IC&RC Prevention Specialist case studies
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The IC&RC Prevention Specialist (PS) credential is one of the professional credentials offered through the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, an organization whose mission is to promote public protection by offering internationally recognized credentials and examinations for prevention, substance use disorder, and recovery professionals. The PS is intended for prevention practitioners who want a recognized demonstration of competency in prevention practice, and it is administered through IC&RC’s member certification and licensing boards. The IC&RC Prevention Specialist case studies are 5 cases and about 4,006 words.
1The Missing 38 Percent: Building a Priority Framework on Uneven Data
Riverbend County (pop. 84,000) must submit a three-year strategic plan to its state funder in ten weeks.
796 words, about 4 min2A Curriculum Off Its Target: Dose, Fidelity, and Pressure From the Principal
A regional coalition has purchased a curriculum with strong evidence for grades 6-8: 12 sessions of 45 minutes, built around interactive role-play and refusal-skills practice. The principal of a K-8 school with 640 students wants it delivered to grades 3-5 instead, saying that referrals are starting in fourth grade.
735 words, about 4 min3Fourteen Members, No Neighbors: Readiness, Agendas, and a Six-Week Grant Deadline
A neighborhood of 9,000 residents has had an open-air drug market on a four-block stretch for six years. A coalition formed eight months ago has 14 members: eleven are staff of social service agencies, one is a landlord who owns two buildings on the block, one is a pastor, and one is the mayor's liaison, who has attended twice.
820 words, about 4 min4Density, Disparity, and a Lawsuit Threat: Choosing a Tobacco Retail Policy
A city of 130,000 is deciding how to reduce youth tobacco and nicotine initiation. Staff data show one tobacco retailer per 240 residents on the low-income East Side, versus one per 900 citywide.
811 words, about 4 min5Three Requests in One Week: Competence, Confidentiality, and Small-Cell Data
You coordinate a small nonprofit prevention agency. Three requests land in the same week.
844 words, about 4 min