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WEBINAR: Technology & Boys: Supporting Safe, Healthy, Relationships in Boys’ Digital Lives

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This webinar will bring together research-based insights and practical guidance to help youth-serving professionals better understand boys’ digital lives and support safe, respectful, and healthy relationships, both online and offline. As a major part of teen boys’ lives, digital spaces can support connection and learning, but they can also expose boys to pressure, harmful behavior, and unhealthy relationship norms. In this webinar, we will explore how technology shapes boys’ relationships, well-being, and everyday social experiences. Objectives: Participants will be able to: Understand current patterns and trends in boys’ use of technology. Learn about recent research related to the risks and benefits of online relationships. Identify ways to incorporate research-based tools and strategies into existing programs and practices. Presenter: April Wilson, Ph.D. and Mindy Scott, Ph.D.- Child Trends Who should attend: Youth development professionals, counselors, parents, caregivers, other caring adults, educators, program staff, researchers, and practitioners. When: Tuesday, November 10 @...

WEBINAR: You Can’t Teach a Flooded Brain: The Neuroscience of Why Mind Matters Comes First

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The best relationship education curriculum in the world can’t compete with a flooded nervous system. Participants often arrive carrying trauma, chronic stress, or the ordinary anxiety of a hard week. Their brains are often running in survival mode, which makes it biologically difficult to absorb new relational skills. And what happens when you, the facilitator, walk into the room carrying the same load? This webinar explores the intersection of neuroscience and relationship education, and why foundational mental well-being tools must come first. We’ll dig into the science behind the Dibble program, Mind Matters. Understanding your participants’ and your own capacity to self-regulate increases everyone’s capacity to connect. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of the neurological “why” behind trauma-informed care, along with practical tools you can share with participants and use yourself. Key Takeaways: The Science of Receptivity. What actually happens in a flooded brain, and why stress blocks learning, teaching, and empathy...

WEBINAR: From Challenge to Opportunity: How PlanBe Used Innovation, Youth Engagement, and Community Partnership to Adapt and Thrive

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This webinar will explore how PlanBe adapted its youth programming when changes in Florida law limited the organization’s ability to work in school-based settings. With more than 20 years of experience serving youth in Miami-Dade County and more than 75,000 youth reached, PlanBe will share how implementation challenges became opportunities to innovate, strengthen community partnerships, and expand community-based programming. Participants will learn how they pivoted from a primarily school-based approach to a community-based implementation model, including developing “The Breakfast Club,” a youth-centered strategy designed to increase engagement, recruitment, and retention. The webinar will highlight lessons learned around Positive Youth Development, youth voice, sustainability, multiple funding streams, and the importance of remaining flexible, relevant, and responsive to changing youth needs. Attendees will leave with practical strategies for navigating unexpected implementation challenges while maintaining program quality and meaningful youth engagement Objectives: Participants will be able to: Identify strategies for pivoting youth programs...