Join The Friends of the Semel Institute and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for a special “Back to School Anxiety” Open Mind program on August 25 at 5pm, on Zoom.
World-renowned experts and high school students will discuss how to manage the worries and stress of returning to school, especially after a pandemic, and how to transition to a successful start to the school year.
Registration is required. Register.
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Featured Speaker
- Ross Szabo, Director of Wellness at the UCLA Geffen Academy; Author “Behind Happy Faces: Taking Charge of Your Mental Health” and A Kids Book About Anxiety that was named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things in 2020.
Moderator/UCLA Faculty Discussant
- John Piacentini, Ph.D. – Director of the UCLA Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES) Center; Director of the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program; Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Panelists:
- Sibyll Carnochan Catalan, Ph.D. Founding Head of School at the Geffen Academy at UCLA and long-time advocate for challenging and engaging education for students of all background in all kinds of schools.
- Zach Gottlieb is a mental health activist, speaker, and the creator of Talk With Zach, a movement and community that aims to change the culture surrounding emotional health for teens. He is a rising 10th-grader in Los Angeles. You can learn more about @talkwithzach on Instagram and Tiktok.
- Lucia Cleveland is a rising high school senior. She has been taking wellness classes for all of her high school career, where she has developed a love and deep respect for this subject. She employs the skills she has learned in co-leading her school’s Black Student Union, being a founding member of the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, being involved in her school’s Student Council, being the captain of her basketball team, and sharing these skills with her peers. When not involved in these things she can often be found on the beach with her nose in a book.
Registration is required. Register.