HEC/News-Announcements

The Higher Education Center is pleased to make the following announcements:

1) Higher Education Center's New Publication, Problem Analysis: The First Step in Prevention Planning (a Prevention 101 Series publication), Now Available

The Higher Education Center has just released its new publication, Problem Analysis: The First Step in Prevention Planning. To tackle the problems of student alcohol and other drug abuse and violence, campus administrators--working in conjunction with partners from the surrounding community--need to put in place an integrated set of strategies that address the mix of individual, group, institutional, community,and societal factors that lead to student substance abuse and violence. This type of comprehensive approach--called environmental management--cannot be implemented without using a systematic planning and evaluation process. This publication, by W. DeJong outlines the first step of that process: problem analysis.

To view online or download Problem Analysis: The First Step in Prevention Planning, please visit the Problem Analysis page of the Center's Web site at: http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/publications/problem-analysis-fir....

2) "Basics of BASICS" Implementation Training Workshop

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Center for Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Prevention (CADAP) is presenting "The Basics of BASICS" implementation training, honored as an exemplary model program by the U.S. Department of Education, at the Campus Center, in Amherst, Massachusetts, June 4, 2009, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The training is sponsored by "The Network" http://www.thenetwork.ws/, a national consortium of more than 1,600 members working to reduce alcohol and other drug problems at colleges and universities.

Registration is free and open to colleges and universities. Please register before May, 28, 2009.

CADAP director Sally A. Linowski, Ph.D., and Diane Fedorchak, M.Ed., director of the center's BASICS program will be presenting the interactive workshop. The workshop will help participants develop an implementation plan and provide the tools necessary to bring BASICS to their campuses, including topics on tips for working with campus and community allies; the importance of evaluation; and sustainability planning. Guests will also hear from those on the front lines, during a lunchtime panel discussion with the program's prevention specialists.

To register, please contact Ruth DesRosa derosar@stjohns.edu or (718) 990-8048.

For more information about the Basics to BASICS workshop, please visit the Center for Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Web site at: http://www.umass.edu/uhs/cadap/.

3) 2009 National Conference on Sexual Assault in Our Schools

The Safe Society Zone is hosting the Annual National Conference on Sexual Assault in Our Schools, November-13-15, 2009, at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel and Spa in the Walt Disney World Resort, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Registration for the conference is $380 and $220 for Student Registration (please note that proof of full-time students status may be required at admission). Discounts for non-profits and groups of five or more are available by request. Please call (941) 870-4086. A $40 charge will be issued for a written cancellation received by October 31, 2009. No refunds after this date. Substitutions will be accepted.

The annual conference will bring participants together to network on topics dealing with sexual assault and harassment on campus; acquaintance and date rape; sexual violence in our armed forces academies; alcohol and date rape drugs; sexual assault and rape prevention programs; security and safety issues; sexual assault awareness programs; peer groups and peer education; advocacy and survivor services; men's programs; stalking; dealing with the media; college students dealing with sexual violence; and many other issues dealing with sexual assault and violence in our schools. There will be concurrent breakout sessions, keynote session, exhibits, and networking opportunities.

For more information and to register online, please visit the registration section of the Safe Society Zone Web site at: http://www.safesocietyzone.com/registration_30.html.