Training Calendar
Continuing Education Hours:
Thanks to PreventionFIRST! the OCAM Network is able to provide Prevention & CHES Continuing Education Hours for our training sessions. You can expect to recieve your certificates of attendance within 30 days from the training session. PreventionFIRST uploads all certificates of attendance into CE Broker for you! If you have any questions or concerns regarding CEUs please reach out to Ryley Jones at rjones@prevention-first.org
In order to receive CEUs you must:
- Adhere to our Training Decorum Policies listed below
- Fill out the evaluation given at the end of the training session
- Provide your license/ credential numbers in your evaluation
Before attending any of our trainings please read our decorum policy linked below.
- Non-compliance with the above policies may result in dismissal from training sessions or non-issuance of continuing education hours. Repeated non-compliance across sessions may result in a ban from attending OCAM Networking training sessions.
- We value your commitment to the OCAM Network and appreciate your adherence to these guidelines to ensure a productive and positive virtual environment for participants.
- If you questions or concerns regarding CEUs please contact Ryley Jones at rjones@prevention-first.org
Need help with your Prevention Credentials?
Check out the "Prevention Credentials" tab for more information and resources including the following:
- Ohio Prevention Credentialing Overview
- Access to Word Documents of each Prevention Education Grid
- Helpful Youtube Tutorials on the next steps
- Email info@ocamnetwork.org for additional questions & concerns! We are happy to help!
Training Calendar Categories
Making Trainings Interactive
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
2 Hours
Domains: P2: Prevention Education & Service Delivery
Description:
Preventionists have an important message, and ensuring that this message is heard by our communities is critical. This training session dives into techniques we can use to make our prevention trainings i...
An Introduction to the Brain's Addiction Pathway (AOD)
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: P6: Professional Growth & Responsibility
Description:
Understanding the role our brains play in addiction is crucial for all prevention professionals, regardless of their background in neuroscience or addiction studies. Why, you might ask? This training is the...
Prevention Credentialing Requirements: From Hire to Credential: Supporting Prevention Professionals
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
1 Hour
Domains: PS1: Personnel Suprvision & Program Management
Description:
| Supervisors have an important role in helping professionals gain prevention credentials. This workshop will cover the critical components of starting an employee on the credentialing path and ans... |
Prevention Supervision Collaborative #2
The Prevention Supervision Collaborative is a virtual group that helps to improve your supervision skills, build new skills, and create a stronger network of prevention professionals. This group will meet on the first Friday of every month (October 2026- June 2027) from 9am-10:30am, each week being ...
Best Practices in Youth Led Substance Use Prevention Programs
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
1.5 Hours
Domains: P6: Professional Growth & Responsibility
Description:
| This training is designed for adult allies of youth-led prevention programming to understand the best practices in implementing programming. The training will overview the Youth Empowerment Conceptu... |
Advanced Prevention Ethics
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PE: Prevention Ethics
Description:
Those prevention professionals with OCPS and OCPC credentials need knowledge of using the ethical code in management, supervisory, and advanced situations. This highly interactive course will work participants through va...
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2: Administration & Consultation
Description:
In the fast-paced world of prevention, fostering a culture of psychological safety is essential for a thriving, effective organization. This training best suited for intermediate prevention professionals will equ...
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS1: Personnel Supervision & Program Management
Description:
| Clear, confident communication is the key to strong teams and successful organizations. In this engaging training, you’ll learn how to recognize communication styles, strengthen active listenin... |
AI Part 2: Putting it in Practice
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
2 Hours
Domains: P3: Communications
Description:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) use has spread rapidly across the world - now a common tool in many organizations, and used every day by millions of users. Whether you are an AI user, AI skeptic, or somewhere in between - it is imp...
Prevention Supervision: Bridge the Leadership Gap!
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS1: Personnel Supervision & Program Management
Description:
Developing and retaining talent is a persistent issue for nonprofit organizations. It is an ongoing source of worry for some, as they carefully monitor and attempt to mitigate employee turnover. The ...
Problem Gambling 101
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
2 Hours
Domains: P2: Prevention Education & Service Delivery
Description:
This training is for beginners who are interested in learning the basics of gambling and problem gambling. Participants will be provided with an overview of gambling activities available in Ohio as well ...
Change-Makers & Champions: Empowering Grant Professionals to Lead, Innovate, and Write Winning LOIs and Organizational P
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2: Administration & Consultation
Description:
Grant professionals are more than just writers. We are change agents. We are social entrepreneurs. We are dedicated to a mission. And we are innovative in our unique approaches to social change. If we weren’t, we...
