Reaching Teens’ Strategies to Prolong Compassion Resilience and Stem Burnout
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March 17, 2025
Strategies beyond risk prevention
Safe, secure, sustained relationships empower young people to heal, grow, and thrive.
FOSTERING RESILIENCE: OUR MISSION
Preparing Children and Teens to Thrive Through Both Good and Challenging Times
Young people need safe, secure, sustained relationships to thrive. Such relationships can even allow them to heal from hard pasts. Your relationship with young people makes the difference!
Even well-designed curricula, programs, and initiatives only help youth reach their full potential when healthy adult relationships supply the scaffolding young people deserve to develop.
Our goal for adolescent health and well-being must not be limited to the absence of risk, it must include the cultivation of those strengths we know position young people to take their place as contributing members of society.
Youth-serving professionals, organizations, and schools can prepare children and teens to thrive through both good and challenging times.
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The expert behind the work—with over 30 years of research dedicated to empowering youth to develop their own solutions to social challenges and training clinicians to better support them.
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Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg
Dr. Ken Ginsburg is a pediatrician specializing in Adolescent Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
He is the Founder and Program Director of The Center for Parent and Teen Communication, where he focuses on strengthening family connections through research-driven and practical approaches that have passed the test of time.
Throughout his career, Dr. Ginsburg’s focus has evolved from addressing teen problem behaviors to empowering parents to raise resilient, well-prepared children and preparing professionals to guide youth to develop to their potential.
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“Dr. Ken Ginsburg’s advice for parents is like a hug, TED talk, and master class rolled into one.” - Upworthy
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Reaching Teens
Reaching Teens offers a comprehensive framework for making a positive, lasting impact in the lives of adolescents. It integrates a trauma-sensitive approach rooted in positive youth development, focusing on identifying and reinforcing the strengths that help young people thrive. By combining practical tools and strategies, it empowers professionals to support teens through challenges and foster their growth into confident, capable individuals.
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Building Resilience in Children and Teens
Building Resilience in Children and Teens offers strategies to help young people from 18 months to 18 years build seven crucial “Cs” — competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control — so they can bounce back from challenges and thrive throughout life.
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