Alcohol, Cannabis & Athletic Performance
ABOUT:
Student-athletes spend significant time and energy to be the best in their sport but may not realize the ways alcohol and cannabis use can impact athletic performance and negate all those efforts. Through discussion, interactive audience response technology, and real-life examples, you’ll test your knowledge on the performance impacts of alcohol and cannabis use, learn how to apply this information to reach student-athletes effectively, and help create healthy, winning team cultures on campus.
At the end of this presentation, attendees will be better able to:
- Discuss the ways alcohol and cannabis use can impact athletic performance.
- Identify student-athlete alcohol and cannabis use norms.
- Understand ways to address the role of substance use among student-athletes when presented with a case in your practice.
Target Audience: ATs, RDs, CSCS, and other sports medicine or athlete support staff
Speaker:
Susie Bruce, M.Ed.
Director of the University of Virginia’s Gordie Center
Susie Bruce, M.Ed., is Director of the University of Virginia’s Gordie Center, which works to end hazing and substance misuse among college and high school students nationwide through evidence-informed, student-tested resources. She has 30 years’ experience in collegiate health promotion, with expertise in the social norms approach, peer education, and curriculum infusion. She directs the APPLE Training Institutes: the leading national strategic training program for substance misuse prevention and health promotion for student-athletes and athletics departments, is a Faculty Affiliate of Youth-Nex, the Center to Promote Effective Youth Development, and is a member of Responsibility.Org’s Education Advisory Board.
Drug Free Sport International (BOC AP# P8729) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 1.25 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the session.
