National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Learn how to create the space for meaningful conversations with youth in a free 90-minute workshop from the National Council, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Join this upcoming session on leveraging the tools from Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention to increase your confidence and skill in youth prevention conversations. This virtual workshop covers engagement strategies for building trust, gleaning insights and framing conversations around substance use prevention, as well as updates to the foundational project research, substance-specific messages and newly released resources.

Learning objectives

Workshop attendees will:

• Learn how to frame conversations and deliver substance use prevention messages to youth. The guidance provided can also be used for eliciting change for other health behaviors.

• Understand the role of building rapport and trust with youth when delivering messages and discussing health-related behaviors.

• Gain implementation strategies for putting the Getting Candid message guide and toolkit into practice.