"Research to Practice" at Upcoming Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference

CYFC is once again partnering with the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (MACMH) to host the Research to Practice training series.

Managing Emotions in Teens: Responding to Dysregulation and Challenging Behaviors, features University of Minnesota faculty and staff providing an in-depth review of basic and applied research, best practices, and translation of research to practice and policy.

The series on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 will feature three sessions:

The Neurobiology of Adolescent Mood
What does stress look like in the neurobiological system of an adolescent? Learn how the neurobiological stress regulatory system develops, how development might go awry and why it is critical to intervene during adolescence.

The Role of Lifestyle in Stress and Coping for Youth – Practical Strategies
Learn how lifestyle can impact both positively and negatively on mental and emotional functioning and how teens can be empowered to play an active role in restoring their own optimal health.

Teens at Risk: Creating Healthy Relationships that Regulate
How do you engage teens so that your relationship with them becomes a regulating experience? Learn how clinicians can apply brain/body research to recognize intervention opportunities with teens that facilitate new learning about managing feelings and distress.

Wonder Years Virtual Tour

The Science Museum of Minnesota, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota has developed an interactive exhibition called Wonder Years the Science of Early Childhood Development. In this exhibition, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, visitors can learn all about the lives of young children and what science can tell us about how their brains think and learn. As you can see by these short videos produced by CYFC, museum visitors enjoy exploring this invigorating space, and are learning all about the young children that surround them in their communities every day. Childcare providers can get into the exhibit for free with a special admission postcard. Contact Sara Benning or Sara Langworthy. Expires 12/31/12.

Take a quick look at what the exhibit is all about.  

See what the first few months of life must be like by looking through the eyes of an infant.  

See how young children build strong relationships through play. 

See how children think about and see the world differently than adults.  

See how the child’s brain rapidly develops in the first 5 years of life.

Learn about the benefits of talking with kids. It even gives some concrete strategies for how to make conversation with young children.