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Webinars

Project Empower provides ongoing consultation and training for community stakeholders. You can find recordings of past offerings here.

Supporting Students Experiencing Grief, Loss, or Bereavement: A Panel Discussion

Project Empower Webinar with Shontell White and Allison Fears

Understanding grief is important when working with students who have suffered a loss. Grief is not limited to feelings of sadness. It can also involve guilt, yearning, anger, and regret. This webinar will consist of a panel of experts in the field who have experience and knowledge about best practices supporting students in grief, loss, or bereavement. Practitioners will gain further understand about the complexities of grief as well as practical strategies to incorporate into their service to students.
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Strategies to Build Educational Resilience Amongst Students

Project Empower Webinar with Shontell White and Allison Fears

The purpose of this webinar is to define educational resilience and to provide suggestions for fostering educational resilience amongst students. Utilizing an intersectionality lens, this webinar will explore the research that has been conducted on the topic of resilience in education and will consider what might be missing from this body of knowledge. Resilience literature considers the impact of roles and relationships outside of the school building that may contribute to positive educational outcomes (Williams & Portman, 2014). The session will consider these protective factors and will provide suggestions about how schools can help foster supportive networks for their students. This webinar will be tailored to school counselors, but will also consider the perspectives of other educators, guardians, and other important stakeholders.

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Hope-Based Interventions in the School Setting

Project Empower Webinar with Jennifer Niles, Caitlin Zima, and Lauren Williams

Hope is a vital element of individuals’ positive growth and development. Students with higher levels of hope experience reduced risk factors and increased connection to others, engagement in school, and success toward their goals. This webinar explores the many benefits of hope as a protective factor for students. We identify hope-based strategies and interventions to promote students’ success and well-being. Practitioners will gain practical strategies to incorporate into their direct service to students.

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Elements of Play in Behavioral Interventions: Multi-Tiered Approaches for Children and Adolescents

Project Empower Webinar with Jennifer Niles, Caitlin Zima, and Lauren Williams

Play can be a powerful strategy for the effective implementation of behavioral interventions in support of students’ growth across childhood and adolescence. In this webinar, we will explore the concept of play along with the benefits of incorporating play and activity-based strategies into behavioral interventions in the school setting. The presenters will provide interventions within the context of multi-tiered systems of support. Practitioners will gain practical strategies to incorporate into their service to students.

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