New Live Course: Mentoring for Youth Mental Health
New Live Course: Mentoring for Youth Mental Health
It is becoming increasingly common for youth referred to mentoring programs to be struggling with a wide variety of mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, aggression, or attention difficulties. This course covers evidence-based techniques that can be infused into mentoring practices to more effectively address these kinds of mental health concerns. Course participants will learn about cutting-edge techniques proven by research to be effective in clinical settings, and will discuss how to implement these strategies in diverse mentoring program settings. Participants will also discuss the ways that youth identity may intersect with mentoring techniques, and consider how to apply techniques in a culturally humble way with youth from diverse, marginalized backgrounds.
About the instructor:
Ramya Ramadurai, MA, is a 5th year Clinical Psychology PhD student at American University and a Research and Implementation Specialist with MentorPRO. She has received intensive training in using third wave behavioral therapies to treat complex emotional problems and suicidality in adolescent and adults. She is committed to cultural humility in research and practice, and using digital interventions to improve accessibility and scalability of care.
