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  • 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 […]

  • Virtual Youth Leadership Forum

    Zoom

    This VYLF is a FREE 6-day event (2.5 hours a day) that is presented in a fun, interactive and educational format with the support of peers along the way. We create a safe, youth-friendly environment with plenty of fun activities to compliment the wealth of knowledge being learned! We invite young leaders to join us to build upon leadership skills and become empowered with self-confidence and self-determination.

    Free

  • Ready, Willing and Able: The Progression of Disability Rights in New York State

    Join Disability Rights New York and Families Together in New York State to discuss Rehab Act & the Americans with Disabilities Act and how their implementation has effected disability rights within New York State. Presented by: Marc Fliedner, Esq. Director of the PAIMI and PAIR programs at Disability Rights New York. This virtual event is […]

  • Mental Health in the Caribbean Community

    The Caribbean Association of Georgia, Inc. (CAG), under the leadership of President Samantha Samuels, voted to establish Mental Health as a key initiative to address in the Caribbean community to increase awareness, diminish stigma, alleviate misunderstandings, and facilitate dialogue about Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide amongst the Caribbean population. "Getting Rid of the Stigma" is one of the […]