As parents\, we want our kids to thrive an d succeed in all aspects of their lives&hellip\; personally\, socially\, a cademically\, and professionally. Dr. Wadhwani will share her experience i n working with teens\, young adults and college students\, in order to ass ist parents in understanding the context of the current pressures our youn g people face and provide tools for bridging communication and creating a bi-cultural family system. She will provide strategies for raising our nex t generation to become confident\, thriving adults\, who are healthy and s uccessful. Dr. Wadhwani will address topics of mental health stigma\, mana ging the intergenerational cultural norms\, and shifting to a strength-bas ed approach to parenting. She will provide strategies for opening communic ation to meet your teen and young adult children where they are and creati ng a healthy relationship in which your teens and young adult children wil l feel more able to come to you when needed.
\nThis workshop is pres ented by the South Asian Mental Health Initiative and Network. SAMHIN was formed in 2014 to address a broad range of mental health needs of the grow ing South Asian community in the United States\, beginning with New Jersey . SAMHIN is a team of dedicated\, multifaceted\, determined\, and passiona te individuals from all walks of life with a strong desire to help uncover and fight mental illness in the South Asian community.
\nIf there i s a disability accommodation that would enable you to participate more ful ly in this program\, please let us know with as much notice as possible by calling the information desk at (732) 329-4000 ext. 7286\, and we will do our best to help you.
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