The Great Lakes MHTTC School-based Supplement is hosting this webinar focused on helping educators and families recognize signs of anxiety in youth. As we continue to wade through these changing and challenging times, our students are also facing the uncertainty of what the upcoming school year brings. Now, more than ever it is important that we are attuned to our students' mental health needs. Topics to be covered include:

• How ongoing stress can cause health problems
• Brain development and the impact of stress in teens
• Common anxiety disorders in youth, including signs and symptoms
• Self-help strategies for depression and anxiety
• How to encourage professional help
   

Speaker:

Angela Begres, LMSW
Co-Founder
Partners for Healthy Lives

Angela is a licensed clinical social worker who did her training at the University of Chicago, where she obtained her MSW. She is an experienced trainer and presenter contracted both independently and through various nonprofits in the Chicago area, Michigan, and others, with experience integrating mental health education programs into the curriculum for students and staff within the Chicago and West Cook County public schools. In Partnership with the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) Metro Suburban, Angela also developed a program to help decrease student stress and implement mindfulness in the classrooms. She has also worked with Chicago Family Services (DCFS) providing parenting education, with efforts to get parents reunited with their children.

Intended Audience: School Personnel and Family