Helping Youth Overcome Social Anxiety Through Evidence-Based Interventions

Event Description:
Join us for a free, in-person, all day training on March 19th 2026 in Homer, NY for social workers, youth serving, and school based professionals.

This workshop provides participants with practical, evidence-informed strategies to identify, understand, and support students experiencing anxiety. Participants will explore how thoughts, behaviors, and physiological responses maintain anxiety and learn strategies to help youth gradually engage in daily activities safely and confidently.

Drawing on cognitive-behavioral approaches, mindfulness techniques, and group- and classroom-level interventions, the workshop emphasizes practical skills that can be applied directly with students. Through brief lecture, guided reflection, case-based discussion, and interactive practice, participants will develop ways to recognize anxiety, support coping skills, and promote social confidence, resilience, and meaningful participation in school and community life.

What to Expect:
✔️ Engaging expert-led sessions
✔️ Free continuing education units (CEUs) for SW & LMHC
✔️ Complimentary lunch and networking
✔️ A supportive, inclusive learning environment

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize signs of anxiety in children and adolescents and understand how it can affect social, emotional, and academic functioning.
• Apply evidence-informed strategies, including cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness approaches, to help students manage worry, fear, and avoidance.
• Support students in gradually engaging in social and academic activities safely and confidently.
• Promote social confidence, resilience, and meaningful participation in school and community life through practical, relationship-centered interventions.

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Host or Publisher Central New York Area Health Education Center