Mirroring and Modeling Social Emotional Well-being for Youth

Your Course Description

Mental Health Basics
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  • 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 positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions."
  • Explore a research-based four step process, the Infinite Well-Being ModelTM.
  • You’ll leave with a toolkit of practices to help you and the young people you serve build resiliency and mindfulness to better handle stresses in the moment.

Your Learning Objectives

  • Enhance your personal social emotional learning (SEL) skills to deepen self-awareness, emotional resilience, and social awareness
  • Learn how modeling your social and emotional well-being supports “mirror neurons” that help youth regulate their minds and relax their body’s reaction to toxic stress
  • Explore SEL strategies to help youth understand the connections between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
  • Gain strategies you can use to continually stoke your mental and emotional health for resiliency and well-being

Your Course Details

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  • Icon Youth Worker Track
  • Icon This training will count as 1.5 CE hours for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. Course details for CE submissions provided.

Your Trainer

Reviewer Photo Dr. Jennifer Clifden has lived and witnessed the toll burnout takes on those who give tirelessly. She guides human-service professionals to shift from self-sacrifice to self-healing, transforming the pressures of their calling into personal strengths and using burnout as a pathway for growth. With a deep passion for preventing the harmful effects of compassion fatigue and helping retain those called to healing and helping professions, Jen works to safeguard the well-being of the workforce our youth and communities depend on. Drawing on 29 years as a K–8 teacher, university teacher educator, mental health researcher, yoga instructor, and mother of three, she designs and delivers on-demand trainings, transformative on-site professional development, energizing keynotes, and restorative community practice circles that draw on the science of thriving to rebuild connection, reinforce personal power, and foster self-healing. Jen shows caregivers how their capacity to care can become a source of healing, growth, and thriving, not depletion. Learn more at www.drjenclifden.com.
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Your Skill-Building Objectives

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Emotional Regulation

Helping young people to manage emotions

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Resilience Building

Teaching coping strategies to overcome barriers

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Healthy Living

Guiding young people toward healthy choices

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Behavior Management

Encouraging behaviors that are better choices

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Mental Health Awareness

Recognizing and responding to mental health concerns

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Self-Care

Prioritizing well-being to give your best

What YIPA members are saying

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Beautiful training with lots of information.

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Heard all the SEL 'stuff' before but this was presented in a unique and personal way.

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Jen was wonderful, I loved her interaction and positive perspective!