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SUMMARY:Georgia Prime For Life Continuing Education Training: Jekyll Island 2026
DESCRIPTION:Register for this event \nA live in-person continuing education training is now available for Prime For Life Georgia instructors. \n*Georgia instructors are 32 hours required in a 4-year period\, first 16 hours must be obtained two years after initial training to remain active. \nPRI is accredited by NAADAC\, the Association for Addiction Professionals. Participants who attend the entire conference will receive 12 NAADAC hours and 16 DDS recertification hours. Training certificates will be issued after completion of the participant survey. It is the participant’s responsibility to establish whether NAADAC hours earned in PRI events fulfill credentialing requirements of affiliated agencies. participants will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under “My Trainings.” \nSpace is limited to register early! \nDates: August 26-27\, 2026 \nTimes: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Each Day \nTraining Location: \nJekyll Island Convention Center\n75 Beachview Drive\, North\nJekyll Island\, GA 31527 \nLodging: \nAvailable Rooms – Hampton Inn & Suites Jekyll Island \nGuestrooms will be held until July 26\, 2026 \nLocation- 200 South Beachview Drive\, Jekyll Island\, GA 31527 \nPhone: 912.635.3733 | Fax: 912.635.3738
URL:https://primeforlife.org/event/georgia-prime-for-life-continuing-education-training-jekyll-island-2026/
LOCATION:Jekyll Island Convention Center\, 75 Beachview Drive\, North Jekyll Island\, GA\, 31527\, United States
CATEGORIES:Prime for Life Continuing Education
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T163000
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SUMMARY:Substance Use and Mental Health: The What\, Why\, and How*
DESCRIPTION:Register for this event \n*Repeated Session \nAll sessions are live-hosted\, screen-to-screen 1.5 hour Continuing Education Sessions (CES) with PRI Trainers. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. PRI is unable to award hours for sessions previously attended. \nPlease note that participants are responsible for ensuring online PRI sessions and the number of hours earned fulfill your system’s requirements. Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register\, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded.  Participants will receive a survey email after the session and will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under “My Trainings.” Note\, participants must attend the entire session. \nPRI supports low risk driving choices. Therefore\, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract\, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You’ll be able to join a different Zoom session\, from a stationary place\, at a later date. \nDescription: \nHigh-risk alcohol and drug use are more common in people with mental health conditions.  In this session\, we will dig into the “what\,” “why\,” and “how” of this co-occurrence.  First\, we will review research documenting the rates of co-occurrence of high-risk alcohol and drug use in various settings: the general population\, prevention programs\, treatment settings. We will then focus on what science has to say about why people with mental health disorders are more likely to use alcohol and drugs in high-risk ways including recent genetic research. Finally\, this session will describe the challenges individuals with mental health conditions may experience when participating in substance use prevention or treatment programs and strategies to address those challenges.  In this session\, the trainer will use a blend of didactic\, discussion\, and activities. \nGoals: \nParticipants will review information about the co-occurrence of mental health conditions and high-risk alcohol and drug choices\, learn about some recent research that helps us understand why mental health conditions and high-risk substance use co-occur\, and discuss how mental health conditions may impact Prime For Life and Prime Solutions participants’ ability to engage with these programs as well as strategies to increase engagement. \nLearning Objectives: \nAt the conclusion of the session\, participants will be able to: \nList at least three mental health conditions that commonly co-occur with high-risk substance use\nExplain at least one reason that mental health conditions commonly co-occur with high-risk substance use\nSummarize how mental health conditions can impact participation in prevention and treatment programs for high-risk substance use and select at least one strategy they can use to help participants with mental health conditions increase engagement. \nDates and Times (EASTERN TIME) \nJuly 17\, 2025: 3:00 – 4:30 PM Eastern Time \nTime Zone Converter (Zoom also gives you the option to add it to your local calendar): https://time.is/compare
URL:https://primeforlife.org/event/substance-use-and-mental-health-the-what-why-and-how/
CATEGORIES:Prime for Life CES
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260717T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260717T143000
DTSTAMP:20260715T173111Z
CREATED:20210122T180604Z
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SUMMARY:It Starts with Us: How Our Presence Impacts Change w/ special guest Sarah Niecko NEW!
