Helping Teens Make "Wise Mind" Decisions Even When Dealing With Existential Questioning of Life

Friday, February 11, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Zoom Webinar

Registration Fee: $45

Jason Bohn is a GenX, postmodern, question everything person who happens to be blessed with parents who took in orphans, prayed for food, answered their callings and sacrificed so their children knew they were loved. That mix created an irreverent soul that cares deeply for children, families and especially adolescents.

Jason has close to thirty years of experience working with and for children, youth and families catalyzing change at the individual, family, organizational and systems levels. With a Masters in clinical psychology, Jason has provided crisis management, intensive in-home therapy and wrap-around services for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. Jason has 20+ years’ working or volunteering with youth and young adults through youth ministry and community programs. In partnership with North Kansas City Hospital co-created the Quarky app to connect Kansas City 14-24-year-olds to articles, events and resources focused on mental health and well-being.

Currently, Jason has developed and directs the Two Tents Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for adolescents struggling with anxiety/depression at Renew Counseling Center. He is building strong partnerships with area school districts and is an invited speaker on Anxiety, Grit and Parenting. These opportunities have made him innovative, practical and taught him to think about enhancing the whole safety net surrounding at-risk children, youth and families.

Jason has a wonderful wife, Kori, who founded and runs the Renew Counseling Center in Olathe, a beautiful 11-year-old little girl, Nora, twin boys (Grayson who is 6 and Jude who went to heaven way too early) and have recently adopted two foster siblings (6 & 4) Chandler and Milla into his home.

OVERVIEW: Understand how a biological predisposition (filter) to emotional dysregulation and an invalidating social environment create a social filter that now distorts all interactions, including loving, validating interactions and turns anxiety / depression into a self-loathing (shame) cycle.  Apply the Thrive/DNA-V (ACT for Adolescents) model to adolescent existential questioning by discussing a potential reframing of “faith development” stages or phases around the development or lack thereof “wonder” in a young person’s life, including how they might interact with Erickson ‘Identity vs. Role Confusion’ stage.

OBJECTIVES: As a result of attending this webinar, the participant will be able to:
•   Describe the challenges to adolescents making what DBT considers Wise Mind decisions,

•   Identify the basics of DNA-V (ACT for Adolescents) and how to apply them to supporting better decision making in teens, 

•    Apply these principles to understanding and intervening with teens struggling because of existential questions,

• Share some ways to re-Create “wonder” about the world without creating panic based on family values while facilitating the brainstorming of additional ways with the audience.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This continuing education zoom webinar is designed for case managers, social workers, psychologists, therapists, counselors, teachers, and health care workers. The community is welcome to attend. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION:                                                              
Mental Health America of the Heartland is a pre-approved provider for social workers through the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (BSRB) Provider Number 17-007. This continuing education provider is approved  3.0 hours for social workers and accepted for psychologists, professional counselors, masters prepared psychologists, marriage and family therapists and addiction counselors.

In order to receive continuing education credit and a certificate of attendance for this zoom webinar, you will be required to participate in the live zoom webinar. You will receive a zoom invitation via email within a week of webinar. Also you will need to take an online exam and complete an evaluation that will be sent in a separate email after the live zoom webinar. You must pass the test by 70%. The zoom webinar will not be available by recording and viewing at any other time.

Questions?

Stacy Davis
Mental Health America of the Heartland
739 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66101
Phone: 913-222-5933
Email: sdavis@mhah.org
www.mhah.org

Please register by February 10, 2022. If you are unable to register online or have questions or need translation or accommodations please contact Stacy Davis at least 5 days prior to the webinar.

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