Posts by Sara Weisman
Prevention Services presented ACE Interface at SVCC – Alberta Campus
Prevention Services presented ACE Interface: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences training at the Alberta campus of SVCC-Southside Virginia Community College on March 21. 2023. ACEs is an presentation on the brain science, ACEs studies and the resiliency factors connected to the movement of creating a local trauma informed community network. For more information…
Read MorePrevention Services partners with SVHEC to host 2-day ASIST training
Prevention Services and the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center hosted an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training on March 9 & 10, 2023 for 16 local community folks and staff. ASIST is a two day suicide prevention training focusing on new knowledge, empowering people and providing skilled, life-saving interventions. For more information on ASIST or other…
Read MoreSBH Partners with Local Business to Launch Youth Pledge Campaign to Reject Nicotine-Use
BRUNSWICK , MECKLENBURG, & HALIFAX, VIRGINIA – Southside Behavioral Health is partnering with local businesses across the counties of Halifax, Mecklenburg, and Brunswick, Virginia to create a youth pledge campaign offering discounts to youth who take a pledge to be nicotine-free. “Despite a decrease in traditional cigarette-use, vaping and nicotine-use still exists in our…
Read MorePrevention Services offer training at Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC)
Prevention Services is proud to share that we hosted a REVIVE Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education for VA training and presented Lock and Talk VA initiatives at both campuses of Southside Virginia Community College in Alberta and Keysville on January 24th and 26th. 11 staff and students in Alberta joined our efforts while 24 joined us in Keysville. Stephen…
Read MorePrevention offers safeTALK at TJM Community Center
On Wednesday, December 14, Prevention Services held a safeTALK class hosted by A&M Family Services at the TJM Community Center in South Boston. 11 people from across the area participated in this important training that teaches participants to recognize and engage persons who may be having thoughts of suicide and connect them to community resources trained in…
Read MoreDe-Stress During the Holidays
Feeling overwhelmed thinking about the upcoming holidays and the logistics of spending time with family and friends, cooking large meals, buying groceries for those large meals, and everything in between? If you are noticing the signs of stress before the holiday season has even begun, read on! We are here to help you out by…
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