A Symposium for Jewish Professionals

UJA Federation of NY | Kosher Breakfast & Lunch Included | $25 

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• Learn from our keynote speaker, Dr. Brad Sachs, a renowned psychologist, educator, consultant, and best-selling author specializes in clinical work with children, adolescents, couples, and families 
• Engage with an expert panel discussion centering around the topics of: healthy relationships, addiction, body image, anxiety, and loneliness. Featured speakers from JACS, Moving Traditions, and JLove and Values 
• Explore these topics more deeply in workshops
• Apply the lessons from the day by engaging in an experiential role-play program led by InterAct NY,  an organization that utilizes dramatic enactments to raise awareness about challenges teens face today

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This is part of the Teens Thrive series of workshops, designed to help Jewish educators understand their role in helping teens grow into thriving young adults. 

"Who Am I?" 
This is the first "existential" question that teens ask themselves and the first question we asked in the new teen outcomes framework. 

"With whom and what am I connected?" 
This is the second question teens ask as they develop their sense of self and grapple with spirituality. 

The workshops emerge out of the Generation Now research conducted last year, which guides us as we create teen programming that can help teens develop a stronger sense of self (outcome #1) and develop their capacity (skills and language) to grapple with and express their spiritual journeys (outcome #10). Jewish educators can in fact play a critical part in helping teens thrive.