Youth Trauma Expert to Conduct Workshops in Salinas to Help Build Resilience

SEASIDE, Calif. - Nov. 14, 2016 - PRLog -- A leading national expert on adolescent behavior and trauma will conduct a one-day workshop in Salinas Nov. 28 to help build resilience in the youth of the community.

Dr. Kenneth R. Ginsburg, a Philadelphia-based physician, researcher, lecturer and author, will conduct the first of two sessions of the workshop, "Our Kids are Not Broken: A Strength-Based Strategy Workshop to Build the Resilience of Youth in Our Community," on Monday, Nov. 28, at the National Steinbeck Center's Salinas Room in Salinas. Session II of the workshop is scheduled for March 27, 2017.

Ginsburg's workshops are hosted by CHOICE, a program of the Natividad Trauma Center that promotes positive alternatives to violence to reduce retaliation and re-injury among youth and young adults injured by violence. The workshops are sponsored by the Natividad Medical Foundation.

Both sessions include all-day training, continental breakfast and bag lunch. Spanish interpretation services are also available.

Ginsburg said the workshops will focus on the strengths of the youth as opposed to weaknesses.

"I'm coming (to Salinas) with an opportunity for a community to sit together for a day or two and think about how we can change kids' lives. And it begins undoubtedly with the adults in the community and the lens through which they see kids," Ginsburg said to the Salinas Californian when he conducted a similar workshop last year in Salinas. "I'm not coming in with a curriculum or solutions. Solutions come from within the community. The experts are already there. This is about helping the experts know what best practices are in strength-based communication. This is about reaching kids."

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 also serves as Director of Health Services at Covenant House Pennsylvania, an agency that serves Philadelphia's homeless and marginalized youth.

Ginsburg has been published in more than 125 publications, including 34 original research articles, clinical practice articles, five books, a multimedia textbook for professionals, and internet-based and video/DVD productions for clinicians, parents and teens.

"This is a fantastic opportunity not only nurses, social workers and students, but parents of children and young adults to learn how to reach kids and show the strength they have in themselves and to foster their internal resilience," said Lorraine Artinger, RN, Trauma Prevention and Outreach Nurse at Natividad Medical Center. "The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend these workshops."

Tickets for each session are $40 general and $25 for students or for both sessions, $75 general and $50 for students. Tickets are available at Eventbritehttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/ our-kids-are-not-broken- register-today-tickets- 29063193795 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-kids-are-not-broken-regi...) or by calling Natividad Medical Foundation at (831) 755-4187.