Champions

Welcome to My Island! Building Awareness, Buy-in, and Support for Your Prevention Program

  • Sep 7, 2022; 3:00pm — Sep 7, 2022; 4:30pm

Welcome to my island? Huh? What?

Well, sometimes when teaching prevention we can feel like we are the only ones who know what great things are being accomplished in our lifeskills classes. This presentation will focus on getting people to come to our ‘island’ instead of waiting for a passerby or to be accidentally discovered.

EPIS leads evidence-based prevention of youth recidivism in PA

recent validation study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Florida International University suggests that the implementation of the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP™) has positive results for Pennsylvania juvenile justice services, finding that improvement in SPEP™ scores between initial assessment and reassessment is associated with better recidivism outcomes.