The focus of this webinar is to provide a broad to specific overview of Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) to provide context related to partnerships, implementation, and design. This presentation will provide a broad overview of CMHCs in the State of Indiana and their purpose and role in schools and the larger community as supported by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction of Family and Social Services Administration. Two exemplars of CMHCs and their integration into school communities across the spectrum of implementation will also share their experiences. 

• Participants will  
• learn the purpose, role, and benefit of CMHCs and their integration into schools  
•  understand strategies to partner and integrate CMHCs into schools  
•  hear two exemplars of implementation and lessons learned 
• have a deeper understanding of the nuances of CMHCs and school/community partnerships 

An unregulated adult cannot help youth regulate.  They go, where we lead.  Modeling a variety of appropriate coping and stress management skills can be the very best gift those that work with youth can give.  Being able to recognize and regulate emotion is essential to  building healthy relationships and to thriving in school and beyond. 

• Learn to recognize and regulate emotion and foster positive relationships even in difficult situations.
• Discover a variety of coping and stress management skills that can be taught to others.
• Discover assessments to assist in understanding various aspects of self-regulation, both for the participant and the youth they serve.
• Participate in activities and model debriefing techniques that can be used with others to teach self-regulation.

Indiana has experienced a dramatic increase in vaping/e-cigarette use among youth.  Vape Free Indiana was created to implement prevention, public education and cessation strategies to address this public health issue.  This session will review the latest tools Indiana is providing to stakeholders, including resources for schools and parents, as well as the current vaping product landscape. 

• Understand some of the factors for the increase in vaping among youth 

• Learn strategies that parents, school, health care providers and communities can take to address the issue 

• Connect with state and local resources 

The 21st Century Scholars program has played a vital role in increasing college access and success for low-income Indiana students for 30 years. Still, fewer than 50% of income eligible students get signed up before the deadline. In this session, participants will learn strategies on how they can get more families on board to enroll during the required 7th-8th grade window.

• Participants will understand the impact of the 21st Century Scholars program. 
• Participants will learn how to utilize the community partner feature in ScholarTrack to enroll students. 
• Participants will be prompted to infuse the enrollment process into their family engagement programming

Implementing effective Tier I practices to promote social emotional wellness is important. Aligning effective Tier II and III practices through the integration with mental health partners and other community resources is also important. This presentation will focus on the integration of these resources to promote social emotional wellness and provide best practices regarding effective collaboration to increase resources and supports for students and staff. 

• Identify best practices for collaborating with mental health and community partners
• Aligning these resources to your schools MTSS

Providing a continuum of social-emotional learning is critical to effectively implementing a comprehensive Social-Emotional Wellness Model. A multitiered system of supports (MTSS) encompasses the continuum of student need, enabling schools to provide a range of data-driven, tiered strategies to address the social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health development of all students.  A systemic and educative integrated SEL response within the MTSS framework requires multiple components. Two foundational elements include investing in educators’ knowledge and awareness SEL development, helping to ensure conditions of learning are addressed. The second element is to examine the connection between SEL and the conditions for learning. 

• Learn how to examine tier 1 SEL supports and discuss ways to strengthen universal supports.
• Examine tier 2 and 3 SEL supports for individual students, including identification practices and the referral process for these students. 
• Identify best practices of SEL tiered supports and interventions within each of the three tiers of the MTSS framework.

This session will review the Graduation Pathways and take a deeper look at how schools are implementing this new requirement, as well as Promising Practices from schools across the state. 

• Educators will have a greater understanding of the Graduation Pathways.
• Educators will learn how to implement the 3 Graduation Pathways in their schools. 
• Educators will learn promising practices for Graduation Pathways. 

In the era social emotional learning, empathy is a key skill when developing social awareness. Empathy is the art of stepping into the shoes of another person and seeing the world through their eyes. During this webinar we will discuss how to develop empathy as youth development and education practitioners. How to understand the difference between being empathetic and sympathetic, and the six habits of highly empathetic people. Finally, strategies for helping youth develop empathy will be discussed. 

• Learn what empathy is and why it’s important. 
• Learn the six habits of highly empathetic people. 
• Strategies for developing your own personal empathy and helping youth develop empathy. 

We have much work to do to ensure all Hoosier children can thrive. All of Indiana’s 1.5 million children deserve a safe, productive, healthy environment where they can learn, grow, and succeed. Through a robust and data-driven presentation using IYI’s 2020 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, you will be empowered with information to inform policies, practices and decision-making that improve the health and well-being of Hoosier youth.

Join us for the “State of the Child 2020” as we:
•learn about top challenges for kids across Indiana;
•explore data trends both statewide and county-specific;
•recognize best practice research to approach to key issues

Caring adults and communities can be best positioned to provide opportunities for justice-involved young people and their families, and they can provide many benefits such as building positive character, guiding them in planning for their future, and realizing their potential. In this webinar, we will be discuss the ways mentors and mentoring programs can support youth and their families during their complicated interactions with the juvenile justice system and restore a sense of belonging. This webinar aims to bring awareness to an often under-served population of court-involved youth and the role of mentoring supports and services can play. While using the Elements of Effective Practice (and a trauma-informed lens), community-based and court-based programs will discuss best practices around working with young people involved in the juvenile justice system, and ways to provide essential supports during crisis and transition.