Christi Valentini-Lackner BS, OCPC
Chief Program Officer, PreventionFIRST!
One of the most crucial parts of prevention is skill building! Over the years, we have learned that telling our youth to “just say no” is not effective. By building refusal skills with other students, we can give them an opportunity to practice what they might say if they need to refuse drugs or other substances. Equipping students with these important skills empowers them to face real-life situations.
During this hour-long webinar, presenters Christi Valentini-Lackner and Ryley Jones will explore what effective youth-led prevention means, how you can implement it in your schools, and why skill-building is so critical when implementing prevention strategies in our schools and communities!
Presenters will share tools, resources, and examples of evidence-based strategies you can use to help develop your youth’s refusal skills, decision-making skills, and critical thinking skills.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Define evidence-based youth-led prevention.
- Explain the importance of skill building in alcohol, vaping, and other drug prevention.
- Gain strategies and resources to equip students with the newest evidenced-based coping skills, critical thinking skills, and decision-making skills.
Presenters
Christi Valentini-Lackner is an Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant (OCPC) with over 23 years of experience in the field of prevention. She is a Chief Program Officer at PreventionFIRST!; an organization that aims to change or influence multiple community conditions and circumstances to reduce community level risk factors and increase protective factors. Christi graduated from Ohio University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Currently, Christi is the Vice President of Ohio Prevention Professionals Association (OPPA) formerly ADAPO. She is also the 2016 recipient of the ADAPAO Advocate Award. She has experience working in schools, directing coalitions, and facilitating training and technical assistance opportunities. Building prevention capacity is her favorite part of her job. She is an avid reader and has two dogs and a cat. Her husband is a high school geometry teacher.
Ryley Jones BS, CHES, OCPS
Program Manager at PreventionFIRST!
Ryley Jones is a Program Manager at PreventionFIRST! She is responsible for managing the Coalition Management Center, data collection and evaluation efforts, sending out all certificates of attendance, and managing the Ohio Coaching and Mentoring (OCAM) Network training calendar. She has a Bachelor of Science in health promotion and education with a focus in community health and a Minor in psychology from the University of Cincinnati. Ryley is currently pursuing her Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Behavioral Health through Kent State University. Ryley is an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist (OCPS) and a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).
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