Summary: This webinar sponsored by SAMSHA, is focused on supporting youth experiencing mental health challenges in school and clinic based setting due to trauma. It addresses how youths facing traumatic episodes have developed unhealthy coping skills that negatively impact their academic success and developmental growth. Strategies are offered for addressing trauma and grief, substance abuse, and other barriers that can negatively affect student learning, growth, and development through school- and clinic-based mental health programs.
Application: This webinar can be helpful to learn current facts and figures about youth mental health and for anyone who can benefit from a greater understanding of trauma and its impacts on a child/youth and their behaviors. Administrators or clinicians who need a comprehensive overview of trauma informed care can benefit.
