Drug Prevention Power Hour: Empowering Leaders in Youth Drug Prevention
In this podcast we explore the world of youth drug prevention. We highlight the things that are working in substance use prevention and learn from one another in the field. This is NOT a show featuring only authors, speakers and founders of companies. We also interview people who are working with youth on a daily basis who can discuss what's currently happening in our schools and communities around the U.S. The Drug Prevention Power Hour is for... Prevention professionals, school counselors, principals, vice principals, social workers, school psychologists, coalitions, prevention specialists, school resource officers (SROs), juvenile justice professionals, parent teacher organization members (PTO), parent teacher association members (PTA), alcohol education (AODA), superintendents, greek life, college orientation, athletics, and human services. Our host is Jake White, the creator of Party.0 and Vive18. He's a youth prevention expert who started a peer-led youth movement where students host his signature "sober parties" for their peers - showing that you can fit in, make friends and have fun without using drugs and alcohol. His presentations, curriculum, programs and educational experiences are being used all over the country to help students make better decisions around substance use. His goal for every episode is to educate listeners on prevention, highlight new ideas and inspire us to keep saving lives through our efforts.
Drug Prevention Power Hour: Empowering Leaders in Youth Drug Prevention
Six Strategies for Substance Use Prevention | Episode 069 with LeAnn Greer
Summary
In this episode, Jake White interviews Leanne Greer, a prevention specialist, about effective prevention strategies. Leanne shares her journey in prevention, starting from her involvement in a middle school club to her current role in a high school. They discuss the history of prevention, from scare tactics in the 1960s to more effective and evidence-based approaches in recent years. They also explore the continuum of care in prevention, including promotion, universal prevention, selective prevention, and indicated prevention. Leanne introduces the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and explains how it guides prevention work. The conversation focuses on the strategic planning process for prevention programs. LeAnn Greer discusses the importance of creating a challenge statement and identifying the focus of the project or group. She emphasizes the need to set short-term and long-term goals, identify available resources, and develop strategies to meet those goals. LeAnn also highlights the six strategies recommended by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP): dissemination of information, prevention education, alternative activities, community-based processes, environmental approaches, and problem identification and referral.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:29 Getting to Know LeAnn and Her Journey in Prevention
05:59 Effective Prevention Strategies: The Continuum of Care
21:43 Youth-Friendly Strategic Planning
27:15 Conclusion and Key Takeaways
27:44 Youth-Friendly Materials and Engagement
32:07 Strategic Prevention Planning
32:11 Identifying Strategies for Prevention
34:28 Dissemination of Information
35:36 Prevention Education
38:21 Alternative Activities
48:14 Environmental Approaches
53:17 Problem ID and Referral
Links
- YouthToYouth International - https://www.youthtoyouth.org/
- CAMP Youth Prevention Club instagram - https://www.instagram.com/swhs_camp/
- LeAnns instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/leann_greer/
- LeAnn Greer linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leann-greer-cpp-icps-954613199/
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