The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is offering a Half-day workshop titled “21st Century Smoking- We Can’t Suspend Our Way Out of It”.
This training is for educators, prevention providers, law enforcement, probation officers, school administration, treatment, and counselors. This training is unique, in that it provides insight into how technology is pairing with vaping, as well as offering strategies for prevention and intervention. The instructors strive to get participants to think outside the box and inspire critical thinking about the impact of vaping, including JUULing, current technology, and alternatives to suspension.
This half-day workshop offered by DCJS will provide school leaders and law enforcement working in schools important information about current smoking and substance abuse trends affecting the youth in our communities.
This training is being offered at no cost to K-12 educators, prevention providers, law enforcement, probation officers, school administration, treatment professionals, and counselors.
Linda Hancock is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a PhD in Education. She spent 30 years working at Virginia Commonwealth University in the student health clinic and directing The Well; a wellness resource and education center. Linda spends her retirement educating, advocating and donating in the name of current issues surrounding physical and mental health in our communities. Linda includes an element of humor to her trainings to facilitate deeper learning with training titles such as “Campbell’s Soup, Frosted Flakes and Sex,” “Which Way Would Jesus Drink?” “JUUL and all that Jazz,” and “Marijuana 2.0.”
Carolyn Lamm provides professional development, consultation, and coaching for educators in practical and user-friendly behavioral interventions that achieve significant measurable outcomes. During the past 14 years, she has coordinated District-wide scale-up of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (MTSS-PBIS) for several school divisions and coached implementation of behavioral interventions in over 80 schools in Virginia. Carolyn contributes presentations at local, state, and national conferences on integration of positive behavioral interventions with restorative practices, social emotional learning, trauma impact and mental wellness supports. Carolyn served most recently as Supervisor for Student Support in Fauquier County Public Schools (FCPS). Carolyn has also recently served as project director for several grant projects addressing challenging behavior, including a DCJS Juvenile Justice grant for the Restorative Pathways program. Carolyn has extensive experience in aligning supports and networking effective practices for division-wide systems change. Outcomes for this work have regained instructional time, decreased discipline incidents, decreased disproportionality, improved equity, improved student self-management, re-engaged previously “lost” students, and transformed school culture.
Law enforcement officers serving in schools who complete this workshop are eligible to receive partial in-service credit hours.
There is no fee to attend this workshop. All training materials will be provided.
Participants are responsible for their transportation, meals, and lodging arrangements and expenses.
Pre-registration is required.
