Past Events

Come visit the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health table at University of Iowa Research Services Fair! The Research Services Fair (RSF) is a vendor-style fair that provides an opportunity for researchers to learn about campus resources and services available for their research and scholarship activities. Fair attendees will: Questions? Please email vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu.

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October 12, 2023

Cultivating Vitality through Acceptance and Commitment: Part 1

Learning and Training Opportunity

Professional Development

Using empirically supported strategies, Dr. Thomas will make relevant skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to Iowa educators. The three trainings will focus on three core skills: 1) Acting on one’s personally chosen values – identifying what matters and pursuing these values via consistent action 2) Developing awareness of one’s internal and external world […]

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October 11, 2023

Level 1: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Informed Practices and Implications for the Secondary Classroom

Learning and Training Opportunity

PreK-12

Professional Development

This introductory session will be an overview of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. What is it? How is it used? What’s the research say? One practitioner shares her experience with DBT in the classroom, in one-on-one sessions with students, with small groups, and in her personal life. Participants will leave the session with a working knowledge of […]

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September 21, 2023

12:00-1:00 pm CST

In-Person N116 Lindquist Center (Teacher Leader Center Professional Development Area), Iowa City, Iowa

Presenter/s Barry Schreier, Ph.D., Martin Kivlighan III, Ph.D., Martin Kivlighan III, Ph.D., Barry Schreier, Ph.D.

School Mental Health Research Lunch

Research

Special Event

Talk/Presentation

School is back in session, and so are Research Lunches! You are invited to enjoy a free lunch while learning about current research promoted by the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health. Presentation #1 “Higher Education Survey” Presentation #2 “Belonging in Higher Education” Presentation #3 “Basic Needs, Insecurity and Mental Health” This program, co-sponsored by the […]

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August 2, 2023

Mindful Breathwork for Educators

Learning and Training Opportunity

PreK-12

Webinar

Breath is the one thing that all of us have access to every single day! This workshop will provide educators with their own personal tools for emotional regulation and stress relief through the tool of mindful breathing. And the best part is that those same tools can be implemented in their classrooms with students in the coming […]

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August 1, 2023

Online Workshop – QPR for Educators

Learning and Training Opportunity

PreK-12

Professional Development

Webinar

Participants will learn question-persuade-refer (QPR), an evidenced-based practice to help recognize crises including warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. Opportunities to role play will be provided to help you feel more confident with this practice. This workshop is intended for licensed Iowa educators who are currently practicing OR for persons enrolled in an […]

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