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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

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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

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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

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Building Developmental Relationships
Jutta Dotterweich
2019

In this Positive Youth Development Network webinar, Jutta Dotterweich explores research findings and resources that will help youth workers establish and maintain developmental relationships with young people.

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youth work professionals, webinars, program planning

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Hidden Biases: Is this a concern for youth work professionals?
Jutta Dotterweich
2019

Based on the work of Mahzarin Banaji and colleagues at Harvard University, this webinar introduces hidden biases and automatic thinking that can affect the way we work with youth and with each other.

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youth work professionals, webinars

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Motivation and Goals
Kristen Elmore
2019

In this Positive Youth Development Network webinar, Kristen Elmore discusses motivational theories, characteristics and beliefs related to motivation, and how we can design contexts that support motivation.

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youth work professionals, webinars, adolescent development, program planning

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Safe Harbour: Services for Child Trafficking in New York State
Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
2019

This webinar, presented for ACT for Youth by OCFS, provides an introduction to the commercial sexual exploitation of children. It reviews who is most at risk, types of child sex trafficking, and red flags, and introduces a trauma-informed response.

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youth work professionals, prevention, webinars

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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

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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

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Strengthening Self-Regulation
Jutta Dotterweich
2018

In this Positive Youth Development Network webinar, Jutta Dotterweich introduces the co-regulation model and concrete strategies for helping youth strengthen self-regulation.

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youth work professionals, webinars, adolescent development, program planning, social and emotional learning, SEL

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