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The Cutting Edge: Understanding and Addressing Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Youth

Janis Whitlock

2021

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a common and yet under-recognized phenomenon. In this presentation, Janis Whitlock reviews the characteristics of NSSI and highlights several factors that are influential in recovery.

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adolescent mental health webinar series, videos, webinars

You Can Help a Student: Recognizing When Adolescent Students are Struggling and How to Help Them

Diana Cusumano

2021

In this webinar, Diana Cusumano identifies signs of distress in youth and describes how to respond particularly as these signs relate to potential suicide.

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adolescent mental health webinar series, videos, webinars

Vaping: Basics for Health Educators

Taylor Starr, DO, MPH

2020

Dr. Taylor Starr discusses what we now know about vaping and adolescents, and suggests ways to talk effectively with young people about the risks of vaping. This webinar was originally presented to health educators supported by ACT for Youth.

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youth work professionals, risk behaviors, videos, CAPP and PREP webinars

Substance Use in Adolescents: Basics for Health Educators

Taylor Starr, DO, MPH

2019

In this CAPP and PREP webinar, Dr. Taylor Starr discusses trends, risk and protective factors, stages of substance use, facts about commonly used substances, and a framework for talking to teens.

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videos, health

Attention Please!

Jutta Dotterweich

2018

In this presentation to the Positive Youth Development Network in NYS, Jutta Dotterweich explored what research has to say about our ability to pay attention, and how youth workers can help young people focus.

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youth work professionals, brain development, adolescent development, webinars, videos

What Do Youth Workers Have to Know about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

Jutta Dotterweich

2017

In this Positive Youth Development Network webinar, Jutta Dotterweich discusses implications of the ADA for youth programming.

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youth work professionals, disability, accommodations, webinars, videos

Digital Literacy and Citizenship

ACT for Youth Center of Excellence and Cornell University Social Media Lab

2016

Mobile devices and social media sites have changed the way young people interact with the world. It's important to help young people negotiate this new reality in a safe and responsible way.

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technology, new media, SEL, social and emotional development, videos

Impact of Social Media

ACT for Youth Center of Excellence and Cornell University Social Media Lab

2016

What is the impact of social media on young people? In this video, we discuss both negative and positive effects on adolescent well-being, identities, and relationships.

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technology, new media, adolescent development, videos

Social and Emotional Learning

ACT for Youth Center of Excellence

2016

This video introduces social and emotional learning (SEL) and explains why SEL is relevant to practitioners in the field of positive youth development.

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program planning, videos

Resiliency Research

ACT for Youth Center of Excellence

2015

This video introduces resiliency research and describes the power of protective factors.

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positive youth development, adolescence, videos