Vape 411: What Parents Need To Know A Partnership with Travis - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Vape 411: What Parents Need To Know A Partnership with Travis Country and BCMS Administration

Community Partners ► PTO Leadership President, Haley Brust ○ Vice-President, Karen Longhenry ○ ► Travis County Deputy Lisa Lucas Canine Deputy, Maverick ○ ► BCMS Administration & Leadership Team Principal, Amanda Prehn ○ Assistant Principals, Laura Keogh & Tres Ellis ○ Counselor, Dana Page ○ School Nurse, Cheryl Rhodes, RN ○

Benefits of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Students experience: ● Academic success ● Less emotional distress ● Fewer behavioral problems ● Positive social behavior At SCHOOL we teach social emotional skills through our Second Step program each week. At HOME we would like to empower you as parents to keep the dialogue going. (See Counselor Corner in Mrs. Prehn’s weekly newsletter.)

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Vaping / E-Cigarettes ► Act of inhaling vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or vaporizer. Usually produced from a liquid called e-juice or e-liquid. (Vegetable glycerin and propylene glycol as well as flavoring) ► May or may not contain nicotine. ► Looks thicker than traditional cigarette smoke. Also tends to smell better and quickly dissipates into the air. ► Many purchase online or obtain from older sibling. ► Are illegal if possessed by someone under 21 years of age. ► Mostly done due to peer pressure.

Vaping / E-Cigarettes

Vaping / E-Cigarettes

Signs of Vaping ► Sweet smells ► Irritability ► Vaping paraphernalia ► Dry mouth

Vaping / E-Cigarettes Where are students vaping? ► Bathrooms ► Hallways ► Classrooms ► Vehicles ► Pretty much anywhere they can get away with it.

Scariest Part… ► Nicotine is highly addictive ► Unknown what is actually inside the liquid ► Drug dealers have been known to put liquid meth and heroin inside the vape pods or dispensers in order to get kids addicted to harsher drugs.

Health Consequences of VAPING ➤ Vaping - originally marketed as a smoking cessation aide ➤ Nicotine - ADDICTION especially harmful in youth and teens ➤ EVALI (e-cigarette/vaping associated lung injury) ➤ Other harmful ingredients ➤ Unknown long-term health effects ➤ Faulty batteries exploding

What can you do? ► Talk to your kids about vaping and the dangers of becoming addicted. ► Randomly search your kids backpacks, rooms, clothing if you suspect they might be vaping. ► Talk to the School Resource Officer or School Administrators if you feel your child needs some extra attention in reference to vaping or drugs.

How are we handling this in school? ➤ Prevention ➤ Education ➤ Counseling ➤ Discipline & School Consequences ➤ Partnership with School Nurse ○ Assessment and Intervention Protocol ➤ Partnerships with Social Services & Outside Providers ➤ Partnerships with School Resource Officers

Thank you for joining us this evening!

RESOURCES CDC - E-Cigarettes: Talk to Youth About the Risks https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/features/back-to-school/e-cigarettes-talk-to-youth-about-risks/index.html NIH supported resource for teens to quit vaping https://teen.smokefree.gov/ Scholastic/FDA: How to talk to kids about vaping risks http://www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks/FamilyResourcePage_middleschool.pdf The New Look of Nicotine Addiction http://makesmokinghistory.org/dangers-of-vaping/parents/