Mental Health Basics
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Balancing the Stress and Strength of Burnout
Burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma are protective, not defective responses to stress.
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How You Can Help Youth Manage Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal part of the pre-teen and adolescent years. But unmanaged or excessive anxiety negatively impacts youth development.
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Identifying and Addressing Depression in Youth
Youth depression is on the rise in the United States. As a youth worker, it’s important to be aware of the red flags and learn when and how to intervene.
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Honoring Indigenous Traditions for Youth Health and Wellbeing
The health and well-being of indigenous youth is often impacted by historical trauma passed on through generations. Gain insight about the impact of historical trauma within indigenous communities.
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Meditative Movements™ to Self-Regulate and De-escalate
Meditative Movements™ is an innovative technique that integrates easy to follow movements to improve self-care and self-regulation. The movements are adaptable to anyone’s physical ability and incorporate breathing strategies and...
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Mirroring and Modeling Social Emotional Well-being for Youth
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) says, “social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve...
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Pre-prevention Tools to Improve Suicide Prevention
Suicide has become the second-leading cause of death for young people aged 10-24 in the United States. Learn to recognize early warning signs and gain pre-prevention tools to build emotional...
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Addressing Youth Mental Health Challenges
It’s very likely that you will work with young people that could develop mental health challenges. So, it’s critical that you understand the differences between mental health and mental illness.
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Oppressive Trauma-informed Youth Work
Youth workers must recognize the effects of oppressive trauma and learn strategies to promote healing and resiliency. You can foster system accountability throughout your organization and youth programs.
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Why Mental Health Training for Youth Workers is Essential
A significant challenge most communities are facing across the country is a lack of adequate mental health resources and community-based support for young people. At YIPA, we offer a variety of options in mental health training for youth workers to increase your knowledge, skills, and confidence for supporting young people in your community.
Comprehensive Courses for Youth Workers
Our youth worker mental health training online includes information that is beneficial to both the beginner and seasoned youth workers. Our trainings are designed to be concise and value packed because we know you’re busy. ... Read more