DESCRIPTION:Register for this event \n*Repeated Session \nAll sessions are live-hosted\, screen-to-screen 1.5 hour Continuing Education Sessions (CES) with PRI Trainers. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. PRI is unable to award hours for sessions previously attended. \nPlease note that participants are responsible for ensuring online PRI sessions and the number of hours earned fulfill your system’s requirements. Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register\, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded.  Participants will receive a survey email after the session and will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under “My Trainings.” Note\, participants must attend the entire session. \nPRI supports low risk driving choices. Therefore\, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract\, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You’ll be able to join a different Zoom session\, from a stationary place\, at a later date. \nDescription: \nIn this interactive workshop\, University of Alaska professor Dr. Sarah Niecko blends scientific insights with experiential exercises to examine the physiology of safety and connection\, and how our presence impacts both learning and the change process. Participants will explore how the way we enter the learning space shapes the environment and influences what becomes possible for learners. Attendees will also learn practical strategies to support their own regulation\, with the understanding that tending to our internal state is not separate from our work\, it is an essential element of how we support others. \nGoals: \nParticipants will identify one personal default regulatory pattern that occurs when stress arises\, apply one to two strategies to return to a grounded responsive state during facilitation\, and identify one change in personal instruction that could be made to facilitate learning. They will also leave with one specific strategy that can be implemented to foster safety\, curiosity\, and reflection in the learning environment. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe how instructor self-regulation influences the learning environment.\nIdentify common patterns that can impact the learning environment.\nDevelop awareness of their own regulatory patterns and how self-regulation can be used to promote learning.\nPractice simple\, in-the-moment strategies to return to a more grounded\, responsive state.\nApply these insights to create environments that support safety\, curiosity\, and meaningful reflection.\n\nDates and Times (EASTERN TIME) \nJuly 17\, 2025: 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern Time \nTime Zone Converter (Zoom also gives you the option to add it to your local calendar): https://time.is/compare
URL:https://primeforlife.org/event/it-starts-with-us-how-our-presence-impacts-change-w-special-guest-sarah-niecko-new/
CATEGORIES:Prime for Life CES
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260717T110000
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SUMMARY:Is Low-Level Drinking Beneficial or Harmful?*
DESCRIPTION:Register for this event \n*This is a repeated session. \nAll sessions are live-hosted\, screen-to-screen 1.5 hour Continuing Education Sessions (CES) with PRI Trainers. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. PRI is unable to award hours for sessions previously attended. \nPlease note that participants are responsible for ensuring online PRI sessions and the number of hours earned fulfill your system’s requirements. Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register\, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded.  Participants will receive a survey email after the session and will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under “My Trainings.” Note\, participants must attend the entire session. \nPRI supports low risk driving choices. Therefore\, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract\, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You’ll be able to join a different Zoom session\, from a stationary place\, at a later date. \nDescription: \nFor decades\, a common research finding reported in the media has been that low-level drinking can be beneficial. In the last few years there have been a lot of headlines suggesting there is no “safe” amount of drinking. What does the best evidence tell us\, and do the low-risk guidelines on alcohol need to be lowered? \nGoals:   \nThis session will focus on limitations of research and how these affect what we can confidently conclude from the best evidence. \nObjectives: \nAt the conclusion of this session\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify at least two limitations of research which might downplay the risks and overstate the potential benefits of low-level consumption.\nIdentify at least two ways the alcohol industry has attempted to influence alcohol research.\nIdentify at least two limitations to studies which might downplay the potential benefits and overstate the risks of low-level consumption.\nIdentify at least two ways low-level drinking seems to have potential health benefits for some people.\nIdentify at least two health problems that low-level drinking might increase risk for some people.\n\nDates and Times (EASTERN TIME) \nJuly 17\, 2025: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time \nTime Zone Converter (Zoom also gives you the option to add it to your local calendar): https://time.is/compare
