Description
Title: Pediatric Mental Wellbeing & The Umbrella Project
Speaker: Dr. Jen Forristal ND
Wellbeing is a skill, in fact we now recognize it is a collection of skills that can be taught to children and adults alike. It isn’t just autonomy, grit or mindfulness, each skill forms a piece of an umbrella of wellbeing that protects us from the rain of life, helps us find meaning in our experiences, and is highly predictive of future success. Anxiety, depression and suicide risk are on the rise for our youth. As Naturopathic Doctors, we play a special role in the prevention and treatment of pediatric mental health concerns and the umbrella effect provides a powerful framework in helping us bring mental wellbeing to some of our youngest patients.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the research based coping skills that are most effective in improving patient wellbeing and treatment outcomes.
- Understand how to identify these coping skills in clinical practice in order to guide treatment.
- Learn practice-based strategies to build these coping skills in our patients.
