Dr. Ken Ginsburg was overwhelmingly well-received as the keynote speaker at the recent Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference back in April of this year. The Peace and Justice Institute (PJI) at Valencia College and Orlando Health are excited to share that we are bringing him back to deliver 3 additional workshops in a Community Resilience Series.

The second workshop in this series will be specifically for Healthcare Professionals: Addressing Risk by Building on Strengths, August 25th from 3:30 - 5:00 pm EST (zoom).

Health care professionals often are the unspoken front lines of youth service. We may be the first to note the depth of a young person’s distress - if we know what to look for. When young people can find their words they speak to parents or teachers before they get to us. Then, they are referred to us as the gateway to mental, emotional, and behavioral services. Many young people, however, cannot find their words and present instead with their bodies. Their aching bodies, fatigue, or dizziness serve as clues that stress is affecting their well-being. We can catch these young people before they may spiral downward, if we know how to connect with them. Our role as change-agents is solidified when we can refer to next steps of care using strength-based language.

This seminar will first discuss the developing adolescent brain and how we can use communication strategies that optimize their decision-making. It will then cover the proven effects of childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences on the brain, body, and behavior throughout the lifetime. It will then introduce the essentials of delivering strength-focused, trauma-sensitive care and offer a few strategies to APPLY these principles in our work with children and youth. These applied strategies focus on the power of well-boundaried human connection in healing as well as the imperative of restoring a sense of control back to people who have had hard lives. It will also introduce an interactive stress management plan designed for adolescents. Too often, adolescents reach for quick-easy, but dangerous, fixes in response to stress. This plan will enable you to guide youth what to do when they are going through difficult times, rather than just telling them what not to do. Finally, the session will introduce “Reaching Teens,” a comprehensive toolkit published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Workshop Details:

Title: Addressing Risk by Building on Strengths

Date: August 25th, 2020

Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm EST (1 hour presentation, 30 min participant Q & A)

Zoom Link: You will receive this after completing your registration on Eventbrite

FREE EVENT

About Dr. Ginsburg:

Ken Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, is author of the AAP book, Building Resilience in Children and Teens, 4th Edition. He practices Adolescent Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He directs Health Services at Covenant House Pennsylvania, where he serves Philadelphia's youth enduring homelessness, and is also Founding Director of The Center for Parent and Teen Communication. His AAP multimedia toolkit, “Reaching Teens: Strength-Based, Trauma-Sensitive, Resilience-Building Communication Strategies Rooted in Positive Youth Development," prepares professionals to be the adults young people deserve in their lives.