Building Resilient Teams, Coalitions and Communities: Trauma-Informed Strategies for Substance Use Prevention – R9 February 2026

Facilitator:

Dr. Natalie Turner-Depue is the Director of the Center for Trauma Education and Community Health (C.teach) and the CLEAR Trauma Center at Washington State University in Spokane. A national trainer in the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) framework, Dr. Turner-Depue specializes in Children’s Mental Health, K-12 Education, and the application of ACEs and Complex Trauma research within systems using an Implementation Science approach. She is the co-developer and Project Director of CLEAR (Collaborative Learning for Educational Achievement and Resilience), a trauma-informed model designed for educational settings. With a focus on sustainable trauma-informed systems, Dr. Turner-Depue has trained and consulted with over 20,000 professionals nationwide.

Session Objectives:

By the end of each of the respective Sessions, participants will be able to:

Session One: Welcome, Introductions, and Getting Started: Trauma-Informed Prevention

1. Define a trauma-informed approach to substance misuse prevention
2. List six principles of a trauma-informed approach
3. Create team and coalition agreements based on a trauma-informed approach.

Session Two:  The Human Brain, Trauma, and Resilience

1. Practice a model for integrating the human brain’s function with behavior.
2. Draft a plan to identify inner dialogue, automatic responses, and personal triggers.

Session Three:  Preparing to Communicate with Clarity and Care

1. Identify two strategies to model self-regulation skills while facilitating prevention interventions, team or coalition meetings, and community events
2. Apply one strategy for noticing others’ traumatic responses to improve impact when working with prevention teams, coalitions, and community members.

Session Four: Team and Coalition Meeting Facilitation

1. Describe two benefits of using a trauma-informed approach when facilitating prevention interventions, teams, coalitions, or community events.
2. Model one trauma-informed facilitation technique to apply with prevention teams,

coalitions or at community events.

Session Five:  Managing Conflict and Group Dynamics to Build Resilience

1. Identify at least two ways unresolved stress or trauma can show up in team or coalition dynamics, and apply one trauma-informed strategy to reduce reactivity and foster safety during conflict.
2. Describe at least two community or systems-level resilience-building strategies and reflect on how one could be applied to strengthen their team or coalition.

Session Six:  Bringing it Home

1. Develop and commit to at least one personal strategy for building and sustaining their own resilience as a community or prevention leader.
2. Select and apply at least one trauma-informed practice that strengthens team, coalition, or community resilience, and explain how it supports substance use prevention efforts.

Audience:

• Community-level substance misuse prevention practitioners and community coalition coordinators located in the Pacific Southwest (HHS Region 9) states and jurisdictions of American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau.
• Prevention practitioners who would like to become a Certified Prevention Specialist or need to continuing hours of education to meet re-certification requirements.
• Please note: This training is reserved for prevention professionals working in HHS Region 9.
• Prevention professionals interested in this course but who work outside of HHS Region 9 are encouraged to contact their region’s PTTC to learn about similar courses available to them.

Participant Commitment and Expectations:

• Before Session 1 on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, complete your pre-session independent learning assignment and be prepared to reference it during the session.
• If your experience with Zoom is limited or you want to review key features of Zoom, please view the 20-minute Introduction to Zoom video prior to the first session on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 on how to use and maximize the platform
• Participate in 6 sessions of training, for 1.5 hours on scheduled series days/times
• Complete up to ONE hour of independent learning activities between each session
• Actively engage and be on camera 90% of the time during each session, since this is not a webinar series and active participation is essential to gain/improve skills
• Have access to and use appropriate technology to join the online videoconferencing platform (i.e., internet connection, built-in or USB webcam, desktop/laptop computer, built-in/USB/Bluetooth speakers & microphone)

Please Note:

This EPLS is not a webinar series. Active participation in each session is essential to gain and improve skills. If you cannot attend these sessions, you will forfeit your attendance.

The Pacific Southwest PTTC is committed to the safety of all participants. Driving while participating in these sessions is strongly discouraged, as it is seen as a danger to the participant. If driving cannot be avoided during your scheduled session for any reason, please contact the PTTC staff at pttclearning@casat.org .

In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology by Wednesday, February 11, 2026 in order to fully participate and be on camera at least 90% of the time.

If you have questions regarding technology requirements or registration details contact pttclearning@casat.org.

Certificates:

Participants who complete the entire course will receive a certificate of attendance for 15 hours. Partial credit will be considered if a participant completes over 80% of the course and submits completed prep packets to the course facilitator for review for any missed session. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.

To help make engagement more comfortable, we limit the number of people who can enroll in EPLS. If you cannot commit to joining the sessions or completing the prep-work packets, please defer this opportunity to others on our waiting list.

The Pacific Southwest PTTC is administered by CASAT at the University of Nevada, Reno.