Topic
Building on the Strengths of Youth Enduring Hardships

Presented By
Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, attending physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine; professor of pediatrics, Co-Director of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Director of Health Services, Covenant House PA

Learning Objectives

• Identify how a strength-based approach combats the demoralization that can paralyze behavioral change progress
• Explain how to be better prepared to eliminate shame from interactions by focusing on building confidence in youth
• Apply how to communicate with youth in a way that enables their thinking and reasoning abilities to be accessed

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing personnel, fellows, residents, medical students and other health care professionals who take care of children

Accreditation Statement
Tower Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Tower Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Claiming CME Credits
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