Christi Valentini-Lackner BS, OCPC
Chief Program Officer, PreventionFIRST!
This training is designed to help K-12 district and school leaders understand current issues and vaping trends among middle school and high school students.
We will discuss the importance of implementing a drug-free policy within your schools, as well as how you can improve your school’s policy if you already have one in place. In this training, we will share data surrounding vaping, cessation programs, and other resources to share with your colleagues, students, or families.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants should be able to:
- Understand the current vaping use trends and the risks associated with them.
- Acknowledge the importance of having a drug-free school policy in place.
- Identify what your school’s drug-free policy is missing, or how it could be improved.
- Share vaping cessation programs, and other vaping resources with colleagues, students, and families.
- Participants will leave training with a drug-free school policy checklist, vetted resources such as a vaping toolkit and curriculum, as well as knowledge around updated vaping trends.
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).
