Adolescents: The Unique Patient

North Dakota Professionals Coupon Code: NDKIDS

What if a deeper understanding of adolescence could change the way you support your young clients?

Join this continuing education webinar to explore adolescent development, behavior, emotional well-being, and the unique challenges that can arise during the transition from childhood to adulthood.

You’ll gain practical, evidence-informed insights into:

• Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development during adolescence

• Common myths and realities surrounding risk-taking, limit-testing, and exploration

• Negative coping patterns, including self-harm, substance use, and other risk behaviors

• Romantic and sexual dynamics, as well as nutritional and lifestyle influences

• Counseling goals that support emotional coping, self-identity, and growing autonomy

• Strategies for helping parents and guardians navigate changing roles and strengthen communication

• Mental health referral pathways, including talk-based, body-based, expressive, experiential, and family approaches

• Multidisciplinary resources such as occupational therapy, structured skills groups, holistic modalities, and transitional living programs

Expand your knowledge. Strengthen your clinical toolkit. Support adolescents and their families with greater understanding and confidence.

Register today and take a deeper look at the developmental, emotional, and therapeutic considerations that can help you better support adolescents.

This effort is associated with North Dakota’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Grant, funded by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), administered through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services – Behavioral Health Division.