IC&RC Prevention Specialist study plan

Define the five steps of the strategic prevention framework and restate them from memory

Distinguish needs assessment, resource assessment, and readiness assessment in writing

Identify at least eight data sources used to document community need and classify each as primary or secondary

Draft three process objectives and three outcome objectives that meet SMART criteria

Explain how logic models link needs, activities, outputs, and outcomes

Construct a short evaluation plan naming at least two formative and two summative measures

Compare experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental designs and select one with justification

Summarize the distinction between environmental strategies and individually focused strategies

Match four environmental change tactics (policy, enforcement, retail regulation, marketing restrictions) to a scenario

Assemble a 15-item self-quiz on planning, evaluation, and environmental concepts and score it

Outline the stages of community readiness and predict the appropriate strategy at three different stages

Describe how to recruit, retain, and recognize coalition members across sectors

Differentiate community organizing models and justify a selection for a given neighborhood

Design a facilitation agenda for a coalition meeting that produces at least two action commitments

List methods for resolving conflict and managing power differences within a coalition

Classify prevention activities into universal, selective, and indicated levels using six examples

Match the six CSAP strategy types to concrete program activities

Sequence prevention education delivery for a specific age band and cite developmental rationale

Identify three evidence-based programs and state the population and setting each requires

Explain fidelity, adaptation, and dosage as they affect program outcomes

Select culturally responsive curricula and justify the fit for a named community

Distinguish health communication, social marketing, and media advocacy in writing

Design a message that applies accurate perception of risk and avoids fear-based backfire

Demonstrate reflective listening and motivational interviewing micro-skills in a 10-minute role-play

Adapt a single message for three audiences with different literacy and cultural contexts

Build a media advocacy plan identifying the outlet, spokesperson, frame, and call to action

Draft talking points that translate data into a public narrative without stigmatizing language

Trace how a bill or ordinance becomes policy at the local level and name the points of influence

Map the stakeholders for a proposed policy change and label supporters, opponents, and undecided

Prepare testimony or public comment of 300 words supporting an environmental change

Apply the prevention code of ethics to four written ethical dilemmas and defend each decision

Describe the certification and recertification requirements and build a documentation tracker

Identify signs of burnout and construct a personal self-care and supervision plan

Practice confidentiality, informed consent, and mandated reporting decisions in case scenarios

Evaluate two continuing education opportunities against identified competency gaps

Complete two full-length timed practice exams and record domain-level scores

Diagnose the two weakest domains and re-teach each with a written summary sheet

Retrieve key terms across all six domains using spaced-repetition flashcards

Rehearse verbal explanations of ten core concepts aloud to test true recall

Assemble a one-page pre-exam review sheet of formulas, models, and definitions