{"id":207,"date":"2023-01-24T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localresources.info\/2023\/01\/24\/free-online-course-for-mental-health-of-teens\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:11:24","slug":"free-online-course-for-mental-health-of-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/2023\/01\/24\/free-online-course-for-mental-health-of-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Online Course for Mental Health of Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/localresources.info\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/501\/files\/2023\/02\/yale-university.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" width=\"380\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/files\/2023\/02\/yale-university.jpg 820w, https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/files\/2023\/02\/yale-university-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/files\/2023\/02\/yale-university-768x626.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yale Psychology Professor, Dr. Laurie Santos, is offering an online 6-week course designed to help teens make wiser choices and live a life that\u2019s happier and more fulfilling. In this course, teens explore what the field of psychology teaches about how to be happier, how to feel less stressed, and how to thrive in high school and beyond. The lessons along with short weekly homework assignments about happiness prepare teens to put scientific findings into practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultimate goal is for teens to feel better and build healthier habits. Parents, teachers, and other professionals supporting teenagers may also find the course beneficial. The course is FREE and starts January 27th.  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens?action=enroll#syllabus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">syllabus of the course<\/a> is available online and indicates that there is approximately 2 hours of classwork per week, consisting of videos and assignments. There are 12 total hours of content, though course deadlines can be reset in accordance with one&#8217;s personal schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Santos has won numerous awards from institutions such as Yale and the American Psychological Association for both her science and teaching. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the course website<\/a> to learn more and sign up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more resources related to youth development by selecting \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/youth-development-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">youth development<\/a>\u201d from the dropdown tab on our Social Service \u201cUtilization Library\u201d page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/files\/2022\/11\/SocialServiceNewsPodcastAdvert11.18.22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"340\"><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yale Psychology Professor, Dr. Laurie Santos, is offering an online 6-week course designed to help teens make wiser choices and live a life that\u2019s happier and more fulfilling. In this course, teens explore what the field of psychology teaches about how to be happier, how to feel less stressed, and <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/2023\/01\/24\/free-online-course-for-mental-health-of-teens\/\">Read More<\/a><br \/><img alt='' src='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84e6a10dbe9dd662c04848a4b7918597?s=32&#038;r=g&#038;d=https%3A%2F%2Funitedresourceconnection.org%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F08%2Fcandlesburning.jpeg' srcset='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84e6a10dbe9dd662c04848a4b7918597?s=32&#038;r=g&#038;d=https%3A%2F%2Funitedresourceconnection.org%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F08%2Fcandlesburning.jpeg 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>  Shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/membership-directory\/urcadmin\/profile\">United Resource Connection<\/a>  January 24, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10787],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-youth-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}