BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6e31257d-1829-446f-945a-c4bedb4ae26d.208103@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T152042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T152042Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:A Voice for Mental Health in Education DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nThere is a mental-health crisis among American tee ns and young adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has i ssued reports showing that rates of suicide among young people increased 56% between 2007 and 2016. Jean Twenge\, professor and author of iGen\, s tates that there is a fundamental change in the way young people communic ate and spend their leisure time. This includes less time with friends in person\, less sleep and more time on digital media. Pandemic precautions further increased the need for educational institutions to adopt digital instruction. While remote learning has its benefits\, the extra stress\, anxiety and unfavorable home environments may worsen the mental health c risis for teens and young adults. What responsibilities do educators have to provide or increase mental health resources\, especially in virtual-l earning environments? How can prevention efforts be specialized to help p opulations at increased risk\, such as certain racial and ethnic groups a nd LGBTQ teens? How can parents best be educated to detect early warning signs of emotional distress? Should allowances be made for in-person comm unication when students show signs of mental-health issues? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>There is a mental-health crisis among America n teens and young adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued reports showing that rates of suicide among young people incre ased 56% between 2007 and 2016. Jean Twenge\, professor and author of iGe n\, states that there is a fundamental change in the way young people com municate and spend their leisure time. This includes less time with frien ds in person\, less sleep and more time on digital media. Pandemic precau tions further increased the need for educational institutions to adopt di gital instruction. While remote learning has its benefits\, the extra str ess\, anxiety and unfavorable home environments may worsen the mental hea lth crisis for teens and young adults. What responsibilities do educators have to provide or increase mental health resources\, especially in virt ual-learning environments? How can prevention efforts be specialized to h elp populations at increased risk\, such as certain racial and ethnic gro ups and LGBTQ teens? How can parents best be educated to detect early war ning signs of emotional distress? Should allowances be made for in-person communication when students show signs of mental-health issues?</p></bod y></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T153500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T162500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR