speaker during the ONDCP Town Hall event.

2021 MENTAL HEALTH MONTH TOOLKIT

Mental Health America created a Mental Health Month toolkit that focuses on six topics-Adapting After Trauma and Stress, Processing Big Changes, Getting Out of Thinking Traps, Radical Acceptance, Taking Time for Yourself, and Dealing with Anger and Frustration-all based on the theme of Tools 2 Thrive. These tools help us develop and employ the resiliency that will take us to brighter days.

While 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime, everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health. In 2021, the theme of Tools 2 Thrive provides individuals with information and coping strategies around common struggles that affect mental health - especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The toolkit includes outreach ideas, media materials, fact sheets, worksheets, poster, and social media and web components.

Download the toolkit here

SHARED RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS CONFERENCE

The Shared Risk and Protective Factors Conference attracts adults and young people actively engaged in upstream or primary prevention efforts at the state and local level. By applying a ‘shared risk and protective factors’ lens, practitioners can positively impact young people through reducing risk behaviors and increasing protective factors in the family, school, and community.

This year's virtual conference features four content categories towards achieving the goals of the conference, which are: Innovation, Inspiration, Motivation and Empowerment, and Professional Development. A particular focus will be on racial equity; policy and community engagement; and innovation in the light of COVID-19 and opportunities to do systems change differently post-pandemic to achieve greater equity in access and outcomes.

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