{"id":650,"date":"2024-03-01T19:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T19:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu\/gcsa\/?p=650"},"modified":"2024-03-01T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T19:29:52","slug":"building-and-maintaining-a-competent-prevention-workforce-a-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu\/gcsa\/2024\/03\/01\/building-and-maintaining-a-competent-prevention-workforce-a-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Building and Maintaining a Competent Prevention Workforce: A Roadmap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Learning Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participants will list strategies to recruit, support and sustain a competent prevention workforce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu\/gcsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/Sandra-Del-Desto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-651\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Sandra Del Sesto, M.Ed, ACPS<\/strong><br><strong>She\/Her\/Hers<\/strong><br><strong>Master Trainer\/Curriculum Designer, PTTC<\/strong><br>andra Puerini Del Sesto, M.Ed, ACPS, is a national consultant and master trainer in behavioral health and strategic planning for non-profits. She was the founder and for 30 years the executive director of Initiatives for Human Development, a statewide, multi-service prevention program, and a founder of CODAC, RI\u2019s largest non-profit treatment program. She was also the founding director of the Institute for Addiction Recovery at Rhode Island College. She is a member of the advisory boards of the Prevention Technology Transfer Center National Coordinating Office (PTTC-NCO), the New England Prevention PTTC, and the New England School of Addiction Studies. She is also a member of the National Behavioral Health Association\u2019s Evidence-based Workgroup, For many years, Sandra served as the RI delegate to and the former Prevention Committee Co-Chair of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&amp;RC), which certifies professionals working in behavioral health. 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