Youth Anxiety During COVID-19: From A to...A

The REACH Institute is offering a free webinar on September 30th entitled Youth Anxiety During COVID-19: From A to...A.  This webinar is meant to target a relatively broad audience, equipping caregivers, educators, mental health clinicians, and primary care providers with evidence-based guidelines and simple, ready-to-go activities to help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth anxiety.  
As such, we are hoping to make this free online event available to as many clinicians, caregivers, and health partners as possible.  I wanted to share the event information with you as executive director and contact for the Ohio branch of the ACA, so that it may be disseminated to your network or other interested parties. 

Event details are included below, and informational flyers are attached.

Free Webinar for Helping Professionals and Caregivers
Title: Youth Anxiety During COVID-19: From A to...A
Presenter: Wendy K. Silverman, PhD
Date: September 30, 2020 from 3 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Description: 
While the term pandemic is officially used to denote the global nature of the spread of the infectious disease, an argument can easily be made for anxiety as a secondary pandemic in relation to COVID-19.  From the faltering global economy to the overwhelming flow of new information, rules, and recommendations that seem to come both all too fast and painfully slowly, adults everywhere are struggling to stay afloat.

What can we, as caregivers and helping professionals, do to help our youth cope with current and anxiety-provoking conditions?

Join presenter, Wendy K. Silverman, PhD, (Director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorder Program at the Yale Child Study Center) to go back to the basics and address the anxiety brewing in response to 2020s many curveballs. 

Learning Objectives:
Following this webinar, learners will possess:

• Knowledge of research to date surrounding youth anxiety as it pertains to COVID-19 and related events, such as natural disasters.
• An understanding of the key factors underlying youth anxiety disorders.
• Guidelines on how to facilitate a safe and healthy environment, minimizing the potential impact of anxiety on youth in their care.
• Practical tips and ready-to-go exercises to help combat youth anxiety.

Audience:

• Mental Health Clinicians (i.e. psychologists, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists)
• Primary Care Providers (i.e. family physicians, pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners)
• Educators (i.e. teachers, school administrators, school mental health coordinators)
• Community Health Professionals (i.e. paraprofessionals, program staff, care coordinators, advocates)
• Parents and Caregivers

Flyer to Print, Post & Share: FLYER

Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AnxietyA1

Contact:   kristen@thereachinstitute.org