Substance Use Disorder Prevention and early intervention
Purpose: This ECHO is focused on substance use prevention and early intervention systems in school contexts. Prevention work is complex, interprofessional, and requires strong partnerships. Sessions will exemplify successful models, empower teams to vision together, and assist champions to advance their own prevention efforts.
Audience: School counselors, teachers, coaches, athletic directors, school-based health professionals, school administrators, youth services officers, youth behavioral health professionals, youth peer support, public health professionals, juvenile justice professionals.
Sample topics: Evidence-Based Early Intervention; Universal and Culturally Specific Screening; School-Community Prevention Partnerships; Youth Peer Support Models; Family-Integrated Screening and Early Intervention; Collaboration and Leveraging Cross-Sector Funding.
Schedule: 12 sessions. Alternating Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., PT, January 7 - June 3, 2027
Faculty:
Rae Wright, MD, Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine Specialist
Jenny Cary, LCSW, Mental and Behavioral Health Coordinator, Hillsboro School District
Mike McCart, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC)
Ashley Silver, CADC-I, QMHA-II, Case Manager, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, Jackson County
