Reaching TeensTailored experiences for various professional settings: Educational, Juvenile Justice, Substance Use Program and Recovery, Foster Care, Health Care, Sports and Physical Recreation, and Settings That Serve Youth Enduring Homelessness, Unstable Housing, or Human Trafficking.
A comprehensive toolkit that allows youth-serving professionals to apply principles found in 3 theoretical frameworks: Positive youth development; Resilience-building strategies; Trauma-sensitive practices.
▪ Prepares youth-serving professionals to: use strength-based communication strategies to support healthy adolescent development and facilitate positive behavioral-change processes; address a variety of behavioral risks and mental health issues from a strength-based perspective.
▪ Is evidence-informed and theoretically driven
▪ Infused with diverse, expert multidisciplinary experience and the views of youth from many cultural and sociodemographic backgrounds
▪ Infused with wisdom and experience from leading positive youth development agencies
▪ A multimedia toolkit that uses written chapters, hundreds of videos, and group learning discussion processes to reinforce learning
▪ Is a continuing education product approved for credit by national organizations representing: Social workers, Counselors, Nurses, Physicians, Physician assistants, Health educators (teachers are given objectives rooted in social-emotional learning that will help them apply for local accreditation.
▪ A toolkit that was shown in an external process evaluation by the University of North Texas Health Science Center to: Fortify knowledge of trauma, resilience, and strength-based approaches among human service providers; Improve organizational environments, policies, and practices; Improve system communication, collaboration, and coordination of care.
