40 Developmental Assets
This workshop lays the foundation for youth-serving organizations to introduce and begin implementing Search Institute’s Developmental Relationship framework.
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Implications for Substance Use/Misuse Prevention and Mental Health Promotion
In this workshop, participants will learn about adverse childhood experiences, and ways prevention professionals can use that data in their work.
Bouncing Back, Bouncing Forward—From Risk to Resilience
Multiple ways to increase resilience and protective factors will be discussed in this workshop to help children bounce back from adversity and bounce forward to physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.
The Building Blocks of Resiliency
This workshop will explore ways to educate parents, educators and community members in how to raise resilient children who have the skills needed to value their unique capabilities, show empathy and have respect for self and others, maintain meaningful relationships, make responsible decisions and achieve positive goals.
The Chemistry of Drug Use: Why Teens Are at Highest Risk
This workshop explains how our chemistry works, and which psychoactive drugs match our pain and calming chemical receptors.
Child & Adolescent Development: Just the Basics
The workshop provides an overview of social, emotional and moral development from the womb through adolescence.
Growing Resiliency in Children and Youth
This workshop will discuss the differing definitions of resiliency focusing on SAMHSA’s, “bouncing forward”.
Multiply by 10: Stress, Neuroscience & Adolescence
This workshop provides an overview of some of the 75 major differences between the adolescent and adult brains and the impact of unmitigated distress on the adolescent brain.
Strengthening Children and Families Through Play & Laughter
Participants of this workshop will be given the opportunity to learn about and engage in activities that can be used with/taught to families that are low to no cost.
The “Super” Power of Positive Relationships
Come explore the power of positive relationships and the implications it has on social emotional learning.
What is That Teen Doing with the Whipped Cream?
This highly interactive workshop discusses current adolescent drug trends.
When Crisis Hits Your School – Working with Affected Students
This interactive workshop will focus on the National Organization for Victims Assistance (NOVA) process as it relates to students affected by school and community tragedies.