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Need Continuing Education Credits?

The Dibble Institute is pleased to offer free, on-demand webinars with continuing education credits. The two series for credit include “Violence Prevention” and “Trauma-Informed Approaches.” Both are ideal professional development for educators, facilitators, counselors, and clinical workers.

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Implementing Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)? Dibble has programs to support your Tier One and Tier Two interventions for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).

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Toolkit for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

Me & My Emotions Poster

Want to help teens? Download this free poster to promote Me & My Emotions in your classroom, office, or group space! You may print it out or share it digitally.

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9 Free Practices to Share with Youth

The Dibble Institute is pleased to announce Mind Matters Minutes, a free, virtual self-regulation series, created especially for today’s youth. Mind Matters Minutes provide teachers and youth workers with nine no-cost, short video practices from the acclaimed Mind Matters program. They are designed to be easily shared with young people either online or in-person. Each practice presents a skill to reduce reactivity and build resilience.

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Mental Health & Trauma

Many factors may contribute to mental illness, including a history of trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), biological factors, feelings of loneliness of isolation and even the issues related to the Covid Pandemic!
The good news is, people can learn skills to overcome adversity and build resilience!

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Love Lives are Not Neutral

Happiness and sucess - they're both tied to relationships. Relationship Education is a proven approach to addressing the problem in romantic relationships.

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Second Wednesday Webinar

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 4:00 pm Eastern/1:00 pm Pacific

Adolescent and Young Adults’ Relationship Expectations and Experiences

Americans today are increasingly waiting longer to marry, if they marry at all. Are today’s young people no longer interested in forming families? What types of relationships they are experiencing?

In this webinar, Drs. Karen Benjamin Guzzo and Wendy D. Manning will discuss preliminary findings of new work from the Marriage Strengthening and Research Dissemination (MAST) Center on adolescents’ and young adults’ relationship expectations and experiences, drawing on a review of recent research as well as new analyses of the National Survey of Family Growth.

Relationship Smarts PLUS Training

March 7-11, 2022, 9:00am – 12:30pm Pacific

The Dibble Institute is hosting an Online Facilitators Training for the program Relationship Smarts PLUS. Training takes over five days March 7-11, 2022 from 9:00am – 12:30pm PST. Each trainee must purchase a copy of the Relationship Smarts PLUS manual to participate in the Training. Seats are limited to 25 participants and registration closes February 22, 2022, so order soon!

Cost: $949 +$425 Instructor’s Manual + Tax/S/H

Now Hiring Master Trainers

The Dibble Institute is hiring experienced trainers to facilitate trainings in Dibble programs. Applicants must have prior experience teaching a Dibble program(s) and have attended a Dibble Training of Educators (TOE).

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Me & My Emotions for Teens!

Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with the ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions—a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. This resource is available at no charge on a mobile-friendly website.

Me & My Emotions invites teens to slow down, check in with themselves, and develop practices that align with the same skill sets available in Mind Matters.

Check it out and share it widely today!

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Second Wednesday Webinar

Relationship Smarts PLUS Training

Now Hiring Master Trainers

Me & My Emotions for Teens!

Healthy Relationships for Younger Teens

Healthy Relationships for Older Teens & Young Adults

Approaches to Addressing Trauma

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