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The Adolescent Health Training Institute is a state of the art training resource that develops and presents quality educational programs, which improve adult-adolescent relationships and promote the value of youth in today's society.

To provide unique training programs for adults who parent or work with adolescents, which increase understanding of adolescent development and effectiveness in communicating with teens, for the purpose of reducing risk behaviors and building strengths in adolescents.

* To develop research-based, developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive curricula that promote resiliency and build developmental assests.

* To provide training that increases participants' knowledge of adolescents' physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and moral development, and to develop skills necessary to interact effectively with adolescents.

* To recruit, train, mentor, and evaluate Adolescent Health Institute Trainers to ensure a quality educational experience for all participants.

Barb Asimakopoulos, is treated like a celebrity, while traveling around the state organizing the Talking With Teens Trainings.

Barb Asimakopolous has accepted the position of AHTI Director. Training is available upon request for the following curriculums: DeMystifying Adolescence, Talking With Teens About Depression and Suicide, Talking with Teens Adult Adolescent Communication, and PACT: Positive Adolescent ChoicesTraining. Some of these curriculums are going to be updated, some aspects will be developed specificaly for parents. For information contact Barb at barbasimak@aol.com, 480-820-5280 or the AAHC at (602) 265-9686 (message phone). Click here to download an AHTI Brochure of Fall Trainings. Click here to view the Fall 2003 schedule and sign up online.

Demystifying Adolescence trainings are composed of one or more of the ten curriculum modules, based on the unique needs of those requesting the training. Individual modules can be presented in one to three hours, depending on the depth and breadth of the contect covered. The entire training of all ten modules can be presented within a two day training. Modules include topics such as: Physical Growth and Development; Social, Emotional, Cognitive Development; Nutritional Needs and Issues of Adolescents; Promoting Resiliency in Youth; Assesssing Adolescent's Social Context; Risk Behaviors in Adolescence; Legal Issues and the Adolesent; Communicating with Adolescents; and Implications for Prevention and Intervention.

Presented as inservice trainings, by request, these trainings use the Demystifying Adolescence modules as a foundation for the training, but also include new content developed specifically for the needs of the requestor.

Presented as inservice trainings, by request, or sponsored by the AHTI, these trainings include some Demystifying Adolescence content, but the majority of the training content consists of materials developed specifically for the needs of the requestor.

The goal of this one day training is to increase participants' knowledge of the developmental process of adolescence, and use this knowledge to communicate more effectively with teens. A three hour version for parents is also available, focusing on the types of communication challenges parents and teens often face.

This one day training addresses the topic of adolescent depression and suicide in the context of a developmental fraimework. Life experiences of adolescents that relate to depression and suicide, and trends in the prevalence of adolescent suiciced are addressed. Recognizing depression in adolescents, and strategies for more effective assessment of suicidal ideation, are taught. A half day version for general audiences is also available with an emphasis on recognizing waring signs and making effective referrals.

Positive Adolescent Choices Training (P.A.C.T.) is a violence prevention program for youth ages 10 - 18 years of age with three components: violence risk education, anger management, and social skills development. The program is implemented in settings where youth can meet in small groups for eight to sixteen sessions. Participants who attend this one day training will be prepared to effectively implement and facilitate a PACT program.

Reducing the Risk is one of only a few curricula nationwide that have demonstrated success in helping teens void pregnancy and STD's, including HIV. The 16 lesson programs helps high school students learn to identify and avoid high-risk situations that put them at risk for pregnancy and STD's. Students practice refusal skills, and learn to recognize different forms of social pressure to have unprotected sex, and apply participate in exercises designed to apply their skills to real life situations. The one day training prepares health educators to implement Reducing the Risk in a classroom or other group setting of 9th - 12th grade students.

If you are interested in attending one of the trainings, or are interested in hosting an additional training for your community, contact Barb Asimakopoulos, AHTI Director, at barbasimak@aol.com or 480-820-5280, or Barb Olson, AAHC Director, at director@aahc.info or call 602-265-9686.

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