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  • Research on Parent/Caregiver Experiences around youth suicide crisis by Villanova University
    Saturday, May 15 - Wednesday, June 30 @ 09:00 AM
    Villanova Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

    Research on Parent/Caregiver Experiences around youth suicide crisis by Villanova University

    Parents/caregivers of these adolescents facilitate seeking services for adolescents and understand them in ways that healthcare providers do not. Researchers at Villanova University want to hear your experiences, positive and negative, seeking mental health treatment for your adolescent during and after a suicide crisis.

  • Creative Healing Group
    Sunday, May 16 - Sunday, November 14 @ 10:30 AM (Weekly)
    Institute for Practical Life

    Creative Healing Group

    Creative Healing is a therapeutic modality that combines powerful counseling techniques along with art-making to help improve emotional, mental health, promoting self-regulation. This group is for adults 18 years old + meets Sundays from 10:30 am to 11:25 am.

  • The Mourning Meeting Podcast, Season 2
    Tuesday, May 18 - Tuesday, December 28 @ 09:00 AM (Weekly)
    Inner Harbor

    The Mourning Meeting Podcast, Season 2

    The Mourning Meeting is a podcast dedicated to young adults. Interviews include information about grieving at college, pandemic grief, advanced directives for young adults, suicide loss, and much more.

  • Bridging the Gap Between High School and Young Adult Services Webinar Series Part 2
    Tuesday, May 18 - Tuesday, June 29 @ 06:00 PM (Weekly)
    Family Enrichment Committee Abilities of Northwest Jersey Inc.

    Bridging the Gap Between High School and Young Adult Services Webinar Series Part 2

    • 5/11-An Overview of the Abilities Day Habilitation Programs
    • 5/18-Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to work we go!
    • 6/1-Let's get Person Centered
    • 6/8-Supports Brokerage Services
    • 6/15- Housing Opportunities
    • 6/22-Getting a guardian
    • 6/29-Financial Planning
  • Monmouth University Community Care Telehealth Clinic: FREE Support Group for Parents
    Tuesday, May 18 - Tuesday, January 25 @ 06:30 PM (Weekly)
    Monmouth University Community Care Telehealth Clinic

    Monmouth University Community Care Telehealth Clinic: FREE Support Group for Parents

    This free support group is for parents who are now on the clock 24/7 because of COVID-19! Conversations are led by you! MUCCTC is a free online counseling service staffed by supervised Monmouth University clinical social work graduate interns! 

  • Flip The Script on Mental Health
    Wednesday, May 19 @ 04:00 PM
    Circle of Care

    Flip The Script on Mental Health

    MAY is Mental Health awareness month, and in Honor of MHA, COC is hosting a few great events. Flip the Script is a series of motivational, uplifting, and family oriented events. That allows children to not only create but to engage with one another and their families all together. Please join us on May 19th @ 4pm, as we channel our inner Picasso! 

  • Financial Workshop and Youth Forum with Commissioner Beyer and the DCF Youth Council. 
    Wednesday, May 19 @ 05:00 PM
    DCF

    Financial Workshop and Youth Forum with Commissioner Beyer and the DCF Youth Council. 

    Hosted by DCF's Youth Council, this free 2-hour event will feature a financial literacy course and a youth forum with Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer.

  • Free Prepping for Finals Webinar Offered by SpringSchooling
    Wednesday, May 19 @ 06:00 PM
    SpringSchooling

    Free Prepping for Finals Webinar Offered by SpringSchooling

    A webinar for students who are seeking help with prepping for finals and will go over many things such as how to study, gathering materials to study from, and more. This event will be hosted in Spanish. No RSVP needed, feel free to reach out with any questions about our initiatives or our webinar at [email protected]

  • Accommodations in the Workplace
    Thursday, May 20 @ 11:00 AM
    The Career Connection Employment Resource Institute

    Accommodations in the Workplace

    Join Disability Rights New Jersey for a virtual presentation about New Jersey’s designated protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities

  • Food Service Training Academy
    Monday, May 24 @ 08:00 AM
    Community Foodbank of NJ

    Food Service Training Academy

    The Food Service Training Academy (FSTA) is a 14-week job-skills program at the Community FoodBank of NJ located in Hillside, NJ. Graduates leave with over 500 hours of kitchen experience and a ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification.

  • Teen Wellness and Resiliency at the Jersey Shore: Hide In Plain Sight, What Most Parents Don't Know
    Monday, May 24 @ 06:00 PM
    The Wall Alliance

    Teen Wellness and Resiliency at the Jersey Shore: Hide In Plain Sight, What Most Parents Don't Know

    The presenter for this free Zoom is Tim Schoemaker, MS. For more information, contact the Wall Alliance at 732-520-4792, or email [email protected]  

  • Nature Connection for Children's Mental Health
    Wednesday, May 26 @ 07:30 PM
    NJCTS

    Nature Connection for Children's Mental Health

    In this webinar we will take a deeper dive into how nature supports children's mental wellbeing including strengthened self-esteem and confidence, enhanced positive emotion and reduced negative emotion, stress reduction, restoration, social benefits, and resilience. We will share tips for getting the most out of nature activities to promote children's mental health.

  • Feasting, Fasting and Feelings; Oy Vey! A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community
    Thursday, June 3 @ 11:45 AM
    The Renfrew Center Foundation

    Feasting, Fasting and Feelings; Oy Vey! A Transdiagnostic Approach to Treating Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community

    This 2 CE seminar will explore the impact of eating disorders in the Jewish community and provide evidence-based tools and creative strategies for clinicians to utilize in their practice.

  • Implications and Treatment of the Long-term Neurological and Cognitive Effects of COVID-19
    Thursday, June 3 @ 12:00 PM
    Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey

    Implications and Treatment of the Long-term Neurological and Cognitive Effects of COVID-19

    Join the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey on Thursday, June 3, 2021, from 12 PM to 1 PM for "Implications and Treatment of the Long-term Neurological and Cognitive Effects of COVID-19." A Certificate of Attendance will be provided for one Professional Development Hour. For more information contact [email protected]

  • Digital Peer Support Certification
    Monday, June 14 @ 12:00 PM
    Consumer Connections

    Digital Peer Support Certification

    This 4-hour certification course is designed to promote rapid uptake of digital peer support and is designed specifically to address the needs of the current COVID-19 crisis. A knowledge test is presented at the end of the educational section that requires 80% correct answers to achieve the Digital Peer Support Certification.

  • Navigating Complexity - Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
    Friday, June 18 @ 08:45 AM
    The Renfrew Center Foundation

    Navigating Complexity - Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

    All mental health conditions should be approached with the utmost care in considering the basic ethical practices common to each clinical discipline--confidentiality and informed consent, operating within one's scope of competency and ensuring practices that do not cause harm to our clients. However, the numerous ethical issues facing eating disorders practitioners may differ significantly from those ethics conundrums that arise in work with a general client base.

  • C.A.S.T. for Kids Tewskbury
    Saturday, June 19 @ 09:00 AM
    C.A.S.T for Kids, Lew's and Flambeau Outdoors

    C.A.S.T. for Kids Tewskbury

    Join C.A.S.T. for Kids for a free fishing event for kids with special needs.  A joyful day of fishing brings kids with special needs, their families, and community volunteers together for an explosion of fun!  

    Saturday June 19th, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.