Okay, quick post, because I will be joining the Middle School LST webinar shortly! For those in the Western Mass / Franklin / Quabbin area, if you're part of a school that's using Botvin Lifeskills Training, or even if you're just curious about this evidence-based substance abuse prevention program, join us for an hour of easy-access training TODAY at 11am EST! We will engage in one hour of training that is aimed at both newcomers as well as seasoned LST implementers. Click the link below to join!
http://go.shr.lc/2bJnS7d
For links to additional upcoming LST webinars, check the previous post in this blog.
Yours in prevention,
Kate
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Greetings, Lifeskills Supporters!
I'm excited to help promote a series of webinars created by Botvin LST that are designed to help the implementation of Lifeskills Training at any level! Content will cover:
Check the image below for information on each webinar. For those in the Franklin/Quabbin area who are implementing middle school Lifeskills, the 8/23 date is for you! Space is limited, so register ASAP. I will certainly be participating in this webinar, and I hope to "see" others in our region there! For those unable to attend, I'll be posting summaries on this blog and tweeting key points in the days shortly afterward. Follow me on Twitter at @WMA_Lifeskills !!
Click on the link below to access the link for registration. Any problems with registration, please email me! kate.blair@frsu38.org
Yours in prevention,
Kate
Kate Blair
Lifeskills Network Coordinator
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Sunday, August 14, 2016
Lifeskills WORKS!
HELLO, Prevention People!
We are so, so, SO excited to launch the Western Massachusetts Lifeskills Training Network site! This blog will serve as a vibrant hub of information and updates on the Botvin Lifeskills Training program implementation in schools in the Franklin/Quabbin Area in Western Massachusetts. The Communities That Care Coalition of Franklin County has underwritten the adoption of the Botvin Lifeskills Training program, which is an evidence-based Blueprints Model Program substance abuse prevention program for middle school aged students. Lifeskills Training (LST) is designed to prevent teenage drug and alcohol abuse, adolescent tobacco use, violence and other risk behaviors. The LST curriculum teaches students self-management skills, social skills, and drug awareness and resistance skills. LST has fantastic outcomes in reducing youth substance abuse when implemented with fidelity--and that's where this WMALifeskills Network comes in! We exist in an effort to promote and ensure the best possible implementation of LST in order to achieve the wonderful, healthy outcomes promised by this award-winning curriculum.
So who should pay attention to this blog? If you're a teacher, administrator, or community builder in the Franklin / Quabbin area, this is for YOU! The schools who are a part of the CTC Coalition and have adopted LST are: Athol/Royalston, Four Rivers Charter School, Frontier Regional School, Gill-Montague, Greenfield, Mohawk, Pioneer Valley, and Mahar. But this blog's audience can and should reach far beyond our local region. Realistically, anyone in the world who cares about positive youth development should bookmark this page. The LST Program has been shown to be instrumental in promoting healthy protective factors, particularly problem solving skills, refusal skills and coping skills, and minimizing risk factors, especially favorable attitudes toward drug use.
So, follow us! Here you'll find tips on program implementation as well as a place to pose questions on anything and everything LST. Stay tuned! There will be much, much more to come!
Yours in prevention,
Kate Blair, M.Ed
Western MA Lifeskills Network Coordinator
Frontier Regional School Health Educator
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