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Knowledge to Action Reaching Teens Recording

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Knowledge to Action Reaching Teens Recording

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Reaching Teens: Empowering 
Youth-Serving Professionals

Are you looking to make a lasting impact on the lives of the teenagers you serve? Join us for this practical discussion led by Christina Lennon. She’ll share how her team created a training program to help youth-serving professionals solve these issues. 


Learn effective strategies to build a positive culture where teens feel heard, safe, and valued.
Gain insights into how to help teens overcome obstacles, reach their full potential, and build resilience.

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Center for Parent and Teen Communication

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The Center for Parent and Teen Communication is your guide through the journey of adolescence.

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Description

Reaching Teens provides communication strategies to effectively engage with today's teenagers.This professional toolkit integrates a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development.

More than 400+ videos combine with written chapters and an enhanced website platform to show how strength-based communication engages and empowers teens. It is an invaluable resource for anyone who works with teens, pediatricians and other physicians, mental health care providers, social service workers, and educators.

Proud recipient of Digital Health Awards, Spring 2021.
If you are interested in multi-user site license access or bulk purchase of print books to Reaching Teens, 2nd Edition, please click here. ---------------- KEY FEATURES

A robust toolkit that helps youth-serving professionals apply the key principles found in positive youth development, resilience, and trauma-sensitive care.

A professional toolkit that uses 400+ videos, written chapters, and group learning and discussion processes to reinforce learning.

Twenty-nine new chapters-95 total.

Website platform includes

Full book content plus references

Expanded version of select chapters

In-chapter access to videos and group learning and discussion

Tailored learning resources for different audiences created in conjunction with subject matter experts

Education

Health care

Juvenile justice

Foster care

Substance use programs and recovery

Sports and physical recreation

Settings that serve youth enduring homelessness, unstable housing, or human trafficking

Includes 400+ video clips.

Earn CME credits/CEU credits

Credit Statements
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAP designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

(Credit amounts per chapter vary, completion of the entire book allows users the opportunity to earn a total of 94 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.)

This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 2.0 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

PAs may claim a maximum of 2.0 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

This program is accredited for 2.0 NAPNAP CE contact hours of which 0 contain pharmacology (Rx) content, (0 related to psychopharmacology) (0 related to controlled substances), per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Continuing Education Guidelines.

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Reaching Teens: Strength-Based, Trauma-Sensitive, Resilience-Building Communication Strategies Rooted in Positive Youth Development, 2nd Edition | AAP

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Reaching Teens provides communication strategies to effectively engage with today's teenagers.This professional toolkit integrates a trauma-sensitive model

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Read the importance of resilience to help teenagers adapt to challenges, recover from setbacks, and develop the strength needed to navigate life's difficulties

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The ability to adapt well in the face of hard times is a valuable skill for young adults. The good news is that resilience is something that can be learned.

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American Psychological Association. (2020, June 1). Resilience for teens: 10 tips to build skills on bouncing back from rough times. https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience/bounce-teens

The ads make it look so easy to be a teen-everyone seems to be laughing, hanging out with friends, wearing exactly the right clothes. But if you're a young adult, you know that life can be pretty tough sometimes. You may face problems ranging from being bullied to the death of a friend or parent. Why is it that sometimes people can go through really rough times and still bounce back? The difference is that those who bounce back are using the skills of resilience.

The good news is that resilience isn't something you're born with or not-the skills of resilience can be learned. Resilience-the ability to adapt well in the face of hard times; disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, or fires; tragedy; threats; or even high stress-is what makes some people seem like they've "got bounce" while others don't.

10 tips to build resilience

What are some tips that can help you learn to be resilient? As you use these tips, keep in mind that each person's journey along the road to resilience will be different-what works for you may not work for your friends.

1. Get together. Talk with your friends and, yes, even with your parents. Understand that your parents may have more life experience than you do, even if it seems they never were your age. They may be afraid for you if you're going through really tough times and it may be harder for them to talk about it than it is for you! Don't be afraid to express your opinion, even if your parent or friend takes the opposite view. Ask questions and listen to the answers. Get connected to your community, whether it's as part of a religious group, sports, club, or high school group.

