PA300: Black Youth's Positive Childhood Experiences, Mental Health, and School Engagement

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
4:00 PM–4:50 PM CST

  • PMD: 4,7
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. increase awareness of the current mental and behavioral health realities of Black youth in the United States.
  2. understand the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), positive childhood experiences (PCEs), mental and behavioral health outcomes, and school engagement outcomes; and
  3. understand of the buffering impacts of PCEs on Black youth's mental health and academic outcomes.

Description

The presentation centers on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), positive childhood experiences (PCEs), mental and behavioral health, and school engagement outcomes among Black/African American youth.

Presenter(s)

Sharnequa N. Hunter, n/a

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