We are excited to invite you to be a part of our second Alaska Child Welfare Conference where the theme is "Working Together for the Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being of Alaska's Children." This conference seeks to improve our knowledge and skill in providing child welfare services in Alaska. Our audience is focused on four important groups: OCS employees, resource families ...
Community Screening - Anonymous Sister Please join us on September 26th for a Community Q&A forum on the documentary film ‘Anonymous Sister‘ with Director, Jamie Boyle. Anonymous Sister traces the rise of the opioid crisis and it’s history side-by-side with the personal story of director Jamie Boyle’s relationship with her sister who overcame substance use disorder herself. The film itself is both ...
Policy approaches to behavioral risk factors for cancer are widely believed to be important elements of successful efforts at cancer prevention and control. Alcohol is a leading risk factor for cancer, yet relatively little policy research has directly addressed alcohol and cancer prevention. In this webinar, three speakers will highlight the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Alcohol ...
Webinar Description Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center and Monitoring the Future is pleased to offer an on-the-spot conversation about some state and national data trends and what they are and are not telling us about teen substance misuse. During this session, participants will take part in the discussion. We expect we may ultimately have more questions about the data than answers! So…bring your questions and observations from the ...
Please join the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for an informative and interactive free webinar: Using New Definitions and Tools to Support Alcohol Recovery Tuesday, December 6, 2022 12 noon–1:15 p.m. ET Each year in the United States, alcohol contributes to more than 200 health conditions and about 99,000 deaths. Alcohol misuse remains a significant public health ...
The Family Services Training Center (FSTC) at the UAA Center for Human Development in collaboration with the Alaska Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health is excited to offer this training opportunity. Description: The Alaska Blanket Exercise program is a unique, participatory history lesson – developed in collaboration with Alaska Native Elders, knowledge keepers and educators – that fosters truth, ...