The Enhanced Healthy YOUth Early Intervention Curriculum
When: 12/09/2025 - 12/09/2025,
From: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: IN PERSON - 21000 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
Imparted by: Rachel Gonzales-Castaneda, PhD, MPH, Sherry Larkins, Ph.D.
Visit: https://apu.zoom.us/meeting/register/mIhgvtqNRUejO6f-9xCrUg
Description:
IMPORTANT
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. RSVP ONLINE AT: https://apu.zoom.us/meeting/register/mIhgvtqNRUejO6f-9xCrUg
Important Instructions: This in-person interactive training includes gaining access to accompanying the Healthy YOUth Psychoeducation material including: 1) A Youth Workbook, 2) A Provider Manual to the Youth Workbook, and 3) A Facilitator Overview to Early Intervention Service Implementation. Electronic copies of these materials will be sent upon registration. Please read through and review the materials prior to attending the training. Also, make sure to have access to these materials during the training for reference and practice activities.
Capacity for the training is 100. Please do not attend unless your registration is confirmed You will receive written confirmation of your registration with training details. You will also receive training attendance reminders at least three (3) days prior to the training date. If you do not receive either of these at least three days prior to the lecture date, please contact us directly at healthpsychlab@apu.edu.
TRAINING DESCRIPTION
Developmentally, youth under the age of 21 engage in a range of risk-taking behaviors, including substance use, which can lead to poor health outcomes in adulthood such as chronic disease, mental health challenges, and substance use disorders. A significant gap within community-based systems serving at-risk youth continues to be the lack of early intervention programming designed to proactively address these behaviors before they escalate. This enhanced training builds upon last year’s introductory course to the Healthy YOUth Early Intervention Curriculum, a psychoeducational resource developed to support early intervention service implementation across youth-serving systems working with adolescents (ages 17 and under) and young adults (ages 18–20). For 2025, the training has been expanded and updated to include a deeper exploration of the curriculum and introduce new supplemental toolkits focused on infectious and communicable diseases, legal involvement and rights, community health resources, medication for addiction treatment (MAT), and foundational knowledge of substance use disorders (SUD 101). Together, these additions provide participants with practical tools, updated resources, and strategies to enhance early intervention programming and improve health and behavioral outcomes for system-impacted youth.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Identify at least two (2) developmental principles that inform effective early intervention programming for at-risk youth.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the four (4) core modules of the Healthy YOUth Early Intervention Curriculum and their application in practice.
3. Integrate at least three (3) supplemental toolkit areas including infectious disease awareness, legal rights, community health resources, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and substance use disorder (SUD) fundamentals into early intervention service planning.
4. Describe at least two (2) best practices or coordination strategies for implementing early intervention programming across youth-serving community settings