Tagged With "Teen"

· Tips for Virtually Engaging Parents and Caregivers Parents and other caregivers of adolescents play a key role in supporting young people and helping them navigate adolescence as they transition toward adulthood. This is particularly important during times of stress and change, such as the current public health pandemic that has upended the regular routines of adolescents and families. This tip sheet provides you with strategies you can use to reach out to parents virtually and provide...

· Nurturing the Amazing Teen Brain The way children’s brains grow during adolescence has lasting effects on their health and well-being later on in life. Brain science offers important insight into how and why adolescents may act the way they do. And it helps guide parents on ways to support teens’ growing development. · When Do Teens Feel Loved by Their Parents? In their drive for independence, teenagers can seem to reject parents. A new study suggests that the key to making them feel loved...

The Yolo Opioid Response team with CommuniCare Health Centers worked to develop a video that provides education and awareness for youth opioid risks and services available. Healthcare Providers: https://youtu.be/Fiy3Xupk9l0 Teen: https://youtu.be/upl7iWWWImA Parents: https://youtu.be/KiAk5gs7bYY

Adolescence is a dynamic time for both brain development and social pressures, making it a critical period to understand mental, emotional, and behavioral health, yet it is often overlooked in terms of policies and service interventions, which makes many young people feel unheard when communicating their own challenges. To explore best practices in providing and supporting adolescent health services and key messaging and communication strategies related to the mental, emotional, and...

Your Voice Matters! Be the voice your community needs. Saturday April 24th 9AM-12PM. For more info visit: www.yolosayyes.com. See the attached flyers for more info. REGISTRATION closes Friday, April 23rd at 4PM.

This is a youth teen group. For more information see the attachments or contact Kenna. Kenna Cook Pronouns: She/Her, They/Them CommuniCare: Youth Projects Supervisor - Elevate Youth & Youth Opioid Response Phone: (530) 759-3136 | Email: kennac@communicarehc.org

As many of you may know, Empower Yolo provides 24 hour crisis intervention, emergency shelter, confidential counseling, training, legal assistance and other services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and child abuse. We also have a resource center and do community outreach to improve the health, social, educational and economic outcomes of Yolo County residents. Currently we are offering 3 support group classes aimed to...

The pandemic has had a lasting effect on youth mental health. Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with a team of students and alumni from ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions —a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. The mobile-friendly Me & My Emotions website features engaging graphics and bite-sized lessons teens can access and...