2. Cut yourself some slack. When something bad happens in your life, the stresses of whatever you're going through may heighten daily stresses. Your emotions might already be all over the map because of hormones and physical changes; the uncertainty during a tragedy or trauma can make these shifts seem more extreme. Be prepared for this and go a little easy on yourself, and on your friends.

3. Create a hassle-free zone. Make your room or apartment a "hassle-free zone"-not that you keep everyone out, but home should be a haven free from stress and anxieties. But understand that your parents and siblings may have their own stresses if something serious has just happened in your life and may want to spend a little more time than usual with you.

4. Stick to the program. Spending time in high school or on a college campus means more choices, so let home be your constant. During a time of major stress, map out a routine and stick to it. You may be doing all kinds of new things, but don't forget the routines that give you comfort, whether it's the things you do before class, going out to lunch, or have a nightly phone call with a friend.

5. Take care of yourself. Be sure to take care of yourself-physically, mentally and spiritually. And get sleep. If you don't, you may be more irritable and nervous at a time when you have to stay sharp. There's a lot going on, and it's going to be tough to face if you're falling asleep on your feet.

6. Take control. Even in the midst of tragedy or great uncertainty, you can move toward goals one small step at a time. During a really hard time, just getting out of bed and going to school may be all you can handle, but even accomplishing that can help. Think about what you can control and what is out of your control that you can do something about. Bad times make us feel out of control-grab some of that control back by taking decisive action.

7. Express yourself. Tragedy and significant challenges can bring up a bunch of conflicting emotions, but sometimes, it's just too hard to talk to someone about what you're feeling. If talking isn't working, do something else to capture your emotions like start a journal, or create art.

8. Help somebody. Nothing gets your mind off your own problems like solving someone else's. Try volunteering in your community or at your school, cleaning up around the house or apartment, or helping a friend with his or her homework, in-person or online.

9. Put things in perspective. The very thing that has you stressed out may be all anyone is talking about now. But eventually, things change and bad times end. If you're worried about whether you've got what it takes to get through this, think back on a time when you faced up to your fears, whether it was asking someone on a date or applying for a job. Learn some relaxation techniques, whether it's visualizing a peaceful place, thinking of a particular song in times of stress, or just taking a deep breath to calm down. Think about the important things that have stayed the same, even while the outside world is changing. When you talk about bad times, make sure you talk about good and so-so times as well.

10. Turn it off. You want to stay informed-you may even have homework that requires you to watch the news. But sometimes, the news, with its focus on the sensational, can add to the feeling that nothing is going right. Try to limit the amount of news you take in, whether it's from television, newspapers or magazines, or the Internet. Watching a news report once informs you; watching it over and over again just adds to the stress and contributes no new knowledge.

You can learn resilience. But just because you learn resilience doesn't mean you won't feel stressed or anxious. You might have times when you aren't happy-and that's OK. Resilience is a journey, and each person will take his or her own time along the way. You may benefit from some of the resilience tips above, while some of your friends may benefit from others.

The skills of resilience you learn during really bad times will be useful even after the bad times end, and they are good skills to have every day. Resilience can help you be one of the people who've "got bounce."

For more help

Developing resilience is a personal journey. If you're stuck or overwhelmed and unable to use the tips listed above, you may want to consider talking to someone who can help, such as a psychologist or other mental health professional. A psychologist can help you cope with many of life's problems. The American Psychological Association does not provide referral services. For a referral to a psychologist in your area use APA's locator service.

Turning to someone for guidance may help you strengthen resilience and persevere during times of stress or trauma. Information contained in this brochure should not be used as a substitute for professional health and mental health care or consultation. Individuals who believe they may need or benefit from care should consult a psychologist or other licensed health/mental health professional.

Thanks to Mary K. Alvord, PhD, Robin Gurwitch, PhD, Jana Martin, PhD, and Ronald S. Palomares, PhD, who assisted with this article.

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