Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention - A Message Guide for Providers (National Council for Mental Wellbeing)

Tools and Templates

The purpose of this online toolkit and the accompanying message guide, developed by National Council for Mental Wellbeing and CDC, is to equip youth-serving providers with substance use prevention messaging. The Getting Candid suite of resources includes tools to start conversations including Establishing Trust, Gather Insights, Fram the Conversation, Make the Case,and Suggest Action. Specific toolkit topics include substance use prevention messaging, safely communicating with you, techniques for engagement, sharing information with youth, making connections, and implementation and sustainability.

Getting Candid Message Guide: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/National-Council-Message-Guide-Getting-Candid-WEB.pdf

Getting Candid Message Guide (Spanish): https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Message-Guide-for-Providers_Spanish.pdf

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