Long Island Crisis Center offers community education workshops in schools, agencies and community centers on a variety of topics pertaining to today’s youth.

Materials Downloads

Below are PDFs containing information on the different Community Education workshops available from Long Island Crisis Center, as well as request forms for materials such as posters and brochures.

Community Education Workshop Brochure

Materials Request Form

Poster Sheet for Schools

Free Workshops for Students and Young People

• Anger Management: Young people learn strategies to manage anger and avoid negative consequences, including methods of conflict resolution and building communication skills through role-playing.
• Depression and Suicide Prevention: 80% of young people who attempt suicide tell someone first.
  Here students will learn the warning signs, risk factors, and ways to help when a friend is feeling suicidal.
• Understanding Self-Injury: As many as 14% of high school students engage in self-injury, and that number is on the rise. Students will learn how to help themselves or a friend who self-injures.
• Overview of Crisis Center Services: Learn about our services, hotlines, programs and volunteer opportunities.

Please contact Stephanie Adrien (516) 826-0244 - email: sadrien@longislandcrisiscenter.org

• Understanding Homophobia: Raise awareness about what lesbian, gay and bisexual students face each day. This workshop encourages students to examine their feelings, and it opens a dialogue that will increase sensitivity and reduce bias.

Please contact Jill Estes (516) 679-9000 ext. 129 - email: jestes@longislandcrisiscenter.org

• Runaway and Child Abuse Prevention: Each year thousands of Nassau County youth run away from home. This workshop aims to prevent or resolve crises and abusive situations. Students will learn the definitions of abuse and their legal rights and options in New York State.

Please contact Sabine Mondesir at (516) 826-0244 - email: smondesir@longislandcrisiscenter.org

• Gang Awareness: Learn how to recognize gang activities and avoid gang involvement. This workshop has limited availability – please call for details.

Please contact Sabine Mondesir at (516) 826-0244 - email: smondesir@longislandcrisiscenter.org

Workshops for Faculty, Administration and Youth Workers (honorarium required)

• Adolescent Depression and Suicide Prevention: Every 90 minutes, a young person commits suicide. This 90-minute workshop will teach you the warning signs, causes, how to determine how serious the threat is, and what an adult can do when a teen is suicidal.

Please contact Theresa Buhse (516) 826-0244 - email: tbuhse@longislandcrisiscenter.org

• Working with Lesbian and Gay Youth: Lesbian and gay adolescents face particular challenges developing into healthy adults. This interactive 90-minute workshop will introduce service providers, teachers and administrators to the dynamics of growing up gay. Participants will learn how their school or agency can be more responsive to this population.
  
  
• Making Schools Safer for Lesbian and Gay Youth: This workshop is designed for school personnel to raise awareness about specific challenges faced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. Participants will discuss the risk factors for these students as well as realistic strategies to make school a safer place for all students, including the creation of Gay-Straight Alliances.

Please contact Pete Carney (516) 679-9000 ext. 125 - email: pcarney@longislandcrisiscenter.org