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Georgia Council on Substance Abuse Presentations Sept 28th - August 1st, 2005

Brenda Rowe, Ph.D., The Importance of Prevention Substance Abuse and Related Problems: adopted in part from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and The National Prevention Network

Brenda Rowe, Ph.D., Reaching Parents through Parents at Work, A Program of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Phillip Graham, DrPh, MPH, The Evaluation "Tipping Point": Its importance and Utility

Donna Dent, SIPG Coordinator and Christopher Wood, State Prevention Specialist "The CAAC & The SPF-SIG".

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August 18th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Adopting a Vision and Mission Statement
Donna Dent, SIPG Coordinator (DHR/MHDDAD).

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July 21st, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Strategic Plan Development: Vision & Mission Statement
Donna Dent, SIPG Coordinator and Brenda Rowe, Ph.D., Director of Prevention Services & Programs and SIPG Principal Investigator, (DHR/MHDDAD).

Constructing Goals & Objectives - Part A & B
Brenda Rowe, Ph.D., Director of Prevention Services & Programs and SIPG Principal Investigator and Donna Dent, SIPG Coordinator (DHR/MHDDAD).

Update of Needs Assessment
Phillip W. Graham, DrPH, MPH, RTI International.

Plan Components
Brenda Rowe, Ph.D., Director of Prevention Services & Programs and SIPG Principal Investigator and Donna Dent, SIPG Coordinator (DHR/MHDDAD).

Common Myths
Christopher Wood, State Prevention Specialist (DHR/MHDDAD).

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June 16th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Coalition Building
Carlton Hall, Consultant for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), President & CEO, Carlton Hall Consulting LLC.

Coalitions in Georgia
Barbara Mays, Director, Office of Grants and partners for Community Health; Joe Troope Regional Prevention Specialist, Southwest Regional Mental health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases Office; Maggie Williams, Program Director, Cobb Community Collaborative; Thurya Wingate, Executive Director, Dekalb Prevention Alliance, Inc.

Drug Free Work Place Discussion Panel
Chuck Wade, CEO, The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, and Drugs Don’t Work in Georgia; Delaine Snell, Drugs Don’t Work Coordinator, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce; Pat Braithwaite, Broker Shurling & Braithwaite, LLC & President of Rotary Club of Dallas; Paul K. Hagan, Jr., PhD, MTDLM (ASCP) President, Drug Free Works Associates, Inc.; Steven Miracle, Georgia Mountains Health; Sheila Adcock, RRT, Director of Programs/Community Development, Emory Eastside Medical Center; Jim Shurling, Chairman, Paulding County United Way; Terry Leard, Rotary Club of Dallas; Shelley Davis, Drugs Don’t Work Coordinator, Hall County Chamber of Commerce.

Evaluation Revisited
Phillip W. Graham, Dr.PH, Research Social Scientist, Crime, Justice Policy, and Behavior Program, RTI International.

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May 20th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Developing a Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan – Steps 4 & 5: Implementation and Evaluation
Presented by Hayden Center, PhD State Coordinator for Training and Technical Assistance, Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SECAPT).

GIS Mapping
Presented by Phillip W. Graham, DrPH, MPH, Research Social Scientist, Crime, Justice Policy, and Behavior Program, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International.

Development of the CAAC Website
Presented by Donna Dent, MS, State Incentive Planning Grant Coordinator, Georgia Department of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases (DHR/MHDDAD).

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April 20th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Developing a Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan – Step 3: Planning
Presented by Dierdre Danahar, MSW, MPH, State Coordinator for Training and Technical Assistance Administered by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), CSAP.

Cultural Competence in Prevention Practice at State, Community, and Program Levels...Generic Logic Model: Cultural Competence in Proficient Prevention Service Delivery in the SPF-SIG
Presented by Wil L. Hardy, PhD, MSW, and Bertram Atiba Coppock, PhD.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA.

Evaluation of the Georgia State Incentive Planning and Development Grant
Presented by Phillip W. Graham, DrPH, MPH and BeLinda Weimer, MA. Research Social Scientists, Crime, Justice Policy, and Behavior Program, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International.

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March 24th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Developing a Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan – Step 2: Capacity Building
Presented by Dierdre Danahar, MSW, MPH, State Coordinator for Training and Technical Assistance Administered by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), CSAP.

Developing A Mission and Vision for Prevention in Georgia
Presented by Brenda Rowe, Ph.D. Director of Prevention Services & Programs and State Incentive Planning Grant Principal Investigator, Georgia Department of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases (DHR/MHDDAD).

The Growing Problem of Meth in Georgia
Presented by Christopher Wood, State Prevention Specialist, Georgia Department of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases, Office of Prevention Services and Programs.

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February 24th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Office of National Drug Control Policy Strategies and Priorities
Presented by Addison “Tad” Davis, IV, Assistant Deputy Director for Office of Demand Reduction White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

An Introduction to Predatory Drugs
Presented by Harry Thornton, Public Affairs Specialist, Atlanta Division/Drug Enforcement Administration.

Developing a Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan – Step 1: Assessment
Presented by Elaine Dowdy Melvin, Deputy Director of Training and Technical Assistance, Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SECAPT).

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January 26th, 2005 CAAC Mtg

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Overview of Strategic Prevention Framework
Presented by Carol E. Hayes, PhD, Senior Program Manager, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SAMHSA/CSAP’s SECAPT).

The Magnitude and Prevention of Underage and College Age Drinking Problems
Presented by Ralph Hingson, ScD, MPH, Director, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.

The Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Presented by Karen Kuehn Howell, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Emory University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project.

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