What is anxiety? What does anxiety feel like? Kids may not recognize that what they have been feeling are symptoms of anxiety. Fight Flight Freeze – A Guide to Anxiety for Kids is a short animated video that explains anxiety and its symptoms in easy-to-understand terms. Read more ›
F3 or the Fight-Flight-Freeze response is the body’s automatic, built-in system designed to protect us from threat or danger. This video teaches teens how anxiety can trigger this normal biological response. Read more ›
Gender Spectrum is a nonprofit organization that helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens. Read more ›
All of us who are parents of children with special needs can recall the moment we first heard a professional confirm that there was something different about our child. Read more ›
Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep may be at an increased risk of engaging in unsafe sexual behaviors, such as not using condoms or having sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Read more ›
Effective communication is a protective factor that can help prepare teens to make informed, safe, and healthy decisions in the future. This session focuses on helping parents and trusted adults engage their children in open and honest conversation on the impact of social media and pornography on relationships, digital perfection and its impact on body image, and sexting. Read more ›
The Individual Connectedness workshop provides tips and tools to help parents navigate the transitional stage of tweens/teens with their children.
In this workshop, presenter Kanesha Baynard discusses the five components of Individual Connectedness, how to map out a family plan for communication, how to make a “creativity wheel” for stronger family bonds, how to have more fun and appreciate what it means to be in your family. Read more ›
When children demonstrate even mild difficulties with behavior or anxiety, parents often feel that their relationship with their child suffers even while they are doing their best to provide support. In this presentation, David Anderson, PhD, from Child Mind Institute reviews a range of research-based strategies for building a healthy relationship with your child from the toddler through teenage years. Read more ›
Build your student’s confidence and independence through strengths-based behavior management – and avoid exhausting power struggles. The first step is a shift in thinking about why challenging behavior occurs. Presenter Alexis Filippini, PhD, explores the intersection of old-school behavior science and modern mindfulness to support young people in developing skills to manage their own behavior. Read more ›
