ONE Step Colorado

The American Lung Association’s Colorado-specific ONE Step training and practical application, provides Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) and organizations serving low-income parents with training and resources about the harms and common misconceptions of environmental aerosols from electronic smoking devices, tobacco smoke, and marijuana smoke, and the basics of asthma management, asthma triggers and ways to reduce asthma triggers. ONE Step curriculum focuses on center, home, and car environments for maintaining asthma friendly environments.

Using health-focused messaging about removing asthma triggers and environmental tobacco (including e-cigarette) smoke from homes, this program will equip ECEs with the knowledge and confidence to connect with parents about the dangers of SHS/SHA and how protecting their child’s health can begin with one simple step: stepping outside away from doors and windows to use tobacco products.

The benefits of this training include:

Gaining the knowledge and tools to talk with parents about the effects of secondhand smoke, secondhand e-cigarette aerosol, and secondhand marijuana smoke
Understanding the importance of maintaining a home free of tobacco and marijuana smoke, and aerosol from electronic smoking devices (ESDs)
Encouraging “no smoking/no vaping” approach and practices in air shared by children and adults
Learning about cessation resources available to Coloradans

After completing the online training, participants identify at least three ways they can share the resources and engage parents in the conversation around elimination SHS/SHA. Participants are fully supported by American Lung Association staff through access to free resources including:

Children’s books
Children’s coloring workbooks and crayons
Brochures and flyers for parent education table
Classroom activities discussing the impacts of SHS/SHA
Fun incentives like kids masks, adult masks, and more
Smoke/vapefree signage for indoor and outdoor areas
Support implementing training or additional tailored training for staff and patrons done in partnership with the American Lung Association and participating organization
Certificate of Completion
Gift card for program completion
CO Shines Professional Development hours – three in total

Upcoming ONE Step On-Demand and Virtual Trainings

ONE Step training is available in a live virtual setting (in English and Spanish) and is available in recorded in Spanish; and is free. This training is for Colorado residents only.

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