Building Your Psychological Strength
Week of March 12, 2022
Building Your Psychological Strength
The pace of disruption in our world is increasing, not slowing down. In this talk, Dr. Koplewicz takes aim at reducing the mental health impacts of the next global public health crisis — and the remainder of this one. Along the way, he’ll use powerful new video resources developed by the Child Mind Institute and the State of California to teach attendees the top skills for staying grounded. The goal for all of us—kids and adults—is to encourage what Dr. Koplewicz calls “post-traumatic growth.”
Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant and Secure Kids and Grandkids
Just as sturdy scaffolding is necessary when erecting a building and will come down when the structure grows stable, good parenting provides children with steady and warm emotional nourishment on the path toward independence. In his book Scaffold Parenting, Dr. Koplewicz introduces this powerful and clinically tested idea: a deliberate build-up and then gradual loosening of parental support is the single most effective way to encourage kids to climb higher, try new things, grow from mistakes, and develop character and strength. Explaining the building blocks of an effective scaffold from infancy through young adulthood, he expertly guides parents and grandparents through the strategies for raising empowered, capable people.
When to Worry About Your Worries
It is a natural thing to have anxiety. It is normal for very young children to be afraid of the dark, or for school-age children to worry about making friends. But sometimes normal childhood anxiety morphs into something more serious. In this talk, Dr. Koplewicz will cover the signs and symptoms of anxiety and provide practical strategies that empower parents and children alike. Providing a nuanced understanding of what is and isn’t an anxiety disorder, along with insight of the best cutting-edge treatments, Dr. Koplewicz will give attendees a new skillset to help young people (and maybe even themselves).
Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, is the founding president and medical director of the Child Mind Institute, the only independent national nonprofit dedicated to child and adolescent mental health. One of the nation’s leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, Dr. Koplewicz was previously founding director of the NYU Child Study Center and served as director of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. His expertise on youth mental health appears frequently in leading media outlets including NBC News, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and he has participated in podcast and video interviews with stars including Trevor Noah, Dax Shepard and Reese Witherspoon. Dr. Koplewicz regularly interviews celebrities including Emma Stone, P!nkand Simone Biles as part of the Child Mind Institute’s mission to inspire kids and decrease the stigma of mental health and learning disorders. He is the author of several books, including Scaffold Parenting: Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety, from Penguin Random House. The Child Mind Institute’s award-winning website, childmind.org, has brought accessible information to more than 65 million parents, teachers and mental health professionals. During the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Koplewicz led the organization in a digital transformation including telehealth treatment, hotlines for front line professionals, resources for underserved communities and celebrity social media campaigns which reached more than 250 million people. He recently led the Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project in California – an innovate partnership between the state of California and the Child Mind Institute to bring essential social emotional supports and coping skills to youth across the state via free, evidence-based video and print resources for students, caregivers and educators.