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Chronically Absent: How to Manage School Refusal

Watch our roundtable discussion about chronic absenteeism, an issue that affected over 35% of students in some states in 2023.

Discover the underlying causes, especially ones related to mental health, learn about school refusal, and discover practical coping strategies to help your child get back to school.

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See. Support. Report: Tools For Teen Suicide Prevention

Suicide ranks as the second leading cause of death among youths aged 10-24, a concerning trend highlighted by a 52.2% increase in suicide rates from 2000 to 2021. Watch a recording of this roundtable discussion to learn how to recognize the signs of a youth at risk of suicide, support them through open communication, and effectively report your concerns.

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Parenting Tips For A Teen Loneliness Epidemic

Despite increased online connectivity, we are facing an "Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation," especially among young people. Parents face a tough choice: encourage offline social interaction and risk resistance, or let them be, potentially increasing the risk for depression and anxiety.

We hosted a webinar that provided practical parenting tips on how to help children and teens build social bonds without appearing to be pushy.

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Psychopharmacology for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: Algorithms for Anxiety and Depression

Nurses are asked to get involved with behavioral health care including prescribing. Many feel they lack the time and training to do so.

Fort Health and NAPNAP NJ and Western NY (National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners) have partnered to host a free webinar for members and guests to share the algorithms for anxiety and depression medication management.

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Supportive Parenting, ODD, Anxiety, Tourette's Shai Idelson Supportive Parenting, ODD, Anxiety, Tourette's Shai Idelson

Coping With The Mental Health Aspects of Tourette in Children

Practical skills and advice from leading mental health and Tourette’s experts who will help you: understand the mental health challenges that often accompany Tourette’s, how to spot the signs, how to help children cope with these challenges, and when and how to find qualified help.

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How to Help Children Cope With Anxiety and Trauma

To help families impacted by recent events in Israel and Gaza, we hosted child psychiatrists, psychologists, and trauma specialists for a free webinar that helps families understand:

1. How to talk to our children about recent horrific events?

2. Principles of coping with your and your child's trauma

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What Pediatricians Need To Know About Child Anxiety

Pediatricians from Consensus Health in New Jersey joined Fort Health's CMO and the Chair of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for a discussion about:

1. Diagnosing anxiety

2. Treating anxiety including medications

3. How to involve parents and why parental involvement is critical

4. How to work with a partner behavioral health provider

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Who’s Stealing My Child’s Sleep?: Parenting Strategies For Bedtime And Beyond

70% of high schoolers don’t get enough sleep and 90% of teens do not believe they can get enough sleep.

Join leading mental health and sleep experts to learn how much sleep kids of different ages need, why they aren’t getting enough, and how parents can help them go to sleep and stay asleep.

The session includes practical tools and principles you can use tonight.

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Why Are Many Kids Anxious and How Can Parents Help?

Child anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges families cope with. Some of the nation’s leading mental health and child anxiety experts shared proven and practical strategies about how parents can alleviate their child’s anxiety. The session was followed by a live Q&A and was presented by Fort Health with the Child Mind Institute.

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