Resilience for Child-Serving Professionals: The Helper’s Guide to Achieving Extraordinary Mental Health
Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Kros Learning Group
Second Presenter's Institution
N/A
Third Presenter's Institution
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Fourth Presenter's Institution
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Fifth Presenter's Institution
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Location
Session 2 (Scarbrough 4)
Strand #1
Mental & Physical Health
Relevance
Presenter will provide.
Brief Program Description
Helping suffering youth is stressful—and likely to get even more so. A helper’s stress can lead to physical exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and burnout. But there is hope. Child-serving professionals can choose a path to wellness that optimizes health, boosts energy, enhances peak performance, and effectively manages stress. Participants in this session will learn the essential tools for achieving extraordinary mental health in challenging contexts so that they can expand the positive impact on the youth they serve.
Summary
Helping suffering youth is stressful—and likely to get even more so. A helper’s stress can lead to physical exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and burnout. But there is hope. Child-serving professionals can choose a path to wellness that optimizes health, boosts energy, enhances peak performance, and effectively manages stress. Participants in this session will learn the essential tools for achieving extraordinary mental health in challenging contexts so that they can expand the positive impact on the youth they serve.
Evidence
Presenter will provide.
Biographical Sketch
Frank is a career child advocate, who has served as a childcare worker, child abuse investigator, children’s home administrator, consultant, professor, attorney, writer and speaker. His engaging presentations focus on “Helping Adults Help Kids.” Frank was awarded a Maryland Governor’s Citation for his presentations on adolescent suicide and received the 2019 Advocate of the Year Award from the Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect for his presentations on childhood trauma. Frank is a Master Trainer on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study and has co-authored the books Creating the Upside Down Organization: Transforming Staff to Save Troubled Children and The Upside Down Organization: Reinventing Group Care.
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
3-9-2020 1:15 PM
End Date
3-9-2020 2:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Kros, Frank J., "Resilience for Child-Serving Professionals: The Helper’s Guide to Achieving Extraordinary Mental Health" (2020). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 143.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2020/2020/143
Resilience for Child-Serving Professionals: The Helper’s Guide to Achieving Extraordinary Mental Health
Session 2 (Scarbrough 4)
Helping suffering youth is stressful—and likely to get even more so. A helper’s stress can lead to physical exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and burnout. But there is hope. Child-serving professionals can choose a path to wellness that optimizes health, boosts energy, enhances peak performance, and effectively manages stress. Participants in this session will learn the essential tools for achieving extraordinary mental health in challenging contexts so that they can expand the positive impact on the youth they serve.
