Prevention Tools

As a service to Ohio's prevention community, OPPA provides access to the following tools, developed by OPPA, our members, or other partners and entities, to assist Ohio’s prevention professionals and advocates in their professional development. Additional tools and resources are available to OPPA members on the Member Login section of our website. To suggest a tool for consideration by OPPA for inclusion in the Resources section, e-mail mail@ohiopreventionprofessionals.org.

Prevention Supervision Tools

The Ohio Prevention Professionals Association is developing a range of tools to support supervision of prevention professionals in Ohio. These resources are intended to support prevention supervision but are not prescriptive. Expectations of prevention supervision are the purview of the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board, the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, and/or individual employers and professionals. Prevention supervisors should access professional legal or other guidance around supervision practice, when appropriate.

Additional tools will be added to this webpage in the coming weeks.

Prevention Supervision Best Practice Guidelines - A guide for anyone providing supervision of one or more prevention professionals in Ohio or considering taking on a prevention supervision role.

External Supervision: Key Things to Consider - A guidance document for individuals considering providing supervision of one or more prevention professionals in Ohio as an external consultant -- not employed by the supervisee's employer.

Prevention Supervision Log - A tool to document prevention supervision meetings.

Prevention Services and Practical Experience Log - Three-tab Excel template to document practical experience -- two templates by prevention domain -- to ensure work experience requirements mandated for ensuring a prevention certificate.

Observation Form: Prevention Education and Service Delivery - A practical tool for supervisors providing observation of classroom (and other settings) delivery of prevention education and other prevention services.

Self-Reflection Form - A complement to the Observation Form, providing the supervisee with a means for self-reflection on classroom (and other settings) delivery of prevention education and other prevention services. Intended to be used with the Observation Form.

Scopes of Practice Matrix: Ohio Prevention Professionals - An Excel document charting the CSAP Strategies, IC&RC domains and other roles delineated in the Scopes of Practice for Registered Applicants, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistants, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialists, and Ohio Certified Prevention Consultants.

Scopes of Practice and Code of Ethics: Ohio Prevention Professionals - The URLs for the Scopes of Practice for Registered Applicants, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistants, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialists, and Ohio Certified Prevention Consultants; and the Ohio Code of Ethics for Prevention Professionals.