Building Leaders in Prevention: Students Complete New Applied Prevention Training

Elmira College students earn their Applied Prevention Training certification. From left to right, Dr. Larry Parker II, Niall Wildman, Sarah Lundergan, Tania Gonzalez, Eliana Enslow, Naturelle Beam, Allyana Bartram, and Anthony Hooks.

In Term I, a group of Elmira College students attended a new leadership development program called Applied Prevention Training. The four-week program, co-led by EC and CASA-Trinity Inc., taught students how to implement the Stanford Smart Talk Curriculum, which builds substance abuse prevention skills.

While open to all EC students, the program is targeted to those majoring in community-centered degrees such as Social Work, Nursing, Education, and Psychology.

Dr. Larry Parker, Elmira College Director of Social and Cultural Engagement and Title IX Coordinator, partnered with Anthony Hooks, Community Prevention Specialist at CASA-Trinity, to lead the program.

“Our students learned how they can help community members develop communication skills, refusal skills, decision-making, goal-setting, and the ability to handle peer pressure,” explained Parker. “When children and families learn these skills from professionals, they are better able to avoid addictive drugs, unhealthy relationships, and other risky behaviors.”

The following are the first students to complete Applied Prevention Training:

Parker said a second group of students is completing the training this Term. He also indicated that future versions will expand to six- to eight-week sessions covering different intervention techniques. CASA-Trinity is a local non-profit that provides addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Its qualified representatives will train the students how to use community interventions related to substance abuse, social and emotional development, and community improvement.

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