Sessions

Fake Prescription Pills and Fentanyl: What’s Next? An Update on the Current Opioid Situation

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From Posts to School Safety: How Schools/Campus Professionals Can Keep Students Safe Through Social Media and Conversation

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Session Info

In today’s digital world, student conflict and safety concerns often surface on social media long before they reach campus. This boots-on-the-ground session, facilitated/presented by a high school associate principal, will provide administrators and staff with practical tips and tools for using social media as an early-intervention resource to support campus safety and student well-being.

Participants will learn strategies for monitoring and responding to social media trends, facilitating difficult but necessary conversations with students and parents, and increasing parent awareness of what students are posting online. The session will also highlight how proactive communication and mentorship can redirect students away from violence and help them understand the long-term impact their choices have on their future.

Through real-world examples and actionable practices, attendees will leave with tools they can immediately implement to help keep violence and off-campus issues from entering their schools—while strengthening relationships, accountability, and student growth.

 

Fake IDs, Real Lives: The Latest Tools & Tactics for Preventing Bad Decisions

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Session Info

Fake IDs are no longer just a teenager's ticket to a handle of cheap vodka — and that's precisely the problem. As alcohol use has declined nationwide, underage individuals aren't simply making healthier choices; many are converting to increasingly accessible and far more dangerous alternatives, including high-potency cannabis, synthetic drugs, and other substances capable of causing devastating, life-altering harm. Today's counterfeit IDs are sophisticated, convincing, and increasingly used as a gateway to these substances, making detection more critical than ever. 
In this session, Tech Corporal Mark Baxter draws on real-world, front-line experience to equip attendees with the latest tools and tactics for stopping fake IDs before they become a gateway to life-altering consequences. Participants will leave with actionable, immediately deployable methods and the techniques and tricks to quickly and confidently identify even the most convincing counterfeits. In the end, prevention is the intervention.

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