Rural Opioid Statewide Technical Assistance Training Registration Details - Highlighting Evidence-Based Youth Risk Behavior Prevention Programming
WHEN: November 15 & 16th from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Teachers, guidance counselors, school nurses, school administrators, resource officers, and any community organizations or advocates working with this age group (e.g., Extension Agents, 4H leaders, church, peer, youth clubs, and library groups).
Attendees will hear from Montana prevention specialists and other community health professionals who successfully implement the following evidence-based youth programs into their local schools and communities: Generation Rx, Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM), Active Parenting, Communities that Care, Creating Lasting Family Connections, and CONNECT Referral System. These programs promote positive family, parent/child, community, and peer relationships and are designed to teach kids and parents the necessary skills (e.g., parenting, life, social, coping, and communication skills) needed to help reduce the rates of substance use and other risk behaviors youth are susceptible to. Attendees will gain knowledge about these programs, where they are being taught, and how their local schools and youth organizations can feasibly adopt and implement these programs into their communities in a successful way.
QUESTIONS: or to register over the phone please contact program manager Jennifer Munter at 406-994-3088 or email jennifermunter@montana.edu or OPI contact Tammy Lysons at tamara.lysons@mt.gov or 406-431-2309.
Social Emotional Learning: Building Foundations for Success
As part of the Office of Public Instruction’s HOPE initiative, the OPI, along with its partners from over a dozen schools and organizations, are pleased to announce the launch of a new website and resources dedicated to supporting social emotional learning (SEL) in Montana. The OPI’s Social Emotional Learning website was collaboratively developed by the Montana SEL Workgroup and features the Montana SEL Competencies, and tools and resources for planning and implementing SEL, including guidance on how schools can work with families and caregivers, tribes, and community organizations to develop shared goals and strategies for supporting school-based SEL.
Schools across the state are leveraging social emotional learning (SEL) to support student academic success and wellbeing and create a school climate that promotes learning and positive relationships. Social and emotional skills are associated with improved behavior, lower levels of emotional distress, enhanced wellbeing, improved academic outcomes, and more stable employment. The Montana SEL Workgroup, comprised of representatives from local schools, childhood development experts, and staff from the OPI, will continue to develop tools and resources for Montana schools over the next year. Along with the website, a SEL community of practice is currently available for those interested in strengthening SEL in their schools and classrooms.
For more information:
Please contact Michele Henson
Michele.Henson@mt.gov or 406-595-1058
School Safety Program Manager, Office of Public Instruction
Tobacco Use Prevention Grant for Schools
Do you have some creative strategies to reduce student tobacco use in your schools, but you need the funds to implement them? Thanks to funding from the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program, grants up to $10,000 per school or up to $20,000 per school district are available to support student tobacco use prevention in Montana schools.
The application period is open now and will close when the grant funding has been allocated. For more information or to apply now follow this link.
For inquiries about the application process contact:
Kris Minard
kminard@mt.gov or 406.444.0785
OPI Tobacco Use Prevention Specialist
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.
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