Conference: National Federation of Families 34th Annual Conference
Dates/Location: November 9 – 11, 2023, Chicago, IL
The National Federation of Families is a nationwide advocacy organization with families as its sole focus, playing an important role in helping parents, caregivers, and families of children – of any age – whose lives are impacted by mental health and substance use challenges. The annual conference leverages our lived experience and learned solutions for the support and advancement of families whose children of any age experience mental health and/or substance use challenges during their lifetime.
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Virtual Conference: Youth Peer Support Action Summit
Dates/Location: November 10 – 11, 2023, Online
This free event is a national, virtual youth-led summit designed to unite and inspire youth and young adult leaders in peer support, including peer specialists, program leaders, and advocates.
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Webinar: Physical Activity to Improve Mental Health in Adolescents
Date/Time: October 4, 2023, 9am PT / 12pm ET
This webinar presents best practices consistent with a trauma-informed approach to coaching and teaching youth.
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Webinar: Advances in Culturally Responsive Clinical Supervision
Date/Time: October 9, 2023, 10am PT / 1pm ET
This presentation will focus on advances in culturally responsive clinical supervision. Fundamental concepts and definitions in cultural responsiveness more broadly such as privilege, oppression, and intersectionality, as well as common points of misunderstanding, will be reviewed. Multicultural Orientation and structural approaches will be briefly introduced as they apply to clinical supervision, and the research on culturally responsive clinical supervision will be discussed.
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Online Training: Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Date/Time: October 17, 2023, 6:30am – 11am PT / 9:30am – 2pm ET
Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health challenges and substance use disorders (SUDs) in young people. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to a young person who may be developing a mental health or substance use issue and help connect them to the appropriate care.
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Webinar: Supporting the Mental Well-being of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools
Date/Time: October 20, 2023, 9am PT / 12pm ET
Attendees will engage in discussion with panelists on navigating context paralysis and addressing the mental well-being of LGBTQIA+ youth.
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Webinar: Understanding and Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Students
Date/Time: October 23, 2023, 12pm PT / 3pm ET
The purpose of this session is to provide the participant with increased awareness and knowledge about transgender and gender diversity, in general; gaining insight into specific school experiences of transgender and gender diverse students; and considering strategies participants can employ to support transgender and gender diverse students in their work in education and other settings. Learning will be supported through direct instruction and videos to support webinar content.
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