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Adoption: Understanding the Process and Its Impact on Triad Members Virtual Webinar

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Thrive Initiative Educational Series for Professionals presentation focused on Adoption. Join the Thrive team and Dr. Jennifer Crissman Ishler, on September 25, 2024, at 12pmEDT, to explore the concepts and challenges associated with adoption and discusses the different types of available adoption with regard to contemporary adoption practices. …

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2024 Thrive Educational Series – Session II

We are pleased to announce the presenters for Session II of the 2024 Thrive Initiative’s Educational Series for Professionals. Join us in May and July for presentations on the topics of Working with Stepfamilies and the Hybrid Implementation of Thrive Parent-Education Programming. You can earn one hour of continuing education credit from the American Psychological …

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NEW RESCHEDULED DATE: The Mental Health Challenges of Military-Connected Children and How the Adults in Their Lives Can Help

Calling all Professionals! Join us for the second presentation in our Thrive Educational Series AT A NEWLY RESCHEDULED DATE on April 3, 2023, led by Dr. Celina Grassmyer. Dr. Grassmyer is a licensed clinical psychologist, practicing in Central Pennsylvania, who specializes in working with children and adolescents within rural outpatient and school-based settings. Nearly 1.5 …

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The Mental Health Challenges of Military-Connected Children and How the Adults in Their Lives Can Help

Calling all Professionals! Join us for the second presentation in our Thrive Educational Series on March 22, 2023, led by Dr. Celina Grassmyer. Dr. Grassmyer is a licensed clinical psychologist, practicing in Central Pennsylvania, who specializes in working with children and adolescents within rural outpatient and school-based settings. Nearly 1.5 million school-aged children in the …

Professionals

Supporting the Behavior Change Process: Adding Motivational Interviewing and Values Clarification to your Facilitator Toolbox 

Calling all Professionals! Join us for the first presentation in our Thrive Educational Series on January 17, 2023, led by Dr. Ryan Chesnut and Ms. Molly Burns from the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State. Learning how to support parents and caregivers as they work to change behaviors is both rewarding and challenging! …

Professionals