YCCTPP training and Technical Assistance Resources
Welcome to the resource page for the Washington DOH, Youth Cannabis, Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program. You will find information and links here to upcoming training opportunities as well as links to videos of past trainings. Please feel free to contact us with opportunities you would like to see added to our calendar or with any questions. This is an ever changing page, so please check back often!
Robb Hutson robb.hutson@redegroup.co
Skye Larsen skye.larsen@redegroup.co
Training calendar 2024-2025
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September 12, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Mindfulness Strategies for Smoking Cessation
Megan Keith, LCSW, MSW, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
Mindfulness is a simple skill that can help people with tobacco dependence by reducing stress and helping them manage urges, challenging emotions, and addictive thoughts.
September 17, 2024, 10:00 am - 10:30 am PT
Washington State Quitline Overview
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October 8-9, 2024
October YCCTPP Quarterly Meeting in Yakima, WA
This meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn in Yakima. This meeting is required for Contractors and Community Grantees of the YCCTPP, Subcontractors are also invited.
October 16, 2024, 11am-12pm
What Rats Teach us about Protective Factors... and more
Xander Cook
October 17, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR SMOKING CESSATION
Kelly Young, PA-C, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
Understand and apply the latest evidence-based pharmacotherapy strategies for tobacco use treatment. Learn how to safely use standard-of-care tobacco treatment medications in individuals with co-occurring mental health diagnoses and substance use.
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November 12, 2024, 11am-12pm
Cooperative Conversations -Part 1 of a series
This webinar will explore ways to prepare for and manage conversations that address difficult topics or dynamics
Jill Hutson, MA, CEO Rede Group
November 14, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Inpatient smoking Cessation
UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
November 26 2024, 1pm-2:15pm
A Deeper Dive into Legislative Systems and Policy Analysis (Advanced level)
Kristen Haley and Harrison Fontaine
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December 5, 2024, 11am-12:15pm
Backwards Planning: A Strategic Planning Method to do More with Less.
Xander Cook
Dec 9, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Preparing for Action: Prevention Voices Legislative Session Kickoff
December 10, 2024, 10am-11:30am
Inspiring and Delivering Authentic Youth Leadership Events
Panelists: Yajaira Lemos, Paula Linden, Olivia Guelich
December 12, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Dual Tobacco Use
UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
December 12, 2024, 3:15 - 4:15 pm
Empowerment in Action: Crafting a Peer Resource Guide
THE OKANOGAN COUNTY YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
December 17, 2024, 11am-11:45am
State of Vape Disposal in Our Schools
Chris Jury and Rahma Iqbal NW Educational Service District 189
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January 9, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
BEST PRACTICES FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT
Lena Parson, PMHNP-BC, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
The objective of this training is to define and explore the trauma-informed perspective for clinicians. The unique risks and challenges that face clients who have history of trauma will be highlighted, along with solutions. Review of the 6 principles of the Trauma Informed Approach will be provided.
January 16, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 am
Conflict Capacity
In this session we will focus on the foundational emotional intelligence skills needed to facilitate conflict resolution. Participants will be introduced to a menu of practices designed to build understanding, resilience, and self-awareness.
Elizabeth Williamson, DOH
Elizabeth Williamson joined WA-DOH in June of 2022 as the Leader Development Experience Manager. Previously she worked at The Evergreen State College, where she served as a faculty member, teaching mentor, and administrator. These experiences, together with her training as a certified mediator, fuel her passion for designing meaningful professional development activities that support employees in meeting their learning and career goals.
January 23, 2025, 11am-Noon
Community Engagement, moving beyond the low hanging fruit and into your entire community.
Elena Rivera MPH, Senior Consultant, Rede Group
Elena is a passionate public health advocate who really specializes in community engagement. Elena has worked with partners to identify and engage with communities that have been difficult to reach or have been largely ignored. Elena is multi-lingual and is an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity as well as serving on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Latino Health Coalition.
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February 12, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Positive community norms in action!
Yasmin Rivera, Margaret McCarthy, and David Cruz
February 13, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL SUPPORT STRATEGIES INTO TOBACCO TREATMENT
UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
Social supports (e.g., family, friends) can be a tremendous help or hindrance in a client’s/patient’s tobacco cessation journey. This session will focus on barriers, facilitators, and effective strategies in engaging social supports in tobacco cessation treatment to improve clients’/patients’ success in cutting down or quitting tobacco.
February 18, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Conflict Competency
Elizabeth Williamson
In this session we will practice applying key skills in the context of hypothetical conflicts. Participants will practice responding to challenging moments and will provide real-time feedback to each other to enhance their learning.
February 27, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Creating Positive Childhood Experiences, actionable updates on the emerging counterpart to ACEs
Xander Cook
Research from the 1990s on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) highlighted the profound impact of childhood experiences on negative outcomes. However, we now recognize the existence of experiences on the other side of the coin: Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs). PCEs are a core component of resilience, social skills, and overall well-being, and they can mitigate the effects of adversity and trauma. This session will delve into the latest research on PCEs, exploring how community groups can foster safe, supportive, and nurturing environments to produce positive outcomes for children and adolescents.
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March 11, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
YCCTPP Quarterly Virtual Meeting
A representative for each organization receiving funding from YCCTPP as a contractor or community grantee is required. Subcontractors are not required but are invited.
March 19, 2025 from 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Social Media in Youth/Community Prevention: How to and When Not to.
Xander Cook and Adriana Avelar team up to provide guidance on how to make the most of social media in youth/community prevention. They will cover the fundamentals of effective messaging, Pros and Cons of each social media platform, and Adriana and Xander will have a conversation sharing practices that see success as recently as this year. The conversation will also cover how to compensate youth for posts, engage with local influencers, and access high quality social media toolkits.
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Coming soon
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May 20-22, 2025, Tukwila, WA
YCCTPP Quarterly in-person Meeting
A representative for each organization receiving funding from YCCTPP as a contractor or community grantee is required. Subcontractors are not required but are invited.
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June 3-5, 2025
Cannabis Action Conference (CannAct)
The Seventh annual CannAct Conference (Public Health-Cannabis Summit) brings public health professionals, prevention specialists, equity advocates, public safety professionals, tobacco prevention professionals, partners, and other advocates together virtually to discuss the new and changing legalized cannabis landscape in our communities. The conference focus is policy, system and environmental change and youth prevention.
These sessions are for YCCTPP and other DOH Contractors, Subcontractors and partners only. These are not for anyone from the Cannabis industry.
