Virtual Parent Series
Providing Strategies to Support Youth Development
UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute offers a Virtual Parent Series for parents and caregivers of students within Omaha-Metropolitan and surrounding areas, funded by the Munroe-Meyer Guild. These session recordings are valuable resources provided by mental health experts and offer strategies to support youth development on various mental health topics.
Playlist
Visit the Virtual Parent Series video playlist on YouTube to access all sessions.
Individual Sessions
Session 1: Strategies for Helping Students Cope With Stress- Provides strategies for supporting youth in coping with stress, using the THRIVE acronym.
- Presenters provide considerations for developmental level, including strategies for supporting youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Provides strategies for supporting youth in coping with anxiety and difficulties related to school refusal.
- Presenters provide considerations for developmental level, including strategies for supporting youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Provides strategies for supporting youth in establishing healthy relationships with social media and electronics.
- Provides important considerations for technology use in the family.
- Provides information on understanding executive functioning as it relates to ADHD.
- Provides strategies for supporting executive functioning skills in students.
- Provides strategies for supporting youth in coping with depression.
- Presenters provide considerations for developmental level, including strategies for supporting youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Provides strategies for supporting youth in developing social skills and navigating peer conflict.
- Presenters will provide considerations for developmental level, including strategies for supporting youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Contact us
Please contact us with specific questions about a session or for general information about this resource.
Mindy Chadwell, PhD, BCBA
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email Dr. Chadwell | faculty bio