Topical Trainings are innovative and evidence-based trainings that equip APP grantees with new skills and strategies to apply their work. Trainings are interactive and include hands-on activities to build grantee capacity. Topical Trainings can be attended by APP grantees and sub awardees. Questions about Topical Trainings? Please email apptta@rti.org.
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- srae
- Location:
- New Orleans, LA
Developing Youth Leaders in SRAE Programming
Access the Attendance Letter and Agenda here.
Find more information and register here.
This topical training will empower SRAE grantees to integrate youth leadership opportunities into their programs regardless of the program implementation setting. Attendees will participate in an interactive, experiential training focused on fostering positive youth leadership development.
Questions? Contact us at sraetta@rti.org
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- Virtual
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- Nashville, TN
Recruitment, Retention, and Classroom Management
Recruiting and retaining youth is critical to the success of adolescent pregnancy prevention programs. Developing and executing a recruitment and retention strategy takes forethought, diligence, and in depth understanding of program data. This two-day training workshop will equip grantees with knowledge, skills, and resources to better understand how to use program data to inform recruitment and retention. Grantees will also learn how to expand partnerships beyond schools and other common community-based entities.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to do the following:
- Identify at least three barriers to recruitment and/or retention.
- Develop a data-driven plan to address at least three barriers to recruitment and/or retention.
- Apply at least two new tailored strategies to recruit youth or partners.
- Establish at least two strategies to support classroom management.
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Integrating Equity into SRAE Programming Series
Virtual SRAE Topical Training Series
Series Dates:
- Wednesday, November 29: Foundations in Racial Equity
- Thursday November 30: Foundations in Internalized Racism
- Tuesday, December 5: Understanding and Decentering White Supremacy Culture
- Wednesday, December 6: Navigating Change, Power, and Equitable Decision Making
- Tuesday, December 12: DEI Strategic Planning I
- Wednesday, December 13: DEI Strategic Planning II
- Thursday, December 14: Activating your DEI Strategic Plan
An equitable society makes it less likely to be able to predict health outcomes based on race. The upcoming training will help Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grantees examine and address racial equity and other social factors that impact health and program outcomes.
The training will equip and empower grantees with tools, mindsets, and approaches to promote change at the individual level. The training will also prepare participants to explore organizational-level change. Participants will learn specific strategies to assess and address individual and organizational practices that may impact program delivery and outcomes based on race.
Participants must attend all seven sessions in this series. We recognize this is a significant time commitment and trust that you will take advantage of this professional and personal development opportunity that honors the phenomenal work you do to support youth who are vulnerable in your communities.
By the end of these trainings, participants will be able to:
- Develop a shared language and analysis around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Examine structural and systematic racism and how it manifests in individual (personal) experiences and organizational dynamics.
- Assess racial equity within their organization and build a more equitable and inclusive organizational culture.
- Engage in decision-making practices aimed to foster equitable outcomes and experiences for youth.
- Identify and prioritize key areas to address through strategic planning.
- Develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan to promote more equitable delivery of SRAE programming.
Please note: This training is identical to the PREP topical training offered in 2022 entitled The Equity Paradigm: Foundations to Deliver More Equitable and Inclusive PREP Programs. If you have previously completed this training, there is no need to register. If you have any questions about specific staff attendance for your grantee agency, please contact your Federal Project Officer.
Space is limited. One grantee per organization will be approved on a first come, first served basis. We strongly recommend that organizations register early to secure a place in the training series.
As a reminder, the Notice of Funding Opportunity requires grantees, at a minimum, to have two key staff people attend one of two topical trainings offered each year. A second training will be offered in February or March of 2024.
Contact sraetta@rti.org for all other questions.
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- prep
- Location:
- Denver, CO
Life Interrupted: Moving Beyond Adolescent Brain Development and Trauma
The two-day PREP Topical Training, Life Interrupted: Moving Beyond Adolescent Brain Development and Trauma, will equip grantees with knowledge, skills, and resources to better understand adolescent brain development and under what circumstances adolescents are more likely to make risky decisions and why. Grantees will also learn how to apply trauma-informed strategies to decrease unhealthy risk-taking behaviors.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to do the following:
- Identify and understand the effect of trauma on adolescent brain development and behavior
- Understand the importance of trauma-informed approaches in reducing risky behaviors
- Apply strategies to adapt trauma-informed principles and techniques in their program environment
- Utilize trauma-informed knowledge, resources, and tools to effectively support and engage youth
Registration for this training has closed. Please visit the training website to join the waitlist and for additional information.
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- srae
- Location:
- Houston, TX
Promoting and Protecting Youth Mental Health
Registration is now open for the March SRAE Topical Training, Promoting and Protecting Youth Mental Health. This training will equip and empower grantees with knowledge, skills, and resources to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health challenges among youth in their communities.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to do the following, with the purpose of providing referral to mental health and substance use services:
- Identify common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges in youth, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
- Respond to youth in crisis using the Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
- Determine protective and risk factors, and warning signs of suicide in youth
- Create a plan to help students who may be experiencing suicide ideation
- Practice at least three strategies to refocus the mind and release helpful thoughts while sitting or moving
- Incorporate stress and anxiety reduction practices into SRAE programming
The deadline to register is Monday, January 30, 2023.
Space is limited to 90 participants. Up to two staff representatives per organization will be approved on a first come, first served basis. Additional registrants will automatically be placed on the wait list and approved on a first come, first served basis.
Registration information sent via E-Blast
Please find here an attendance letter from the Family and Youth Services Bureau regarding the in-person topical training.
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Promoting the Avoidance of Risky Behaviors Using Trauma-Informed Self-Regulation Strategies
This two-day training will equip grantees to better understand under what circumstances adolescents are more prone to making risky decisions and why. Grantees will learn how the brain and cognitive development shape decisions adolescents make, and what factors may lead to healthy versus unhealthy risk-taking. Grantees will also explore the intersectional nature of trauma and the potential negative impact this can have on adolescent health. Grantees will be equipped with tools they can employ with adolescents to increase the use of self-regulation to decrease unhealthy risk-taking behaviors.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid: Identify. Understand. Respond.
Adolescence is an important period when youth develop social and emotional habits for mental well-being. Yet depression, anxiety, and behavioral disorders are common causes of illness and disability among youth. When unaddressed, mental health challenges can have far reaching effects that limit opportunities for youth to lead fulfilling adult lives. This two-part training will equip and empower grantees with knowledge, skills, and resources to identify and refer youth with mental health and substance use challenges to support services in their communities.
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