3 Hour

This course will focus on Community Organization, definition and how to implement and utilize.
The course objectives are:
1) Understand the definition of Community Organization
2) Understanding how Community Organization fits into substance abuse prevention
3) Understanding your community and its already existing Community Organizations
4) Apply your understanding and develop a community coalition

References
Wikipedia, (2015) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing
Samhsa.gov (2015)
Shapiro, V. B., Hawkins, J. D., Oesterle, S., Monahan, K. C., Brown, E. C., & Arthur, M. W. (2013).     Variation in the Effect of Communities That Care on Community Adoption of a Scientific     Approach to Prevention. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 4(3), 154-    164.