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Substance Misuse Prevention: Personal, School, and Community Health Concepts
Date:
September 8, 2025 All day
Price:
Instructor(s):
Louise DeGuise M.Ed. & Sunny Noelle Naughton
Event Type:
Virtual
Graduate Credits:
3
Intended Audience:
The content of the course work addresses the essential competencies required by the State of Vermont for a Health Educator endorsement. Currently licensed and endorsed health educators are also welcome to take this course for professional development or recertification credits.
Participants must attend all events:
- Event Date
- Event Date
This course is designed for school health staff, consultants, and community partners to provide a sufficient level of knowledge, skills, and resources to teach in a school’s curriculum and substance misuse prevention and education program. The aim is to prevent negative consequences of substance misuse and the development of substance use disorder in students at risk and to prepare professionals to serve as resources for youth, families, and school staff within the school’s health education and school health program. The course content, activities, and the course project are aligned to the National Health Education Knowledge and Performance Standards and the Vermont Rules Governing the Licensing of Educators and the Preparation of Educational Professionals (pp. 125-127). Participants apply the course teachings in a school-based project.
Start/End Dates: September 8, 2025 – December 13, 2025
Online Synchronous Class Meetings:
9/15/2025: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
12/11/2025: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Instructor
Louise DeGuise
