Onsite and virtual training for teen and family mental health

Disponible en Español. This workshop is facilitated by FFDA staff and delivered by a mental health professional. Participants will learn how to recognize depression in teens, get teens help and find treatment, communicate effectively with teens about depression, and access community resources. Our staff will work with the event organizers to customize the material to your group’s specific needs.

This workshop will prepare parents and/or school staff to support the mental health of Black youth. Participants will learn about unique challenges facing Black youth, risk factors that can contribute to depression and suicidality, barriers to accessing mental health care, and how adults can help increase protective factors.

Does your family have the tools they need to address life’s stressors? By being knowledgeable about self- care and mental health, you can help your family get on the path to wellness. This on-site or virtual workshop is facilitated by FFDA staff and delivered by a licensed mental health professional. During the training, participants will learn how to identify symptoms of stress in themselves and family members, manage stress as a family, respond when symptoms become “more than stress,” and get help for themselves or a family member.

This event features Massachusetts teenagers and young adults ("Peer Storytellers") who have lived experience with depression and bipolar disorder. Peer Storytellers share their stories of identifying symptoms, seeking adult support, finding effective treatment, and learning how to stay well. This workshop aims to end mental health stigma by demystifying mental health conditions and to encourage help-seeking among teenagers and young adults. Teens learn to identify which trusted adult they can #TurnTo for help.

Pressures from school, family, friends, work: our teens are surrounded and burdened by stress from all sides. Because untreated stress can lead to mental health conditions like depression, our teens need to develop practical strategies to manage day-to-day stress. During this workshop, a trained facilitator shares their experience of surviving stress and depression throughout their teen and young adult life. Participants will learn the signs of stress and depression, identify strategies to manage day-to-day stress, and begin to create a survival guide of their own!