Addressing Substance Use in Youth with a Prevention Approach - January 15, 2026
- Registration Closed
A 3-Hour Training with Liz Beaule
Virtual via Zoom | 8:30am-11:45am EST
Presentation: The purpose of this training will be to provide an overview of Substance Use in Youth through a prevention lens. Much of the structure of the presentation will be adapted from the Stanford REACH Labs: Safety First drug education curriculum. The training will go over the Safety First curriculum in detail and the group will discuss preconceived ideas and biases of past drug education and why they have not worked. The presenter will discuss recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data and how it impacts our NH youth. In relation to this data, the group will discuss best practices for engaging with specific NH youth while using evidence-based drug education. The reasons for youth substance use, such as mental health, social determinants factors and family history of SUD, will be reviewed. The goal of this training is to have professionals walk away with a destigmatized and evidence-based approach to youth drug education.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Define what evidence-based drug education is;
- Explain how scare tactics are used in the setting of working with youth; and
- Demonstrate an understanding for why youth may develop substance use disorder and how Safety First curriculum can be applied when working with youth in prevention through the lens of data.
3 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 1 & 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 5 & 14-17
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 2 & 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This course has been approved by New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association (NHADACA), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #23792, NHADACA is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Liz Beaule
Director of Education
NH Harm Reduction Coalition
Liz Beaule is the Director of Education for the NH Harm Reduction Coalition. She is an individual with lived and living experience in drug use and recovery. In her role she works to teach individuals and organizations comprehensive evidence-based drug education. She has spent years working closely with participants to identify their wants and needs around community drug education and training. Liz works to make an engaging, factual and respectful curriculum that holds participant experience and knowledge at the heart of it. She has a great deal of experience in direct service and working with clients that are experiencing homelessness and co-occurring disorders. Prior to her work at NHHRC she worked in substance use treatment, peer support and activism.
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