Increase Mental Wellness and Resilience through Developmental CBT Strategies

Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 1:00–4:00 PM ET
Price: Early-bird: $250 per person | After December 1: $295 per person 

Note: Training registration will follow after payment. If you would like to pay for multiple participants at once or pay by invoice, contact [email protected] with "Developmental CBT Training" in the subject line.

Across schools and OST (out-of-school time) programs, educators are seeing more young people struggle with stress, anxiety, and emotional challenges that affect learning and connection. Many caring adults feel uncertain about how to respond—but with the right knowledge and tools, they can make a lasting difference.

Join PEAR (Partnerships in Education and Resilience) for an engaging, hands-on workshop designed to help educators and youth professionals apply Developmental Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies in everyday settings. These practical approaches support both youth and adult wellness, empowering you to build calmer, more connected learning environments.

It introduces a new approach that melds youth development and mental health practice for non-clinicians, grounded in evidence-based methods. You will gain tools to recognize early signs of stress and emotional dysregulation—helping you respond before small problems escalate into serious blow-ups. You’ll also learn how to engage distracted or withdrawn young people and those who seem overly quiet or chronically sad.

We’ll also discuss when and how to involve professional clinicians for evaluation or treatment, ensuring that every young person gets the support they need at the right level of care.

In this session, you’ll learn to:

• Recognize emotional and behavioral patterns that signal youth needs and strengths
• Apply developmentally appropriate CBT-informed techniques to reduce stress and enhance coping
• Foster resilience, reflection, and self-regulation among youth
• Strengthen your own wellness and ability to stay calm and effective during challenges

Who Should Attend?

Educators, afterschool, and summer program staff, counselors, and youth-serving professionals in OST programs and schools who want practical, research-based strategies to promote mental wellness and resilience, for youth and for themselves.

Certification Opportunity

Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance in Educator Skills in Developmental CBT, Wellness, and Resilience after attending this workshop. This certificate counts as one of three workshops required to earn PEAR’s comprehensive Skills-Based Certificate in Developmental CBT for Educators and Programs. The second and third workshops will be announced in January 2026 and conducted by April 2026.

This training is grounded in advanced developmental and clinical psychology principles and the research-based Clover Model, created by Dr. Gil Noam at Harvard University and its teaching hospital, McLean Hospital.

The Clover Model provides a framework for promoting active engagement, belonging, reflection, and assertiveness in youth—key ingredients of lifelong resilience.

PEAR is a national organization that bridges research, practice, and policy to help schools and programs create environments where both youth and adults can thrive.