Speakers & Screens
Explore recordings and resources from CATCH’s past in-person educational programs. These events bring expert insight to important youth mental health topics, giving families tools, perspective, and next steps they can use at home and in the community.
CATCH Up on our last In-Person Education Program
Dr. Rachel Fancher shares insights, strategies, and tools to help parents set boundaries, manage risks, and raise kids who feel connected, confident, and capable in a digital world.
Whether your child has had a phone for years or just started gaming-small shifts now can reset your family’s relationship with technology.
Not all screen time is created equal-why the size and setting of a screen matter just as much as the amount of time.
When it comes to kids and technology, there’s rarely a clear right or wrong answer just different discomforts.
Four factors from the American Academy of Pediatrics that matter more than screentime minutes.
Continue your learning
Amy Oberholtzer and her daughter Shawn reflect on anxiety, independence, and what it takes to let our kids grow and go.
Parenting is harder than ever—but what if some of the things we think are helping our kids are actually making life more stressful for them? In this eye-opening talk, Dr. Doug Bolton, clinical psychologist and parenting expert, challenges four common myths that may be harming our children’s mental health and happiness.
In this insightful talk, Dr. Lisa Novak dives deep into the growing epidemic of anxiety among young people. She explores the major role that smartphones, social media, and cultural shifts have played in shaping what Jonathan Haidt calls “The Anxious Generation.” With compelling data and personal anecdotes, Dr. Novak unpacks the effects of over-parenting, under-parenting online, and the dramatic rewiring of childhood.
Talking with teens about suicide is not easy, but Erica Leibrandt, LCPC, RTY, Sound Mind Counseling, Glenview, IL, is working to provide parents the tools they need to connect with their kids and keep the conversation going. Leibrandt explains, how to talk with your teen about their feelings, how to get them into treatment if it’s needed, how to support your child through the death by suicide of a friend, and what to know about kids who are thinking about ending their life
Erica Leibrandt, LCPC, RTY, Sound Mind Counseling, Glenview, IL, talks WITH teens about depression, anxiety, and suicide including how to help themselves AND their friends.
When you regulate your own nervous system it rubs off on your kids. In this mindful movement workshop, Jacqueline Vlietstra, Certified Yoga therapist and owner of Yoga for Resilience, explains how this all works and guides you through a self-regulation practice to get you started.
Learn practical ways to support LGBTQ+ youth with acceptance, intentional listening, affirming language, and respect for each young person’s identity and personal journey.
Learn how to recognize when your child may need additional help and understand the school-based supports, private interventions, evaluations, and treatment options available to families.
Discover how allowing children to struggle, make mistakes, and recover from setbacks can build confidence, coping skills, grit, and resilience for adulthood.
Audrey Grunst encourages parents to reframe failure as an opportunity for growth, focus on values instead of perfection, and teach children that sometimes good enough is enough.
A community conversation as a follow-up to CATCH’s hosting of Stixrud and Johnson’s presentation.
A community conversation as a follow-up to CATCH’s hosting of Tina Payne Bryson and how to implement her parenting ideas in our own homes.
A community book discussion on the main themes of Dr. Becky’s book Good Inside and how we implement these ideas in our homes and our community.
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