Events

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Back To School Webinar Series

    Tuesday, August 18: School Anxiety and Avoidance during Covid-19 10:00-11:30am Anxiety is a natural part of childhood. When anxiety gets in the way of a child’s learning – whether it’s online or in person – let’s talk about supports and services that may be available. We’ll talk about strategies and resources you can use in your home or with your child’s school team.

  • Back To School Webinar Series

    Monday, August 24: Bridging Perspectives 10:00-11:30am Many communications take place between families and schools and it can be complicated to sort that all out, especially when there are disagreements or uncertainties. We’ll give you strategies and tools to help you reflect, share, and build bridges between yourself and your school.

  • Virtual Youth Leadership Forum

    This FREE six-day event (2.5 hours a day) is for young people ages 14-24 to speak up, build leadership and self-advocacy skills, and prepare to take on leadership roles. Schedule: 2:00pm - 4:30pm daily with evening activities on days 2 and 4 going from 7:00pm-8:30 pm Registration

  • Virtual FANS Training

    Virtual FANS Basic Training October 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2020 Zoom virtual event 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM FTNYS understands the importance of keeping staff trained in FANS. To that end, we have been working to develop a web-based FANS basic training that will allow FPA’s to become certified to use the tool. The […]

  • Holistic Healing with Robbie

    Zoom

    Long Island Regional Youth Partner with Families Together in New York State, Robbie Lettieri is a national public speaker, mental health advocate, and registered yoga therapist. Robbie will be offering an hour long overview on “holistic healing”. During this presentation we will explore several different approaches to maintaining emotional wellbeing, covering topics such as yoga and meditation, the energy within the body, foods that fuel the soul, harnessing our passions and more! After exploring different techniques on how to utilize our breath and gain more control over our minds, we will end this session with a guided mediation. Come and experience Holistic Healing to learn tools that we can use on a daily basis to support us on our journeys through life!

    Free

  • The View from Inside: A two-part bias reduction experience for Family/Youth Peer Advocates

    Zoom

    A safe, supportive journey to self-awareness, reflection and bias reduction with Dr. Dana E. Crawford. ​In this 2-part series Dr. Dana E. Crawford, Pediatric and Clinical Psychologist will take us on a safe, intimate journey to self-awareness and reflection. Helping us to acknowledge our connection to bias, prejudice and racism. We will build bias reduction […]

  • Virtual Foundations for Leadership

    Zoom

    Foundations for Leadership is a FREE workshop series connected to VYLFs and offered in the community for parents/caregivers of youth with disabilities that brings together both the family and youth perspective. We give caregivers the tools they need as a vital part of their transition team through teaching, modeling, and support. LEARN ABOUT: tools and strategies for supporting […]