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| Name | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Communicating with Communicators: Learn How to Reach More People More Often to Raise Awareness and Understanding of Your Students and Your Work | In this interactive session, McKinney-Vento liaisons, foster care POCs, and advocates will learn about building clear, consistent, concise communications and identifying the best champions and channels for deploying them. | |
| Lights on Afterschool: Amplifying Our Movement | Preparing for and leveraging OST awareness campaigns, with a focus on statewide visibility efforts. | |
| Educator Essentials: Screening and Responding to Youth Human Trafficking with CSC’s New Toolkit | Join us for an essential training designed to equip educators and school-based professionals with the tools they need to recognize and respond to youth who may be at risk of human trafficking. This webinar will introduce participants to the Center for Schools and Communities’ (CSC) Youth Human Trafficking Screening Toolkit, a resource developed specifically for school-based mental health professionals, nurses, McKinney-Vento homeless liaisons, social workers, and counselors. | |
| World United Against Bullying: A Day of Action | One in five students in the United States report being bullied. It is a top concern among parents. Bullying isn’t just a discipline issue—it’s a public health concern. Join educators, community leaders and advocates on World Bullying Prevention Day, October 6, 2025. | |
| Building Local Champions | Engaging parents, youth, educators, and community leaders as advocates alongside providers. | |
| Language Justice: The Path to Engaging Communities | This presentation is designed to equip staff with the knowledge and skills to implement language justice as a key principle for fostering healthier and more equitable communities. Language justice, defined as equitable access to communication and information for individuals from diverse linguistic backgrounds, ensures dignity, inclusion, and active family engagement in intervention processes. | |
| Supporting Youth at the Intersection of Homelessness, Foster Care, and Juvenile Justice: Leveraging Federal Education Programs | This webinar is designed for Homeless Liaisons and Foster Care Points of Contact in LEAs across Pennsylvania. It provides an overview of the unique challenges faced by youth experiencing homelessness, involvement in child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and highlights the federal education programs that serve these intersecting populations. | |
| Workforce Development & OST | Highlighting how OST programs build career pathways, entrepreneurship, and workforce readiness. | |
| Purposeful Healing: Addressing and Preventing Vicarious Trauma | Educators and youth service professionals often experience secondary trauma, particularly when working to support students and families experiencing trauma. Discover strategies for recognizing and preventing vicarious trauma and prioritizing well-being. | |
| STEM & Innovation in Afterschool | Highlighting how OST supports STEM learning, PA STEELS alignment, and future skill-building. | |
| Equity & Access in OST | Centering equity by addressing gaps in access for rural, urban, and underserved youth. | |
| Refuel: Addressing and Preventing Compassion Fatigue | Dive into the causes of compassion fatigue, a common challenge for those working in youth services. Gain practical tips for self-care, boundary setting, and finding support networks to help prevent burnout and maintain compassion in their work. | |
| Youth Voice in Advocacy | Featuring youth leaders sharing their perspectives and priorities with policymakers and partners. | |
| Policy in Action: What’s Ahead for OST | Previewing upcoming state/federal legislative activity and mobilizing advocates ahead of spring sessions. | |
| Action Day Preparation: Amplifying Our Movement | Preparing for and leveraging OST education & awareness day- statewide visibility efforts. |