IYI offers Webinars and audio conferences on topics related to nonprofit youth
development. This format allows Indiana youth workers to learn from leading national
and local experts in an efficient, cost effective and convenient manner.
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Just in time for ISTEPs and other spring tests:
- Overcoming Test Anxiety: How youth workers can help kids cope
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
10:00-11:30 AM Eastern Time
Performance anxiety when taking tests can prevent young people from demonstrating there true level of knowledge and grasp of concepts. This webinar will explore the dynamics of anxiety in general and test-taking anxiety in particular. Youth workers will can skills to help youth overcome this anxiety and succeed despite its presence.
Participants will learn:
- Ways anxiety impairs performance
- How the impact of test-anxiety reaches beyond school
- Skills to help kids deal with anxiety appropriately and effectively
Competency Area: Child & Youth Development, Program Environments
Skill Level: Beginner (0-3) and Mid-Level (4-8)
Relates to working with kids: Age 10 and up
Free for Indiana youth serving professionals
$30 for Non-IN youth serving professionals
About the trainer:
Dennis Bumgarner, ACSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist who has directed the Chapel Hill Center for Brief Therapy, a counseling, consulting, and training practice in Indianapolis, since its inception in 1983. He earned his bachelor and master's degrees from Indiana University. During his thirty year career, he has provided psychotherapy services to a variety of populations for the full range of personal adjustment problems. He is in demand as a trainer to parents, school corporations, businesses and other organizations. He has presented numerous training workshops for therapists, counselors, school personnel, and businesses across the country on a variety of topics related to human behavior.
This webinar will be recorded and posted on IYI’s website for future viewing.
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Past Webinars and audio conferences
(The audio portions are up to 90 minutes in length.)
Recruiting and Retaining Minority Mentors
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Download the pdf of the slide presentation
January 27, 2010
Recruiting and retaining diverse mentors is essential to meeting the needs
of mentoring programs and frequently referenced as a subject of great interest.
Webinar facilitated by Gary Graham, Senior Outreach Coordinator, Children’s Services
Council of Palm Beach County.
Fundraising Essentials: Working with Foundations
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Download the pdf of the slide presentation
November 23, 2009
Family, corporate, large, small- no matter the size or structure of the foundation; working with these groups is an essential component of your fund development plan. Mindy Lewis has an extensive background in fund development with a family foundation as well other funders. Learn from her thoughts and tips on building effective relationships with these important stakeholders.
This Way to College - Helping Families Get Going
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Click here for more information.
October 29, 2009
The road to the future can be intimidating. Education beyond high school has never been more important than it is today. This Webinar will guide you through Triptocollege.org, a free, online resource that provides all the help you need to assist your youth and their families plan and pay for college.
Learn practical resources, with a step-by-step plan for educational success beyond high school, whether that means a two or four-year degree or other advanced education credentials.
The CCF Grant Application
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Click here for more information.
Teen Textuality: What Youth Workers Need to Know about Sexting
September 30, 2009- Presenter Jim Hancock, Author — The Youth Worker’s Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis and The Good Sex Curriculum.
This session considers sexting from sociological and adolescent developmental perspectives, discusses elements of a concrete strategy for dealing with sexting, and explores ways to talk proactively with adolescents and parents about kids’ emerging sexuality.
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Download the pdf of the slide presentation.
More on this topic
Hancock's books in IYI's library
IYI Issue Brief: Teen Textuality
IYI Library Bibliography: Healthy Relationships and Social Skills
IYI Library Bibliography: Technology and Youth Programs
IYI Radio Shows: Sexting and Youth Issues with Walt Mueller
IYI Monthly Column: for September
IYI News Release: Flirting with High-tech Trouble: Sexting is a Growing Problem among Adolescents
Collaborations and Partnerships that Improve Outcomes for Youth
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 — Presenter: Dennis Banas, Praxis Strategies and Solutions
Focuses on the variety of joint ventures available to nonprofits looking to improve outcomes in a cost-effective way.
It explores what joint ventures and collaborations have in common and how they are different. Presents the necessary “pre-conditions” for successful joint ventures.
Sponsored by Clarian Health.
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Download the pdf of the slide presentation.
Bibliography from Presenter.
More on this topic:
IYI Library Bibliography: Nonprofit Management
"Surviving the Hive: Sanely and Successfully Interacting with the Adults in Your Students’ Lives"
June 3, 2009 — Presenter: Rosalind Wiseman, Author of NY Times bestseller Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads.
