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SUMMARY:Community Connections - Wadley\, Alabama
DESCRIPTION:Free event – all are welcome! Questions? Email jescrivner@ua.edu
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/community-connections-wadley/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Project Zero Suicide":MAILTO:jescrivner@ua.edu
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SUMMARY:Question\, Persuade\, Refer (QPR) Training
DESCRIPTION:Question\, Persuade\, Refer (QPR) is an emergency mental health intervention designed to teach everyday people how to recognize and respond to warning signs of a suicidal crisis\, functioning much like CPR does for a physical medical emergency. \n\n\n\nAfter the QPR training\, you will be able to:\n\n\n\n\nRecognize the warning signs of suicide\n\n\n\nKnow how to offer hope\n\n\n\nKnow how to get help and save a life
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/qpr-training-1/
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SUMMARY:Addressing the Problem Before It's a Problem: Proactively Mitigating Behaviors in Autism (Community)
DESCRIPTION:Addressing the Problem before it’s a Problem: Proactively Mitigating Behaviors in Autism Spaces will prepare attendees with evidence-based strategies for engaging with challenging behaviors across the autism spectrum. These strategies are designed to proactively support de-escalation\, transitions\, and other challenges while also strengthening family support\, education\, and person-centered interventions. The session will also educate participants on Alabama-specific resources for ASD support and treatment. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n• Explore contributing factors of common behavioral challenges in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). \n\n\n\n• Identify proactive strategies for de-escalation\, transitions\, and other behavioral support. \n\n\n\n• Discuss interventions\, family support and education\, and ASD- specific resources available in Alabama.
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/asd-webinar-4/
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SUMMARY:Understanding and Responding to Youth Suicide Risk: A Mutisystemic Approach
DESCRIPTION:Youth suicide is a growing concern\, and no single sector can tackle it alone. This webinar brings together educators\, healthcare and behavioral health providers\, public health professionals\, social workers\, and community partners to examine risk factors\, real-world access barriers\, and the role technology plays in youth mental health today. Participants will gain practical\, evidence-based strategies for early identification\, insights into strengthening cross-system collaboration\, and resources for ongoing professional development. The session is designed for professionals working directly with youth as well as those shaping policy and programs behind the scenes. \n\n\n\nBy participating in this training\, you will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nIdentify key risk and protective factors associated with suicide among children and adolescents\, and describe how these factors interact to influence youth vulnerability and resilience.\n\n\n\nDescribe evidence-based strategies for early identification\, intervention\, and prevention that can be applied within school\, healthcare\, and community settings.\n\n\n\nExplain the role of cross-sector collaboration among families\, schools\, healthcare providers\, behavioral health organizations\, and community partners in building an effective continuum of support for at-risk youth.
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/ya-suicide-risk-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Supporting People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
DESCRIPTION:Description:  Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) are very common and usually ‘invisible’\, but there is little awareness and few resources for those impacted by them. As children and adults with FASDs interact with services and systems\, there is a risk that their support needs may not be acknowledged\, understood\, or implemented. In this training\, Nate Sheets will provide you with important information on how to interact with\, support\, and follow up with a person with an FASD (and their family).  \n\n\n\nObjectives:  \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand how FASD impacts the lives of people with FASD\, including their behaviors\, strengths\, and cognitive differences. \n\n\n\nCover essential supports for children and adults with FASD. \n\n\n\nExplore how to adapt these strategies into your work with this population. 
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/supporting-fasd/
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SUMMARY:Community Connections - Headland\, Alabama
DESCRIPTION:Free event – all are welcome! Questions? Email jescrivner@ua.edu
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/community-connections-headland/
LOCATION:AL
CATEGORIES:in-person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260930T110000
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SUMMARY:Question\, Persuade\, Refer (QPR) Training
DESCRIPTION:Question\, Persuade\, Refer (QPR) is an emergency mental health intervention designed to teach everyday people how to recognize and respond to warning signs of a suicidal crisis\, functioning much like CPR does for a physical medical emergency. \n\n\n\nAfter the QPR training\, you will be able to:\n\n\n\n\nRecognize the warning signs of suicide\n\n\n\nKnow how to offer hope\n\n\n\nKnow how to get help and save a life
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/qpr-training-2/
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SUMMARY:From Credential to Career: Leveraging CHES® and MCHES® for Professional Growth
DESCRIPTION:Join NCHEC during National Health Education Week for an engaging panel discussion featuring accomplished credential-holders who have successfully leveraged their certification to expand career opportunities\, strengthen professional visibility\, and demonstrate their value across diverse work settings. Drawing on their careers\, panelists will offer actionable advice on showing credentialing’s worth\, finding new opportunities\, and boosting professional return. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas and next steps to help them better leverage their CHES® or MCHES® credential in their current and future careers. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nBy the end of the webinar\, participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nDescribe how CHES® and MCHES® credentials can support career advancement and professional growth\n\n\n\nIdentify strategies for communicating the value of credentialing to employers\, colleagues\, and partners. [Area of Responsibility 9.6.1 and 9.6.5]\n\n\n\nRecognize opportunities to strengthen professional visibility\, leadership\, and ongoing professional development through credential maintenance and engagement. [Area of Responsibility 9.4.2 and 9.4.3]\n\n\n\n\nThis 1.25-hour panel webinar is in partnership with NCHEC and VitAL\, and will provide 1.25 Category I CECH for CHES® and MCHES® credential-holder. \n\n\n\nPresenting: \n\n\n\nSandra McMasters (MCHES) – Sentara Health – Medicaid advocacy\, health literacy\, and now community benefit work in Virginia and northeast North Carolina \n\n\n\nBrittaney Jenkins (CHES) – consultant/self-employed/business – Jenkins Public Health Consulting®\, where she focuses on designing and implementing programs\, building strategic partnerships\, and building trust with communities \n\n\n\nEfe Oghoghome (CHES) – Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles\, Health Communications – Efe plays a central role in shaping the voice and vision of youthink Incubator Hub \, an initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/credential-to-career/
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SUMMARY:Hidden Hazards Webinar Series: Understanding Today's Evolving Addictions: Toxicology 102
DESCRIPTION:Gas station drugs are a category of substances that are sold legally at gas stations or convenience stores throughout the United States and are typically marketed as legal alternatives to illicit drugs like marijuana\, cocaine\, or MDMA. However\, these substances can be highly dangerous\, as their chemical composition and potency can vary greatly. Furthermore\, testing for gas station drugs can be challenging due to their varying chemical compositions and the fact that they are often not well understood by users or even some medical professionals. This presentation will discuss the various types of substances available and various testing methods to help identify misuse. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nDiscuss the presence and dangers of ‘gas station’ drugs – the growth and availability of multiple toxic substances without the need for Rx or ID to purchase.\n\n\n\nIdentify the ability to detect and test for some of these substances.\n\n\n\nDescribe the characteristics\, intended effects\, and potential adverse outcomes of common gas station drugs to enhance recognition and assessment of misuse in clinical and community settings.
URL:https://vitalalabama.com/event/hidden-hazards-webinar-series-understanding-todays-evolving-addictions-toxicology-102/
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