The Positive Impact of New York State’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) on Youth Mental Health
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Fears and worries are a normal part of growing up for most children. Still, when they start to interfere with healthy development and day-to-day functioning, it may point to an anxiety disorder that requires identification and treatment. This workshop will review the signs and symptoms of clinical anxiety disorders as well as obsessive and compulsive disorders, a separate but often co-occurring group of diagnoses. We will also discuss how to best support children with anxiety and OCD at home, in school and what clinical treatments are currently recommended by experts in the field.
This session will identify how the SHAPE Up New York Learning Collaborative, supported by the New York State Office of Mental Health and University of Rochester Medical Center, has enhanced the quality of Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems across New York State. Participants will learn how districts have systematically partnered with BOCES and local stakeholders to improve student outcomes. Presenters will share the tools and processes used to support these respective practices, as well as ways in which this innovative state-wide learning collaborative helped address specific barriers to collaboration that had previously proven difficult to overcome. Join us to discover how this initiative has transformed challenges into opportunities for growth and improved mental health support in schools.
In this talk, Dr. Radesky, a developmental behavioral pediatrician and co-Medical Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health, will review the evidence regarding risks and benefits of social media use for adolescents, discuss a strengths-based approach for supporting teens and families, and emphasize how conversations can move past panic. Topics will include understanding which students are at highest risk of problematic media use, school cell phone policies, and sleep.