October 11-12, 2017 Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey Grantville, PA This conference will provide valuable information for educators, homeless liaisons, shelter personnel, educators, pupil services personnel, guidance counselors, social workers and other professionals working with students experiencing homelessness. Topics will include McKinney-Vento and the Every Student Succeeds Act, rural poverty, the role of the homeless liaison, early […]
WEBINAR – Social Belonging for Youth Success: Research and Promising Practices
Social Belonging for Youth Success: Research and Promising Practices September 14, 2017 2:00 PM in Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada) Description: A strong sense of social belonging means feeling valued and accepted by others. Social belonging has been linked to many aspects of success in school, career and adult life, including physical health, mental health, […]
Building Community to Protect and Empower Youth & Families
Partnerships Drive Success: Using Cross-Sector Collaborations to Build Capacity in Youth Agencies
Thu, Jun 22, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT Partnering with local organizations, other mentoring and/or youth agencies and businesses can help mentoring programs expand their services beyond the current program model, recruit more qualified mentors and maximize their fundraising efforts. Join this webinar to explore how programs can identify, support and cultivate valuable […]
Day of Dance 2017
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Thought Leader Roundtable: How Business Leaders Can Support Children and Youth
Thought Leader Roundtable: How Business Leaders Can Support Children and Youth May 16, 2017 3:30 PM These candid, unscripted conversations feature Karen Pittman with some of the most influential, boundary-pushing leaders working to improve the lives of children and youth. Karen will be joined by David Rattray, Executive Vice President with the Center for Education […]
Mental Health First Aid (Youth)
WHAT: Youth Mental Health First Aid Youth Mental Health First Aid is not a clinical course and is not intended for mental health experts. It is designed to provide interested people in the community with the knowledge, strategies and tactics they can use to understand, identify and respond to an individual undergoing a mental health […]
Mentoring Partnership: Understanding Challenging Behaviors
Monday Oct. 3 – Understanding Challenging Behaviors (5:30-7:30 p.m.) Youth who won’t talk. Kids who won’t sit still. Sullen, Disinterested. That’s what we see, but what does it mean? Challenging behaviors can be difficult for mentors to understand. Attending this workshop can help you stick it out through the difficult times with compassion and insight, […]
APOST Training: Building Community
Building Community in a youth program is important for many reasons. A strong, welcome community can help young people feel safe, feel a sense of belonging, and build heir sense of selves within the group. Even beyond these personal growth areas, a strong program community can create an environment in which learning can better […]
Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series: Capturing Youth Outcomes
Thursday, September 15, 1:00 – 2:15pm Eastern Time WEBINARS The Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention through the National Mentoring Resource Center and facilitated in partnership with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. These webinars would not be possible without the planning team, which includes the following Mentoring […]