The 19th Annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference - Healing Our Future: Youth Mental Health and Violence Prevention

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*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.

Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

Registration is now closed. Walk-ins will not be allowed.

Poor mental health is an oft-cited risk factor for interpersonal violence, but the converse is also true— that interpersonal violence, whether experienced directly or indirectly, can have significant adverse mental health consequences, particularly for younger children and adolescents. This year's youth violence prevention conference places young people from our own community squarely in the center of a frank conversation about the overall mental health of today’s youth, and whether we, as a community, are doing enough to address their needs and concerns. Through interactive presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions led by local mental health experts, you’ll be able to recognize earlier the young person in need of acute mental health support, and you’ll be more familiar with the available mental health resources and how to access them. Most importantly, you will gain a greater appreciation for the link between mental health and youth violence, and how we will not successfully address either of these two challenges without addressing the other.

Date/Time
Friday, May 2, 2025
Registration/check-in: 7:30 AM
Conference time: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Location
Goodwill Opportunity Campus
5301 Wilkinson Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28208

Continuing Education Credits
(You MUST attend the entire conference to receive credit).

CREDIT INFORMATION
5.00 Contact Hours / 0.5 CEUs
This activity fulfills the requirement for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), representing Contact Hours.

5.00 Contact Hours (category A) CE for NC Psychologists
The South Piedmont AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists.

5.00 NBCC Clock Hours
South Piedmont AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. South Piedmont AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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Objectives

• Gain an appreciation for the varying levels of exposure to interpersonal violence (direct, indirect) experienced by today’s youth, and the variety, and potential severity of impact this can have on their mental health.
• Understand the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma on youth behavior, and how these experiences can result in either violence perpetration or violent victimization later in life.
• Gain awareness of the many ways that young people struggling with their mental health may present, thereby facilitating earlier support, intervention and referral.
• Become more aware of the mental health resources available to support youth in our community, and how these resources can be accessed.

Sessions