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Prevention Works
Prevention Works’ flagship podcast is PrevPod, a bi-weekly show, bringing you education and awareness. Join Trish and Alex every other Tuesday as they dissect a different question from the prevention world; and dive deep into the what, why, and how of what they do as Prevention Professionals.
In this final episode of Season 1, Trish and Alex discuss their puppets, share some stories, and, as we've come to expect, get distracted when they say they won't. This episode was recorded in front of a live virtual audience.
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In the penultimate episode of season 1, Trish and Alex discuss addiction. Join the duo as they define addiction, highlight the differences between physical and mental addiction, and review the 4 stages of the addiction process.
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Trish and Alex try to hold it together long enough to discuss stress management techniques in the wrap-up to their two-part mini-series on stress. Join the pair as they talk about tactics for dealing with short term and long term stress, and discuss some of the science behind why these strategies work. And try to bear with them as they let the end of the day nonsense catch up with, and distract them... multiple times.
As Halloween approaches, Trish and Alex decide to take on their spookiest topic yet: Stress! Join the pair as they define stress, talk about its different flavors and effects, and lay the groundwork to talk about coping strategies in the first installment of this two-episode topic!
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Trish and Alex join each other from their homes in this episode, to discuss their next social-emotional learning skill: decision making. Tune in to this week's episode of PrevPod as the two prevention educators discuss consequences and influences, and break down the decision making process with the help of the STAR model.
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In this episode of PrevPod, Trish and Alex discuss another common question from the classroom: what's worse? Tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana? Well... the answer isn't quite that simple.
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Trish and Alex are joined by their first guest, Natasha Battle, to discuss what social emotional learning actually is. As it turns out, social emotional learning (SEL) skills are a pretty important part of Natasha's work as the PAX Coordinator for Prevention Works. Oh, and what is PAX? Guess you'll have to listen and find out!
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In this episode, Trish and Alex unpack a question they receive pretty frequently, particularly from younger students: Are people who smoke bad people? The short answer is: no. The long answer is what this episode is all about!
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Trish and Alex kick off a mini-series where they discuss the SEL skills they touch on in the classroom. In this episode: goal setting. What do you need to know? Why is it important? And what in the world are the three PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSZZZZZ?
An introduction to PrevPod, the Prevention Works podcast. In this episode co-hosts Trish and Alex discuss themselves, the podcast, and what prevention actually is.