Mentoring for Youth Mental Health – Fall 2024

It is becoming increasingly common for youth referred to mentoring programs to be struggling with a wide variety of mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, aggression, or attention difficulties. This course covers evidence-based techniques that can be infused into mentoring practices to more effectively address these kinds of mental health concerns. Course participants will learn about cutting-edge techniques proven by research to be effective in clinical settings, and will discuss how to implement these strategies in diverse mentoring program settings. Participants will also discuss the ways that youth identity may intersect with mentoring techniques, and consider how to apply techniques in a culturally humble way with youth from diverse, marginalized backgrounds.

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Course starts September 19, 2024!

Schedule:

  • September 19: Ethical Mentoring: Overview, Family Systems, and Trauma-Informed Approaches
  • September 26: Understanding Common Mental Health Problems in Youth
  • October 3: Coping with Risk for Suicide and Self-Harm
  • October 10: Motivational Interviewing Techniques
  • October 17: Addressing Automatic Thoughts
  • October 24: Understanding Our Behaviors
  • October 31: Growing Emotional Awareness
  • November 7: Cultural Humility in Practice
  • November 14: Building Social Capital & Recap

Classes are presented virtually from 12 to 1:30 pm ET

Join Ramya each Thursday during your lunch time (on the east coast!) for the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring’s (CEBM’s) Mentoring for Youth Mental Health course. Can’t make a class? Each will be recorded and available to attendees.

Attendees of all classes will receive a certificate from CEBM in Mentoring for Youth Mental Health and exclusive access to resources.

Mentors, mental health providers, and program staff can all benefit from our most popular course!

Meet the instructor

Ramya Ramadurai, MA, is a 5th year Clinical Psychology PhD student at American University and a Research and Implementation Specialist with MentorPRO. She has received intensive training in using third wave behavioral therapies to treat complex emotional problems and suicidality in adolescent and adults. She is committed to cultural humility in research and practice, and using digital interventions to improve accessibility and scalability of care.

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Course Includes

  • 9 Lessons
  • Course Certificate