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Georgia Department Of Juvenile Justice School System - Building A Better Future, Zane Shelfer

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Come see how the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) School System is Building a Better Future for students who enroll. The DJJ School System provides academic and career services to students from middle school through high school and up to enrollment in technical college and four-year universities. Highlights will include an overview of these services and best practice information for creating a similar school system.

Black Girl Magic: Understanding Our Misunderstood Black Girls Through Therapeutic Relationship Building, Phylicia O. Anderson

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

“Black Girl Magic” is a popular phrase that celebrates the beauty, power, and resiliency of black womanhood. Just like “magic,” our black girls are often misunderstood and feared. Through implicit biases, stereotypes, and discrimination, many black girls are unable to tap into their full potential. As change agents, it is our responsibility to break barriers and build therapeutic relationships to tap into black girl magic!

Becoming A Mental Health Sleuth: The “Sherlock Holmes Skills” Every Program Needs, Frank J. Kros

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Our students’ mental health significantly impacts their school attendance, academic performance, socialemotional development, and school safety. This workshop provides the tools for establishing and developing expertise in these “Sherlock Holmes Skills” by providing participants exposure to the key symptoms, causes, and interventions for common mental health concerns in school-age youth including depression, anxiety disorders, trauma and stress-related disorders, oppositional disorder, conduct disorder, and attention disorders. Participants will also receive a workbook of course materials and a matrix outlining the background, causes, symptoms, and foundational interventions for each mental health concern.

Perspectives On Keeping Kids In Classrooms Not Courtrooms, Gerard Lawson, Laura E. Welfare, Tameka O. Grimes, Ariann Robino

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

The school to prison pipeline begins with school disciplinary incidents that result in suspensions and/or referrals to law enforcement. With the support of the National Institutes of Justice, the presenters explored factors that inform decision-making about exclusionary discipline practices and law enforcement referrals in Virginia. Educators and School Resource Officers are invited to discuss strategies for promoting well-being of youth-at-risk.

An Intergenerational Drama Program Utilizing Community Based Learning, Bennett Harrell

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Participants in this workshop will engage in ensemble building drama activities. These activities will lead to the creation of multiple pieces of drama. The participants will also develop a list of interview questions they can use if they choose to implement the project at their schools or organizations. Many of the activities are from Augusto Boal’s “Theatre of the Oppressed,” a genre of theatre born out of the necessities of people who experience oppression. It provides them tools to explore the oppression and ways to face it in the real world.

Target audience: Teachers at all levels; Principals and Assistant …

The Third Wave Of Educational Reform: Fostering The Development Of The Whole Child, Dan W. Rea, Leigh Colburn, Linda Beggs

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

The third wave of educational reform goes beyond narrowly focusing on student achievement (first wave) to also recognizing the need for social-emotional learning (second wave), and now including wraparound services for health, safety, and family/community engagement to equitably meet the holistic needs of all students, especially those in poverty. Contributing to the third wave, the “5H” Holistic Framework (5HHF) provides five protective/promotive factors to meet students’ needs and promote their holistic well-being: Head (academic achievement), Heart (social-emotional care), Hand (safety/security), Health (physical/mental health), and Home (family/community engagement). We will introduce educators to current vocabulary, processes for gathering student voice, a …

Building Youth Resilience To Adverse Childhood Experiences: Small Group Therapy In An Urban School-Based Health Center, Anne-Marie Conn

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Chronic adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can result in lifelong impairments. Resiliency skills, such as self-regulation, are teachable and can mitigate the negative impact of ACEs. Educational settings are optimally positioned to address ACEs; however, little research guides our understanding of effective models for ACEs mitigation. Within an urban school-based health center (SBHC), we provided small group therapy and evaluated the impact on youth resilience.

Health & Kinesiology News, Georgia Southern University

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: News & Publications (2015-2023)

• MHA Student Accepts Summer Internship with Duke University Health System

Information Technology News, Georgia Southern University

Computing: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• WIT Member wins First Data Spark Garage Competition!

Student Wellbeing Matters! Use Positive Psychology Interventions To Help Your Students Achieve And Succeed., Andrea A. Francis

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Positive Psychology Interventions (PPI), grounded in the psychological theory of Wellbeing (Seligman, 2002) are pathways to a life of purpose and meaning. Each intervention is proved to not only reduce anxiety and increase optimism, but to create protective factors needed to cope with stress, anxiety and trauma.

Connecting Bullying And School Drop Out, June Jenkins, Jan Urbanski

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

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Taking Time To B.R.E.A.T.H.E. Strategies For Strengthening Staff And Student Well-Being, Joelle Hood

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

When students and staff experience chronic stress, it negatively impacts their motivation, performance, and wellbeing, Participants in this engaging workshop will walk away with simple research-based practices from the fields of Mindfulness and Positive Psychology, that they can utilize with both themselves and students to reduce stress and anxiety, improve attention and performance, and strengthen overall physical and psychological well-being.

Learning To Listen: Engaging Students In Critical Reflection And Courageous Conversations, Christen H. Clougherty

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

How do we teach democracy when participation was historically limited, and when people are still disenfranchised by the system put in place to give them voice? A challenging part of service-learning is exposing students to the world’s imperfections and then guiding them to be change agents. Learn how to navigate this throughexamples you can take back to your classroom.

