Course Catalog

Trainings OCAM Offers

Trainings by domain:

P1: Planning & Evaluation: 

• Strategic Prevention Framework for Beginners
• How Does my Agency Become Certified in Prevention? Defining the Ohio Agency Prevention Certification Process
• Action Planning for Prevention
• Prevention Program Planning: How Logic Models Can Help!
• Creating Learning Objectives

P2: Prevention Education & Service Delivery:  

• The Importance of Youth-Led Prevention 
• Prevention in Preschool Populations
• Prevention in Unique Populations 
• Creating Community Change
• An Introduction to the Brain’s Addiction Pathway 
• Creating Community Change using BOTH the CSAP Strategies & the 7 Strategies for Community Change 
• Evidence-Based Prevention Strategies 
• Classroom Management for Prevention Specialists

P3: Communications:

• Media Literacy: How Advertising can Affect Drug use Trends  
• The Impact of Alcohol Advertising
• Getting your Message Out: How to Utilize Media to Raise Awareness
• Designing an Effective Communications Plan 
• Creating a Marketing Approach that Works for Your Coalition

P4: Community Organization:

• How to Engage the Faith Based Community 
• Prevention Professionals Role in Addressing Community Trauma: Understanding the THRIVE Model 
• Strengths-Based Leadership: Utilizing Your Natural Talents to Maximize Your Prevention Leadership Potential 
• Community Capacity Building
• Volunteer Management Strategies
• Organizing Effective Meetings

P5: Public Policy & Environmental Change:

• Policy & Prevention at both the Local & State Levels  
• Policies & Environmental Strategies for Adult Alcohol Use
• Environmental Strategies
• Creating Drug Free School Policies
• Advocating for Policy Change 

P6: Professional Growth & Responsibility:

• Where Do We Go From Here? Career Mapping for Prevention Professionals
• Prevention Science 
• Integrating Trauma-Informed Approaches to Prevention Services
• Can I Do This or That? Understanding the Prevention Professional's Scope of Practice
• Prevention 102: Getting it Right – Effective Prevention for Your Community
• Is Your Community Ready? Preparing & Interviewing with the Tri-Ethnic Community Readiness Assessment 
• Prevention Credentialing- History of Prevention 

Ethics: 

• Prevention Ethics Basics 
• Ethics for Prevention Professionals
• Advanced Prevention Ethics
• 6 hr Ethics for Prevention Professionals 

Cultural Competency:  

• Cultural Competency for Prevention Professionals 
• Cultural Competency 101
• Equity in Action: Moving from Talk to Practice 
• Appalachian Culture

Series that cover multiple domains:  

• PES (Prevention Education Series)  
• SAPST (Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training)
• SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment)
• Core Competencies
• Human Resources Management Series for Prevention Professionals
• Fiscal Management Series for Prevention Professionals