Webinar: "I'm not okay." Student Mental Health in the age of TikTok Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern) Zoom Meeting

As a faculty or staff member, you likely find yourself at the forefront of supporting adolescents with increasingly complex, challenging psychosocial needs. Moreover, students are more likely to seek out a trusted teacher, advisor, or coach for support than to confide directly in a parent or even a school counselor. Drawing from her recent book, Deborah Offner, an adolescent psychologist, will provide a backdrop to Generation Z's concerns and challenges, a quick primer on "normal" adolescent development, and—most importantly—tips and strategies that teachers, deans, coaches, nurses, counselors, and other professionals can put into immediate use with students in distress. We will also consider how you can understand today's parents—and talk to them in a way they can hear—and how you can collaborate with colleagues to best support students and families.

Speaker
Deborah Offner is a Boston-area Clinical Psychologist who has worked in schools and colleges as a counselor, educator, and consultant for 25 years. She was Consulting Psychologist and subsequently, Dean of Students, at Commonwealth School from 2003-2017, and has served as Consulting Psychologist at Beacon Academy since 2017.

Deborah provides counseling supervision and team consultation to middle and secondary schools, professional development to faculty-staff, and educational workshops for parents. She also maintains a clinical practice in Newton, where she specializes in adolescents, young adults, and their families. Her book, Educators as First Responders: A Teacher's Guide to Adolescent Development and Mental Health, Grades 6-12, was published by Routledge in 2022.

Recording
This webinar will be recorded and made available to members via the NAES Resource Library. Non-members must attend live in order to access this webinar.

Technical Requirements:
Each registration equals one connection. Register for one connection and gather your leadership team around the screen. Or, register for multiple connections and enable school and church leaders to participate from a variety of locations.

NAES virtual events are facilitated through Zoom. You will need the following:
• An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE)
• Speakers and a microphone – built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth
• [Optional] A webcam or HD webcam - built-in or USB plug-in

Zoom is also available for Android and iOS devices. You can learn more about technical requirements of this platform at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux

Registration Fees: These fees are available through 04/30/2025
Name	Price	Available To
Member Rate	$0.00	NAES Members
Nonmember Rate	$85.00	Non-Members

Cancellation and Other Policies:

Written cancellations must be received by email to jfc@episcopalschools.org, no later than 24 hours before the start of the webinar. Registrations submitted less than 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar are not entitled to any refund if they are cancelled.

Any and all liability of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) with respect to registration, cancellations, changes in the content of the program, technology breakdowns, and refunds is limited to a sum no greater than the registration fee paid. Under no circumstances shall NAES be liable for incidental or consequential damages of any kind. Submission of registration and payment constitutes acceptance of the terms and conditions herein.

NAES or its contractors may be recording this webinar. By attending this webinar, attendees understand and agree to allow their voices and statements to be used by NAES in Association publications, on its website, in any and all distributed versions of this recorded webinar, and in marketing or promotional materials. Attendance at the meeting waives NAES from any liability resulting from these uses.

For more information please contact:

Mr. Jonathan F. Cooper
Communications Manager
National Association of Episcopal Schools
Phone: (212) 716-6182
Fax: (212) 286-9366
Email: jfc@episcopalschools.org