URL:https://primeforlife.org/event/is-low-level-drinking-beneficial-or-harmful/
CATEGORIES:Prime for Life CES
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260717T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260717T103000
DTSTAMP:20260715T173221Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Zoom: Virtual Challenges and Prime Adaptations*
DESCRIPTION:Register for this event \n*Repeated Session \nAll sessions are live-hosted\, screen-to-screen 1.5 hour Continuing Education Sessions (CES) with PRI Trainers. All sessions will be presented via Zoom. PRI is unable to award hours for sessions previously attended. \nPlease note that participants are responsible for ensuring online PRI sessions and the number of hours earned fulfill your system’s requirements. Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register\, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded.  Participants will receive a survey email after the session and will receive a certificate once the survey has been submitted. The link to the surveys are also available on the instructor site under “My Trainings.” Note\, participants must attend the entire session. \nPRI supports low risk driving choices. Therefore\, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract\, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You’ll be able to join a different Zoom session\, from a stationary place\, at a later date. \nDescription: \nThis session will focus on pragmatic questions of how to offer remote facilitation of Prime For Life\, with practical suggestions about what helps and what interferes with client engagement\, how to prevent problems\, and how to manage it when challenges arise. Because learning is at its best when the learner is highly engaged\, the instructors will use a dynamic blend of didactic\, discussion and activities to explore these issues. \nDates and Times (EASTERN TIME) \nJuly 17\, 2025: 9:00 – 10:30 AM Eastern Time \nTime Zone Converter (Zoom also gives you the option to add it to your local calendar): https://time.is/compare
URL:https://primeforlife.org/event/zoom-zoom-virtual-challenges-and-prime-adaptations/
CATEGORIES:Prime for Life CES
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T170000
DTSTAMP:20260715T171542Z
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SUMMARY:Prime Solutions Level I Training Series - July 2026
DESCRIPTION:Credentialing requirements for online sessions stipulate all participants must (1) individually register\, and (2) log into the online session on their own device to received credit/hours for attending. Learners who participate in an online session via shared login will not receive a certificate. Learners are also required to attend sessions in full for credit hours to be awarded. Note\, participants must attend all three sessions. \nPRI supports low-risk driving choices. Therefore\, we will remove anyone who is driving on a Zoom call hosted by our team. So as to not further distract\, we will not chat or verbally ask questions first. You’ll be able to join a different Zoom session\, from a stationary place\, at a later date. \nDescription: \nPrime Solutions® is a “flexibly standardized” approach to treatment. \nIt provides flexibility for counselors to meet the varied needs of clients\, along with the standardization state and local agencies require to ensure quality. \nConsistent with Motivational Interviewing\, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy\, and the Transtheoretical Model of Change\, all 20 session topics are designed for easy integration with Twelve-Step involvement and enriched with carefully developed media. \nThe training consists of three live Zoom sessions and tasks in between. Dates and times are below. Note\, participant must attend all three sessions. \nUS Date and Time: \n*All listed times are Eastern Time. Click the link below to convert to your time zone: \nhttps://dateful.com/time-zone-converter \nJuly 9\, 2026\, 1:00 PM ET\nJuly 16\, 2026\, 1:00 PM ET\nJuly 23\, 2026\, 1:00 PM ET \nThe training fee is $600*. \n*Note: For approved GA DBHDD providers the training fee is reduced to $400.00 (must enter provider number on the registration form.) For those providing services to active members of the military\, the fee is $400.00.
URL:https://primeforlife.org/event/prime-solutions-level-i-training-series-july-2026/
CATEGORIES:Prime Solutions Level I Training
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