Building Family Engagement Through The Fathers And Father-Figures Of Your Students Volunteering A Full School Day, Keith Schumacher

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

WATCH D.O.G.S. ® is a family engagement educational initiative that utilizes the influence of fathers and father-figures to provide positive, adult male role-models for the students. Come learn how to successfully launch the WATCH D.O.G.S. program in your school(s) to support education and safety, and increase family engagement.

Grief And Loss: Shedding Light On Our Youth, Kiana Battle

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

This presentation will expose the hidden impact that grief and loss have on both youth and adolescents, such as at-risk behaviors, trauma, mental health issues, issues of low self-concept and many more. The presentation will also provide participants with best practices for supporting youth impacted by grief and loss, such as group counseling, youth development practices, and other interventions.

Tools And Techniques To Foster Restorative Outcomes, Louis L. Fletcher Phd, Kim Boyd Psyd

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Restorative practices are proactive approaches to creating a fair process and providing students with a voice in their classrooms, schools, and school district. This presentation focuses on the practical skills that are used to facilitate restorative practices. The presenters will pose scenarios and facilitate discussions to increase the attendees' ability to use restorative tools and techniques.

Table Of A Second Chance, Jean P. Belizaire Mr.

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

i will present on the continous dilemma on the opiate crisis and the best practices based on 5 years experience in the field in helping to stabilize and rehabilitate those held in the grips of addictions and various related symptoms of addictions.

Igniting A Spark In "Dead-Eyed" Youth, Thomas Peterson, Mileigh Rabun, Rebecca Gaylor, Thomas Parmer, Stephanie Love

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Far too many youths, known as being “high-risk,” are not faring well at life and in school. To accompany this problem, most educators lack the ability to effectively respond to these youths. Motivated by a desire to provide educators and those working with youth at risk with a much-needed alternative to emotionally draining conventional classroom cultures, our intent is to move beyond the deforming rhetoric of behaviorism and lay claim to moral and spiritual foundations that bring both groups together in a setting that promotes a culture of dialogue, openness, trust, and caring.

2019 Nyar (Savannah) Program, National Youth At Risk Conference, Savannah

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Conference Program

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Taking Flight – March 2019, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Message From the Dean
• Alumni Spotlight -- Rusty Williams
• Naming Celebration for Georgia Southern's Parker College of Business Recognizes Growth of Business Programs
• Parker Business Student Selected as Board of Regents Academic Day Representative
• Denver Transportation Club Honors Burke with 2019 Educator of the Year Award
• Georgia Southern Parker College of Business Sales Students Compete Nationally, Place Among the Best
• Georgia Southern Students to Represent University at First-Ever Georgia Inventure Prize
• Eagle Sales Showcase Boot Camp
• Logistics Roundtable
• Parker Finance Connection
• First Annual Parker Regional Sales Competition
• Logistics Team Competes in Regional Case Competition
• Parker College Team Competes in Investment …

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Mynews, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• ‘Shark Tank’ star Daymond John to speak at Georgia Southern’s Spring Commencement
• Georgia Southern’s Statesboro Campus celebrates state Arbor Day
• Georgia Southern’s Armstrong Campus hosts annual high school congressional competition exhibition
• Georgia Southern’s online RN to BSN program ranked one of most affordable in nation
• Outstanding alumnus provides lead gift for Hanner Fieldhouse renovation, honored by USG
• Follow Georgia Southern on Snapchat!
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Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Outstanding alumnus provides lead gift for Hanner Fieldhouse renovation, honored by USG

Criminal Justice And Criminology News, Georgia Southern University

Criminal Justice & Criminology: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• Professor Sarah Rogers Published in Violence Against Women

Discourses Of Bilingualism: Facebooking In The Margins -- Generating Sexist, Classist, And Racist Backlash, Mary Francis Agnello

International Critical Media Literacy Conference (2016-2019)

This session will focus on sexist, classist and racist Facebook discussions about bilinguals and bilingualism. Feminist and critical discourse analyses inform analytic lenses for identifying and making sense of peoples’ attitudes, ideological penchants and the possibilities for having an informed dialog regarding concepts about dialog participants. Two research questions guide the study: How can unlike-minded people come to some agreement or consensus about a highly controversial issue like bilingualism in the United States? To what degree is attempting to converse with people from different political persuasions a worthwhile endeavor in light of polarized tensions in the United States?

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern looks at Public Health Employees’ Perceptions About Health Equity and Other Social Determinants of Health

Common Data Set, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Common Datasets

No abstract provided.

"It's My Closest Friend And My Most Hated Enemy": Students Share Perspectives On Procrastination In Writing Classes, Jennifer Gray

Journal of Student Success in Writing (Archived)

This article presents the results from an IRB-approved study that researched student perspectives on procrastination. Qualitative and quantitative data from over 200 surveys administered to first-year writers illustrated multiple reasons why students procrastinated, and these reasons are much deeper than a strong desire to do something else. Results indicated that when students perceived a lack of engagement with their topic (whether the engagement was actually there or not), they were more likely to procrastinate. In addition, students who had fewer choices in their writing assignments, such as topic choices or format choices, were more likely to procrastinate and avoid the …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• ‘Shark Tank’ Star Daymond John to speak at Georgia Southern’s Spring Commencement

• Georgia Southern’s online RN to BSN program ranked one of most affordable in nation