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Course Details
This course is part of the series Illinois Introduction to Substance Abuse Prevention (IISAP)
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Course: IISAP I: Welcome to Prevention
Credits: 3.00
Intended Audience: Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) Providers
Course Description
IISAP I: Welcome to Prevention is a self-paced, online course which introduces participants to the prevention field. It provides an overview of the need for prevention services, prevention history, the evolution of prevention science and evidence-based prevention. Completion time for this course is approximately 2 hours.
Closed captioning of the videos in this course are available upon request.
Course Objectives
By the end of IISAP I, participants will be able to:
- define prevention,
- explain the Continuum of Care,
- describe substance use rates and trends among Illinois youth,
- identify the effects and consequences of youth substance use,
- explain the stages of addiction,
- explain the history of prevention, including the primary strategies applied by decade, and
- describe evidence-based prevention.