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Media Literacy 101 for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners

1.5 CE Hour
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About the Course

This course is for substance misuse prevention practitioners to explain and teach media literacy to middle school and high school aged students. It includes: the 6 CSAP strategies, youth exposure to advertising, basic media literacy, steps to become media literate, social media, social media influences, and traditional media, online advertising and influencing, explaining the why behind advertising, need vs. want, persuasive vs. Informative, passive vs. active social media marketing, active vs. passive consumer, CRAAP Test, marijuana advertising, what social media literacy addresses, development of media literacy skills and social emotional competency, social media red flags, and critical thinking,

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Media Literacy 101 for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners created by Christi Valentini-Lackner, OCPC in 2024.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Jun 2024

Course Material Author

Christi Valentini-Lackner, OCPC
Christi Valentini-Lackner is the Chief Program Officer for Community Strategies at PreventionFIRST!. She is an Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant (OCPC) who has worked in the prevention field for over 20 years. Christi has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Ohio University, is the Vice President for the Ohio Prevention Professionals Association and serves on the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board’s Education and Training Committee. In 2016, she received the ADAPAO Advocate of the Year Award. Christi is an Ohio Coaching and Mentoring (OCAM) Network coach and mentor. The Ohio Coaching & Mentoring Network (OCAM) is a statewide initiative providing capacity building and workforce development for prevention professionals. The OCAM Network is a diverse team of experienced and certified Ohio prevention professionals.

Christi Valentini-Lackner, OCPC authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Discuss the need for media literacy among youth.
  2. 2 Identify tools to determine the accuracy and intent of media.
  3. 3 Describe how media is being used to engage youth in substance use of alcohol and marijuana.

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

1.5 CE Hours
Recorded Webinar
Course 103726

Related Topics

Adolescents Prevention Communication Youth Marijuana Social Network School/University Public Health Distinct Populations

Availability

This course is available until Apr 3rd, 2035.

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