Suicide Prevention Training (QPR) for Teens
January 6th, 4:00-6:00 pm, Newton Free Library
Our community has been affected by suicide. Newton Cares: Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health is working diligently to train as many people as possible in the suicide prevention technique called QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer. The more people who know how to act, the more lives may be saved. Please consider being trained. Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) teaches ordinary citizens how to recognize a mental health emergency and how to get a person at risk the help they need. Participants will learn how to: Recognize the warning signs of suicide, offer hope, and get help & refer. This upcoming training is specifically being held for teens and young adults. Please check our website for trainings for adults or for other upcoming training dates. Please register by visiting www.newtonma.gov/youth.
Taking Care of Ourselves and Our Teens: Reducing Stress and Enhancing Resiliency January 27th, 6:00-7:30 pm, Newton Free Library
Back by popular demand!! This four-session wellness program for parents of adolescents developed by the world-renowned Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital teaches self-care skills to help cope with stresses of everyday life and aims to leave parents with a renewed sense of control and well-being. For all Newton residents or parents of teens attending school in Newton.
Topics will include:
* The physiology of stress and how it affects the body
* Self-care strategies to reduce stress and increase your resilience
* Relaxation techniques
* Easy ways to reduce or stop stress-inducing thoughts
* Tips for modeling these skills for your teens, help reduce their stress and build their resilience too
Sessions 2-4 will be held on February 3rd & 24th, and March 3rd from 6:00-7:30 pm. Must attend all four sessions. Space is limited, register (required) at newtonma.gov/youth.
Stressed Teen? Learn some helpful and healthy ways to relax January 27, 4:00-5:30 pm, Newton Free Library
Branching off the parent program will be workshops pertaining to teens and teen stressors. The four sessions will be directed to teens and will help teach them to cope with stresses of everyday life coming from school, home, social media and other pressures. It will teach teens to have a better sense of control and well-being. During the course teens will learn what stress is, how it affects the body, strategies for self-care, relaxation techniques and easy ways to reduce or stop stress-inducing thoughts. Sessions 2-4 will be held on February 3rd& 24th, and March 3rd from 4:00-5:30 pm. Must attend all four sessions. Free. Space is limited. Registration is required. Visit www.newtonma.gov/youth to register.
Improving Academic Effectiveness February 5th and April 9th, 6:00-7:30 pm, Newton Free Library
Engaging Minds Learning Center (a local learning and tutoring center) has been instrumental in providing tools for students in order to help them learn effectively. The basis of this program is to teach the idea of “executive function” and the skills which it embraces. Executive functions are the essential self-regulating skills that we all use every day. They help us plan, organize, make decisions, shift between situations or thoughts, control our emotions and impulsivity, and learn from past mistakes. This program is FREE and includes: an explanation of the term “executive function” and why these skills are important in school and in other aspects of education in today’s fast paced world, tips and strategies geared towards parents and teachers in order to help strengthen students’ skills, real life applications and take home toolkits to maintain effective learning. Free, drop-in, no registration required. Two separate sessions, do not need to attend both.