Appalachian Culture
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
1.5 Hours
Domains: CC: Cultural Competency
Description: Of the 88 counties in Ohio, 32 are considered to be part of Appalachia. The people, food, music, and culture are unique to this region. In this training, we will discuss Appalachian Culture’s rich history and the ma...
Alcohol- Yes, it IS a drug (AOD)
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: P6: Professional Growth & Responsibility
Description:
| Designed for beginner prevention professionals, this training is intended to help strengthen your alcohol prevention efforts by understanding why alcohol is considered a drug. By the end of this sessi... |
Youth-Led Prevention: A Deep Dive into Best Practices & Models
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
6 Hours
Domains: P6: Professional Growth & Responsibility
1st Part: December 7th - 1:00pm - 4:15pm
2nd Part: December 9th - 1:00pm - 4:15pm
Description:
This intensive six-hour training provides a comprehensive exploration of youth-led prevention strategies, empowering parti...
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS1: Personnel Supervision & Program Management
Description:
| Performance management for prevention agencies looks a little different as employees live and work by certain values and for the greater good and not being measured on profits. Because of this,... |
Collective Impact in Action: Applying the Model to Prevention Partnerships
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2: Administration & Consultation
Description:
This training equips participants with practical strategies to apply the Collective Impact Framework to prevention partnerships that address behavioral health, substance misuse, and other community challenges. Pa...
Finding and Using Your Voice: Advocating for Prevention!
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: P5: Public Policy & Environmental Change
Description:
| “Finding and Using Your Voice: Advocating for Prevention!” is designed to empower beginner prevention professionals in their advocacy efforts with the knowledge and skills needed to champion preventio... |
Prevention Supervision Collaborative #3
The Prevention Supervision Collaborative is a virtual group that helps to improve your supervision skills, build new skills, and create a stronger network of prevention professionals. This group will meet on the first Friday of every month (October 2026- June 2027) from 9am-10:30am, each week being ...
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
2.5 Hours
Domains: P2: Prevention Education & Service Delivery
Description:
This course dives into ways that prevention programming can implement meaningful classroom management tools. The course discusses causes of classroom discussions, establishing procedures in a classroom...
Prevention Supervision Collaborative #4
The Prevention Supervision Collaborative is a virtual group that helps to improve your supervision skills, build new skills, and create a stronger network of prevention professionals. This group will meet on the first Friday of every month (October 2026- June 2027) from 9am-10:30am, each week being ...
Prevention Ethics Basics
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PE: Prevention Ethics
Description:
The Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board (OCDPB) Code of Ethics for Prevention Professionals and Prevention Scope of Practice differs from other disciplines. This training will review, discuss, and apply the requireme...
Prevention Supervision Collaborative #5
The Prevention Supervision Collaborative is a virtual group that helps to improve your supervision skills, build new skills, and create a stronger network of prevention professionals. This group will meet on the first Friday of every month (October 2026- June 2027) from 9am-10:30am, each week being ...
Study Group
Road to an "S" Study Group Cohort #17
Do you want to move to the OCPS credential but you're afriad of the test? This study group is for you!
The Road to an "S" Study Group is a study group deisgned for individuals who are working on obtaining their Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist credential. ...
Ethical decision-making for the Prevention Professional
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PE: Prevention Ethics
Description:
This course is a unique opportunity for those who have already completed the Prevention Ethics Basics course and are hungry for more knowledge. In this workshop, prevention professionals will delve deeper into the code of eth...
Prevention Supervision Collaborative #6
The Prevention Supervision Collaborative is a virtual group that helps to improve your supervision skills, build new skills, and create a stronger network of prevention professionals. This group will meet on the first Friday of every month (October 2026- June 2027) from 9am-10:30am, each week being ...
Teaching Others How to Improve Facilitation & Time Management Skills
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
1.5 Hours
Domains: PS1: Personnel Supervision & Program Management
Description:
Prevention professionals regularly lead classroom lessons, deliver trainings, facilitate coalition meetings, and guide community conversations, often within tight time frames and with groups that v...
Prevention Supervision Collaborative #7
The Prevention Supervision Collaborative is a virtual group that helps to improve your supervision skills, build new skills, and create a stronger network of prevention professionals. This group will meet on the first Friday of every month (October 2026- June 2027) from 9am-10:30am, each week being ...
The Ethics of AI for Prevention Professionals (May)
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
2 Hours
Domains: PE: Prevention Ethics
Description:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Whether you love the new AI tools and how you embed them into your work, or you prefer the non-AI way of completing tasks - AI is here to stay. If we live and work alongside AI too...
