The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery is greatly looking forward to our upcoming 2018 National Meeting: Implementing Change in Urgent Times to take place October 15-18 2018 at The Ohio State University. The 2018 National Meeting offers practitioners, student affairs professionals, faculty and students the training and tools necessary to strengthen alcohol and drug misuse prevention, intervention and recovery at their college, university or community.
The 2018 National Meeting Committee is seeking proposals that reflect the best thinking in the field, informed by theory, research, and practice. “Implementing Change in Urgent Times” highlights the critical need to use best practices in implementation science to move campus resources towards effective change. Three main elements are implicit within this theme:
(1) understanding the urgent need
(2) selection and adaptation of evidence-based responses, and
(3) successfully implementing and evaluating programs, policies and practices in a sustainable and impactful way.