Young people aren't the only ones who can behave in unethical, anxious, or reactive ways. Drawing from her latest book, Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads, Rosalind Wiseman shows how parents and other adults become involved in kids’ conflicts for better or worse. In this webinar, youth workers will learn concrete strategies to improve their relationships with everyone in the lives of the children they work with--from parents to teachers, coaches, and principals.
Sponsored by Clarian Health.
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Download the pdf of the slide presentation.
More on this topic:
IYI Issue Alert: "When Push Turns to Shove: How to Help Bullies and Their Targets."
IYI Library Bibliography: Bullying and Bullying Prevention
IYI Radio Show: "Sexting"
Addressing Kids’ Needs Across Cultures
April 9, 2009— Presenter: Debra Jarvis, Associate Consultant with Peace Learning Center.
This session opens the door to conversations about how an organization or individual may unintentionally use discriminatory language, practices or programs that may effect their ability to meet kids needs. Explore how stereotypes and misinformation develop and begin to move from these misperceptions to valuing diversity and the benefits it brings to organizational and personal effectiveness. The article, “Cultural competence in services to children and families” mentioned in the Webinar can be downloaded here. Clowes, L. (2003). Cultural competence in services to children and families. Focal Point: A National Bulletin on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 17(1), 21-23.
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Download pdf bibliography from IYI Library of this topic.
Download the pdf of the slides.
Download the pdf of handouts and Q&A.
Webinar follow up to the Issue Alert “Minority Youth: Overrepresented & Underserved in Indiana’s Systems."
Accessing Federal Stimulus Funds for Youth Serving Organizations
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 — Presenter: Amanda Lopez, MSW
Access the Web recording of the Webinar.
Download information about Community Development Representatives (pdf)
Download information about Indiana Summer Youth Employment Projects (pdf)
Download the pdf of the PowerPoint presentation.
Teaching Hoosier Kids Financial Literacy
June 19, 2008 - Learn more about games, activities, Web sites and other resources that you can use to teach financial literacy skills to children and youth during this free audio conference and webinar. David Godsted- Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University.
[ MP3 ]
Presentation: Handout (pdf)
More on this topic:
IYI's Issue Alert
“From Birth to Bankruptcy - Teaching dollars and sense to Hoosier kids"
IYI Monthly Column:
Failing Financial Literacy
Kids in this Economy
IYI Radio Show
Kids Failing Finances
Sponsored in part by Crowe Chizek
High School Graduation: The Terre Haute Example
April 23, 2008- According to data released last month by Indiana Black Expo, only 48 percent of African-American
Hoosiers in the Class of 2005 graduated from high school. Yet in Terre Haute, the percentage reached
85 percent. Hear from Vigo County School Corporation officials on what it took to make
graduation a reality for these students.
[ MP3 ]
More on this topic:
IYI Monthly Column:
High School Graduation: The Terre Haute Example
Low-Income Students and College Success
April 8, 2008- Presented by Project Leadership Executive Director Tammy Pearson and Community
Scholarship Liaison Linda Lowe. Low-income students have the longest journey toward economic
self-sufficiency as they face challenges far beyond finances in achieving academic and career success.
Project Leadership of Grant County helps these students successfully transition to college.
[ MP3 ]
Presentation: Handout (pdf) | PowerPoint
More on this topic:
IYI Issue Alert:
More than Money: Low-Income Students and College Success
Kids Count Radio Show:
Low-income Students and College Success
IYI Monthly Column:
MORE THAN MONEY: Low-Income Students and College Success
Preventing Hoosier Teen Suicide
July 18, 2007 - Presented by Colleen Carpenter, project coordinator of the Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition. Colleen Carpenter has a suicide prevention email list on which she distributes news and events regarding suicide prevention and mental health. If you are interested in being added to this email list, please contact her (see slide 63).
[ MP3 ] [PowerPoint Presentation]
Sponsored in part by Riley Hospital for Children, part of Clarian Health.
More on this topic
IYI Issue Alert: Suicide Surpasses Homicide as #2 Cause of Death among Hoosier Teens
IYI Bibliography: Teen Depression and Suicide
IYI Radio Show: Teen Depression News
Diabetes in School-Aged Children
May 3, 2007 - Co-Presented by Kris Freeman, U.S. Olympic cross country skier and diabetic, and Dr. Henry Rodriguez, diabetes care expert.
[MP3 ]
Challenging Child Abuse and Neglect in Indiana
July 28, 2006 - Presented by James Payne, Director of the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS).
[ MP3 ]
Empowerment and Juvenile Justice
March 10, 2006 - Presented by Hasan Davis, Director of Empowerment Solutions.
[ MP3 ]
Addressing Kids’ Needs Across Cultures