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9:45am CDT

The Science of Team Building: Ways to Boost Engagement Across Any Group LIMITED

Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:45am - 10:40am CDT

Objectives:

Professionals will learn the art of sequencing interventions from beginning to end.
Professionals will explore strategies to create stronger team dynamics and collaboration.
Professionals will walk away with new experiential interventions to apply to populations they serve.

Abstract:
Team building fosters a supportive learning environment where students feel more engaged, motivated, and connected to their peers. “The Science of Team Building: Ways to Boost Engagement Across Any Group” will provide practitioners with foundational understanding of the art of sequencing group engagement from beginning to end. This workshop will teach interventions that can be adapted to various populations and settings.

This workshop is designed to be highly interactive, with participants taking an active role in community-building activities. You’ll not only explore the intervention but also engage with it directly as a participant, creating a meaningful, shared learning experience.

Statement of Need: Attending this workshop is essential for gaining practical, hands-on knowledge in team-building techniques that enhance engagement, motivation, and connection.

Speakers

Roxanne Castillo-Beckett, MA, LPC

Founder, Adventure Mind, PLLC

Roxanne has extensive experience spanning over 16 years working with at-risk populations in various settings. Her background includes roles in residential treatment centers, providing bilingual services to unaccompanied minors, crisis assessment and intervention in hospital settings... Read More →

Araceli Marquez, MS, LPC

Founder, Adventure Mind, PLLC

Araceli is a proud Texas veteran and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with a focus in experiential and outdoor behavioral healthcare. Certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Araceli pioneered TF-CBT experiential groups at the Children’s Advocacy... Read More →

Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:45am - 10:40am CDT
303B

Breakout session

11:00am CDT

Cultural Insights: Effects of Coping Strategies on Acculturation-Based Parent-Child Conflicts and Mental Health in Asian American Adolescents LIMITED

Wednesday July 16, 2025 11:00am - 11:55am CDT

303B

Objectives:

The role of acculturation-based conflicts in shaping mental health symptoms in Asian American adolescents.
How different coping strategies (emotion-oriented, task-oriented, and avoidance-oriented) can reduce parent-child conflicts and improve mental health outcomes.
Insights into developing culturally tailored mental health interventions to promote adaptive coping in this population.

Abstract:
This session explores how various coping strategies play roles in acculturation conflicts resulted from cultural differences between Asian American youths and their parents impact mental health outcomes, particularly depression and anxiety. Numerous culturally specific stressors have been contributors to Asian American (AA) youth mental health problems and their functional impairments. Proper coping strategies are crucial for children to manage stresses resulting from relational conflicts, and a specific coping strategy may either facilitate engaging in adaptable responses or avoiding the conflicts. However, there is a lack of studies to determine the types of coping strategies that have been effective among AA youths to reduce conflicts with their parents and to decrease their depression and anxiety. To address these limitations, this research study aimed at exploring the types of effective coping strategies that may be related to acculturation-based parent-child conflicts and mental health problems among AA adolescents. This correlational study was composed of 127 Asian American youths (ages 13 to 18 years) with depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Statement of Need: This research will resonate with the conference’s theme of gaining insights into the latest trends and practices in adolescent mental health and would be a valuable contribution to discussions on mental health and cultural dynamics.

Speakers

Jennifer Yu, PhD, LMFT

Clinical Supervisor, Asian Health Services

Dr. Yu is a developmental psychologist with extensive experience in integrated behavioral health, program development, and training the next generation of mental health professionals. She currently serves as the Mental Health Training and Clinical Supervisor in the Special Mental... Read More →

Wednesday July 16, 2025 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
303B

Breakout session

1:30pm CDT

The Balloon Theory of Wellness: Striving for a Balance at Each Stage of Life LIMITED

Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:25pm CDT

303B

Objectives:

Participants will be able to describe and differentiate between the 8 dimensions of wellness.
Participants will be able to reflect on the unique aspects of their lives and understand how each dimension of wellness plays a significant role in their wellness journey.
Participants will be given a step-by step- guide to wellness handbook that they can use to help identify components of a personalized wellness plan that incorporates each dimension of wellness.

Abstract:
Quite often used interchangeably, health and wellness are two different concepts that people may use to define their quality of life. Wellness are the actions that one can take to help them achieve a desired level of health. This session will introduce the 8 dimensions of wellness, recognized by SAMHSA, and show how these dimensions are interlinked and impact one another. Wellness is a journey that has many twists, turns, and sometimes roadblocks. Understanding how these dimensions are connected, very much like a bundle of balloons, can provide people an opportunity to step back and identify components of each dimension and create an individualized plan of action for each stage of life.

Speakers

Patti Brouhard, MA, MPH

Community Educator, Communities In Schools of San Antonio

Patti Brouhard is a Community Educator with Community in Schools San Antonio. She has been with CIS-SA since December of 2023. Patti was a high school science and health teacher for almost 20 years and was a high school girls basketball coach. She has earned a Master’s Endorsement... Read More →

Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:25pm CDT
303B

Breakout session

2:55pm CDT

Ethics LIMITED

Wednesday July 16, 2025 2:55pm - 4:45pm CDT

303B

Objectives:

Examine personal, philosophical, contextual values that affect ethical reasoning in clinical practice
Apply principles of ethics in real world clinical situations
Outline ethical issues which commonly impact pediatric patients
Articulate the ethics of caring

Speakers

Deborah L. James, MSN, RN, CCRN-K

Assistant Professor/Clinical, UT Health

Driven by a belief in the Art and Science of Nursing, practice, and education through-out my career has focused on safe, evidence-based patient-centered care. My passion and commitment to exemplary End of Life Care of patients and significant others in combination with my research... Read More →

Wednesday July 16, 2025 2:55pm - 4:45pm CDT
303B

Breakout session

claritycon2025

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