Empower Your Staff to Build Student Resilience and Prevent Risky Behaviors

This six-module professional development course equips educators, counselors and other school-based personnel, as well as individuals working in other youth-serving settings, with practical strategies to strengthen student resilience and well-being. Grounded in the latest prevention science, the course focuses on enhancing protective factors—such as strong connections with trusted adults, emotional regulation, and healthy sleep habits—that are proven to help students flourish and thrive. Participants will also gain insights into identifying and addressing common risk behaviors, including bullying, gambling, and co-occurring mental health problems that often accompany substance use and other challenges to youth well-being. Designed for immediate application in school and other youth-serving settings, this training helps create a safer, more supportive environment where all young people can succeed and thrive.

This asynchronous training was developed for school-based personnel, but the content is applicable to those working with youth outside of the school setting as well. Through a series of six 30-minute video modules, learners will discover focused, actionable insights that provide a broader understanding of protective factors that can promote the health and well-being of teenagers today, including improved resilience; strong connections to family, school and community; mental wellness; and adequate sleep. The impact of bullying, mental health challenges, and inadequate sleep will be discussed as contributing factors to risky behavior, like substance use and gambling. Learners will gain insight into their important role as trusted adults for helping to prevent youth mental health challenges and behavioral problems, as well as research-based strategies for recognizing when a student might be struggling and for responding effectively.

By taking this course, participants will:

• Gain a deeper understanding of the broad protective factors that influence the health and well-being of teenagers today, many of which can be supported and enhanced by school personnel and other youth-serving professionals.
• Learn how to recognize when a student may be struggling with mental health challenges, gambling/sports betting, or bullying behaviors/victimization.
• Understand the strong relationship between mental health and substance use issues and learn what trusted adults can do to try to prevent a range of mental and behavioral health challenges in young people.

This recorded workshop with accompanying slide deck begins with a brief introduction followed by six 30-minute video modules:

The content for this course was created in collaboration with Linda Richter, PhD, Partnership’s Senior Vice President, Prevention Research and Analysis. Dr. Richter’s work focuses on understanding the nature, scope, predictors, and consequences of substance use and addiction, especially among young people.

Upon request, a certificate of completion can be sent after completion of the course. Contact our team at solutions@toendaddiction.org for more information.

• For this asynchronous training, registration is automated with no date related restrictions.

Our Refund Policy, Cancellation Policy, and Accessibility Accommodations

• Full refunds are issued only if a training is canceled by Partnership to End Addiction or at the discretion of Partnership to End Addiction based on written request.
• For partial refund of a Partnership to End Addiction training, registrants must withdraw prior to beginning the course.
• We value inclusion and access for all participants and have worked to design the training for a variety of learners. Content includes non-captioned audio materials.