The Latino Connection Tobacco Prevention and Control Team, Roxbury Treatment Centers, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health hosted a webinar about how nicotine and vaping impact students and schools.
Guest speaker Matthew Null, Community Relations Representative at Roxbury Treatment Center, presented his research titled, “Vaping Prevention Resources for Schools: A Virtual Learning Collaborative.“
Objectives:
- Examine current data and trends about vaping.
- Understand how vaping impacts student behavior and academic performance.
- Discuss challenges to course instruction, school administration, and operation.
- Share best practices, successful strategies and approaches.
- Take a restorative justice, healthcare and supportive approach, instead of punishment.
- Design and implement vape-free school and alternative to suspension policies.
- Access prevention and treatment resources for schools and parents.
- Student education programs and curricula (e.g. Catch My Breath, INDEPTH, NOT)
- Printouts, posters, toolkits
- Student Assistance Programs
- Training opportunities for school professionals
- Youth-led programs (e.g. Tobacco Resistance Unit)
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