Navigating Youth Mental Health in Today's Educational Setting

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Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC Related seminars and products

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Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC, has been working with children impacted by trauma and their families for the last 20 years. She is a licensed clinical counselor in Maine, Maryland, and Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical supervisor. Dr. Reese is an internationally recognized trainer for mental health professionals in creating trauma-informed schools, working with mental health in the classroom and attachment and trauma in children. She is a TBRI practitioner and owns Felicity Counseling Services. Dr. Reese authored the books Attachment, Puzzle Pieces, The Attachment Connection, Trauma and Attachment, The Socially Confident Teen, and Leveling Up.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Christina Reese maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Sheppard Pratt Health System. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Reese receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Christina Reese has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Assess for achievement and determine educational placement for students. 
2. Formulate how disruption to a child’s schedule impacts their mental health. 
3. Apply emotion regulation interventions to increase focus and academic achievement. 
4. Demonstrate cognitive behavioural interventions to decrease symptoms of anxiety, ADHD and depression. 
5. Employ behavioural strategies to increase engagement with students in virtual learning settings. 

Outline

Integrating student mental health into virtual and/or physical classrooms 

• Assessing for level of knowledge and catch up plans 
• The impact of routine disruption on mental health 
• Medication incompliance while away from the classroom 
• Individual interventions for students struggling the most 
• Connecting students and parents/caregivers with outside resources for counselling and support 

Virtual and Physical Classroom Strategies  

• Student engagement strategies 
  • Tantrums and Attention Seeking 
  • Depression 
  • Anxiety 
  • ADHD 
• Assessing symptoms of mental health challenges and providing support virtually 

Provider Self-care and Support 

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Teachers
• School Guidance Counselors
• Case Managers
• School Administrators
• Educational Paraprofessionals
• Speech & Language Pathologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Nurses
• Other Helping Professionals that work with children