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Two Easy Tools for Doing a Mental Health Check-in with Your Teen
Youth are experiencing a swath of feelings after transitioning to in-person activities after two pandemic years, like anxiety around reconnecting with friends, school performance and motivation, and depression. Here are two tools that could help.
Ophelia’s Place to Open Space for Girl Empowerment in Downtown Albany Soon
Albany-area girls ages 10-18 will soon have the opportunity to meet new friends, explore new interests, and connect with trauma-informed adults to help navigate the joys and challenges of their teen years.
Managing Teenager Screen Time While Transitioning Back to In-Person Time
According to some reports, recreational screen time nearly doubled among teens during the pandemic. Adults can model healthy ways to use online media while helping young people transition back to being in-person.
Ophelia’s Place Receives Its Largest Single-Year Grant Ever
Ophelia’s Place received a $100,000 donation from Cigna Foundation - the largest single-year grant the youth-serving nonprofit has received outside of funding from its founder.
New Year, Same Amazing You
“New Year, New You” is so done. What your body looks like doesn’t define your value or your ability to be loved. Use the new year to celebrate the incredible person you already are.
Healthy, Happy Eating
Our insecurities around food and body image can increase during a time of financial insecurity and food scarcity, which gives more power to our “internal food police.” Healthy, happy eating can help.
Love Over Labels - The Definition of Parent
It doesn’t take a specific “mother” or “father” label to provide guidance and care. It takes love.
Ophelia’s Place Multicultural Program Coordinator Receives Top 100 Leaders In Education Award
OP Multicultural Program Coordinator Salsi Alzubaidi helped to create an alternative education system in Jordan to serve a number of refugee youth, and to help them build their sense of belonging and resiliency.
OP Therapist Earns National Certification in Family Therapy
The certification gives OP Therapist Rikki Redhead a step-by-step process to work through with clients who are open to weekly family therapy.
The Back-to-School Challenge
We made it. A year ago students, parents and school staff alike dreamed of the day when kids would be able to return to school, and now here we are, gearing up for staff and students to return to in-person learning. Support youth and yourself during the transition.
We Help Ourselves When We Help Each Other
Often when we talk about self-care, it’s focused on the things we can do as individuals to handle stress. It’s also important to acknowledge that we are part of a larger community that experiences stress and offers strength.
Empowering You to Empower Girls
OP's Training & Outreach program provides skill development for youth-serving providers to help serve girls and youth from a strengths-based, trauma-informed perspective.
Socially Distanced Doesn’t Mean Socially Disconnected – OP Community Groups
While schools decide how and when to bring students back to class, OP offers virtual Community Groups to help girls stay social, make friends, and feel a part of something valuable, safe, and fun.
Navigating Puberty: OP’s What You Wish You Learned in Health Class Group
Growing up, changing bodies, relationships and dating… all of these topics and more are covered in OP’s What You Wish You Learned in Health Class.
A Parent’s Survival Guide for Winter Break
Parents, we know winter break can be filled with upcoming activities, expectations, and to-dos that are amplified by the challenges of 2020. So we have seven tips just for you to include in your own survival guide.
2020 Inspiring Women | Lori Tapahonso
“When we’re faced with situations that seem impossible, sometimes the only thing we can change is our perspective. Once we do, we can begin to see opportunity. And, life is full of opportunity, our job is to find it.”