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MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training
February 2015 Schedule
Make Money Grow on Trees: Grant Writing Workshop
Class Code: 009
Class Code: 010
Date: February 11, 2015
Date: February 10, 2015
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
OR
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Trainer: Susi Epperson
Trainer: Susi Epperson
Location: Fort Smith
Location: Little Rock
Description: This introductory course into grant and proposal writing is structured to empower the
novice grant writer who is unsure of how and where to begin to secure funding for organization,
program, and project needs. The presenter merges best practices for effective grant writing with the
practical know-how obtained from experience writing, managing, and reviewing grants. For
Prevention Certification: six (6) contact hours, Domain 1.
Webinar: Sustainability for Prevention
Class Code: 011
Date: February 17, 2015
11 a.m.—12 noon
Trainer: Robert Hess III
Location: Webinar
Description: Join us for this interactive webinar as we discuss strategies and tips for ensuring the
sustainability of our prevention efforts through effective fundraising. Learn techniques for grant
writing, donor engagement, special event planning, and crowdsourcing to engage your local
community to *financially+ get involved in your coalition's work. For Prevention Certification: one (1)
contact hour, Domain 1.
Bullying: Inexcusable, Intolerable, Indefensible
Class Code: 012
Date: February 26, 2015
9 a.m. – 12 noon
Trainer: Susan Cohen
Location: Little Rock
Description: In this presentation we will review the definition of bullying and discuss traditional
attitudes regarding bully behavior. We will explore the underlying factors motivating the bully and
how we, as adults, can address these factors and reduce the behavior. Both strategies and research
on bullying prevention efforts will be addressed as well as how the effects of bullying feeds into
some of the most serious violent situations in our schools and workplaces and what we can do about
it. For Prevention Certification: three (3) contact hours, Domain 6.
Suicide: We all have questions...Together we will find the answers
Class Code: 013
Date: February 26, 2015
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Trainer: Susan Cohen
Location: Little Rock
Description: In this presentation participants will discuss suicide as a public health problem. We will
learn what roles we play in identifying and helping individuals at risk of suicide as well as how to
integrate suicide prevention activities and policies in our organization’s existing programs and
services. For Prevention Certification: three (3) contact hours, Domain 6.
MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training
2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR 501-569-3071 501-569-3364
MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training
LOCATIONS
Register online at www.midsouth.ualr.edu
Little Rock:
MidSOUTH Training Academy
Plaza West Building
415 N. McKinley, #900
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501) 296-1920
OR
Fax registration forms to: (501) 569-3364 or
scan and email your registration to
[email protected]
Fort Smith:
Western Arkansas Counseling &
Guidance Center Cooperative (WACGC)
The Horizon Adolescent Treatment
Program
3113 South 70th Street
Ft. Smith, AR
(479) 478-6664
Mail registration form to:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training
2801 S. University Avenue, ED-205
Little Rock, AR 72204-1099
**PLEASE NOTE**
Please check our website for upcoming workshops that may be added throughout the
semester.
To Register you will need your email address and your Access Key Password to sign up for
workshops. If you do not remember your password, click on the “Login” link and then click on
“forgot my password” and it will prompt you to enter your email address. Go to your email
and retrieve your password and then login to register. If you register for a workshop and find
that you are unable to attend, please notify the Center for Prevention and Training as soon as
possible.
Cancellations for Class must be received, either by email or fax to the Center for
Prevention and Training no later than (3) business days before the workshop.
Workshops begin at 9:00 a.m. If you have not signed in by 9:30 a.m. for a workshop, then
you will be marked as a “No Show.”
In the event of inclement weather, please call (501) 569-3071 to find out
if a workshop has been canceled.
Funding Provided by
Arkansas Department of
Human Services Division of
Behavioral Health
MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training
2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR 501-569-3071 501-569-3364