The 4th Annual Stanford Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Conference will focus on the triangulum of cannabis, tobacco, and e-cigarettes. Learn about the most current research on youth and cannabis use, including popular products, reasons for use, health effects and much more.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Our office has scholarships available for educators, counselors, and administrators from the following districts: Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield-Suisun, Solano County Office of Education, River Delta, Vacaville and Vallejo City.

 

Contact Johanna Nowak-Palmer at jnowak@solanocoe.net for your scholarship code. This code must be provided at the time of your registration.

 

Conference Dates:
Wednesday, April 26th from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, April 27th from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

 

This virtual training will be two half-day sessions. Brief Intervention (BI) is a short-term counseling intervention that uses motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the stages-of-change model to meet the needs of students who use alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. BI consists of 2-4 sessions.

 

There are two trainings being offered:

 

This curriculum provides the information and resources to facilitate an alternative-to-suspension (intervention) one-on-one or small group for students who were caught with vapes/e-cigarettes. Developed by Stanford Medicine and part of the Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit; students learning about the facts, harms/dangers of e-cigarettes, and receive resources on how to quit vaping.

 

Training will cover foundational concepts of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE), health and educational disparities facing LGBTQ+ youth, laws that protect students, resources available, and specific strategies. This training is 2-part :

 

Training will cover foundational concepts of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE), health and educational disparities facing LGBTQ+ youth, laws that protect students, resources available, and specific strategies. This training is 1-part :

This professional development opportunity is designed for new and experienced administrators, district and school site administrators, special education leaders, counselors, and more. This training will focus on Healing-Centered and Restorative Practices, Ensuring Student Engagement and Connectedness and it is linked to Effective Discipline Policies and Procedures.

During this training participants will build skills of counselors and others working with youth. Brief Intervention (BI) is a short-term counseling sessions of intervention that consist of 2 to 4 sessions. The approach uses Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and the Stages of Change Model to meet the needs of students who are engaged in tobacco, marijuana, alcohol and/or other drug use; with the overall goal to reduce use and risky behaviors.

Healthy Futures is a curriculum adapted from Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit as an alternative to suspension (ATS) option for educators. The curriculum is free and downloadable for facilitators.