Mission WV's THINK program empowers teens to make positive life choices through education, life skills and coaching. Our program is evidence-based and helps the students we work with navigate the social-emotional pressures all teens face as they develop. This includes building healthy relationships, and healthy choices around drugs and alcohol, and pregnancy prevention.

We use new and innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancy, prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents, and promote optimal health.

BUT what does that mean? Learn more during this presentation.

About our speaker:

Jill Gwilt is the THINK Director for the Mission WV THINK Program. She is an innovative leader with over 13 years of experience implementing and managing youth programs, including healthy relationship education, positive youth development, and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Ms. Gwilt holds a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Applied Leadership. She currently oversees 3 federal grants and 2 state grants that serve over 15,000 youth a year with full evidence-based curricula. All grants are directed toward teen pregnancy prevention and healthy relationship education. Jill Gwilt is trained in Love Notes (2.1 and SRAE), Relationship SMARTS Plus (Original and SRAE), Promoting Health Among Teens!-Abstinence Only, Making Proud Choices, Draw the Line/Respect the Line, Choosing the Best, and Within My Reach.

This webinar will take place through Zoom. You will receive a confirmation email once you have successfully registered.

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LgAulUY_SPCw4hKiNMZYNQ

June 9th | 2:00-3:30 pm

This webinar will assist individuals in learning how to be accessible and take additional steps to ensure that documents and presentations are fully accessible.

Objectives

• Participants will be able to identify at least three features of Microsoft PowerPoint and Word that address accessibility.

• Participants will be able to list at least three characteristics of text that make a presentation more accessible.

• Participants will be able to demonstrate how to create alt text/tags in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.

CEUs provided by WVU for Social Work.
Webinar length: 1.5 hours

This is a Zoom Webinar. Once you register on zoom, you will receive an email with your login information.

About the presenter:

Courtney Lanham is the Training Specialist at the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities, as well as an adjunct professor for the WVU School of Social Work. They received their Bachelors in Psychology from West Virginia University in 2009. They received a Masters of Social Work from West Virginia University in 2011, in which they focused on clinical care for individuals mental health diagnoses, as well as gender and sexuality. Courtney is a graduate of the Georgetown University Cultural and Linguistic Competence Leadership Academy. They currently have interests in training of staff and community members with a focus on diversity and cultural competence.

Puberty brings a level of volatility in attitudes, behavior, responsibility and moods that can look and feel like mental illness. Most parents experience at least some moments of concern for their children’s mental health during the puberty ages of 11 to 14. But, should you? Or is your child experiencing a normal transition into adulthood?

It isn’t always easy to distinguish between the typical moodiness of puberty and mental health conditions that require professional attention. If you’re wondering about your child’s behaviors, this webinar will provide a good starting point for understanding how serious the problems might be, and whether you should seek professional help.

About our speaker:

Autumn Wagoner is the Youth Resource Coordinator at Mission WV where she works with youth experiencing any hardship in their lives including trauma, abuse, unhealthy relationships, dating violence, mental health, substance use, high risk sexual behaviors, or any other life situation that makes it difficult for a youth to function on a day-to-day basis. Autumn received her Bachelors and Masters in Social Work from the University of Akron and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in West Virginia. She has previous experience working with older adults, addiction, and mental health. Autumn’s previous job before coming to Mission West Virginia was a mental health therapist for youth and adults.

This webinar will take place through Zoom. You will receive a confirmation email once you have successfully registered.

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BBuSzvEdRIad9t3bt1n5oA

Puberty is a time of awkward change for most and can be filled with dread or doubt because of what kids don’t know or may have heard that is incorrect. Puberty 101 is designed to help parents begin to talk about puberty and have a basic understanding of what to expect. Parents will learn the tools to work together with their child towards a common goal of opening the lines of communication while learning about hygiene, self-care, combatting negative self-talk, and the basics of menstruation.

About our speaker:

Autumn Wagoner is the Youth Resource Coordinator at Mission WV where she works with youth experiencing any hardship in their lives including trauma, abuse, unhealthy relationships, dating violence, mental health, substance use, high risk sexual behaviors, or any other life situation that makes it difficult for a youth to function on a day-to-day basis. Autumn received her Bachelors and Masters in Social Work from the University of Akron and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in West Virginia. She has previous experience working with older adults, addiction, and mental health. Autumn’s previous job before coming to Mission West Virginia was a mental health therapist for youth and adults.

This webinar will take place through Zoom. You will receive a confirmation email once you have successfully registered.

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bILPMb0TQoepS7ffpDmZfA

This webinar offers insight into self-harm for those struggling with self-harm, their family members and medical professionals. Evidence-based techniques that can be used to provide support and reduce and eliminate self-harming behavior are also discussed.

About our speaker:

Autumn Wagoner is the Youth Resource Coordinator at Mission WV where she works with youth experiencing any hardship in their lives including trauma, abuse, unhealthy relationships, dating violence, mental health, substance use, high risk sexual behaviors, or any other life situation that makes it difficult for a youth to function on a day-to-day basis. Autumn received her Bachelors and Masters in Social Work from the University of Akron and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in West Virginia. She has previous experience working with older adults, addiction, and mental health. Autumn’s previous job before coming to Mission West Virginia was a mental health therapist for youth and adults.

This webinar will take place through Zoom. You will receive a confirmation email once you have successfully registered.

Join us on Facebook Live for a special story told by Mrs. Claus!

Mrs. Claus will be reading "Santa is Coming to West Virginia" by Steve Smallman, illustrated by Robert Dunn and Stefano Azzalin.

In this book, Santa and his team of reindeer are headed to West Virginia to deliver toys to all the good little girls and boys when a blizzard strikes and he crashes into the state Christmas tree. But never fear, Santa and his trusty Santa-nav will make sure all the presents are delivered.