We have taken our 2020 Symposium programming online! This month's theme is "Working with Special Populations" and features speakers from Healthy Teen Network, Texas Legal Services Center, KIND Medical-Legal Partnership, and Dell Medical School.

Webinars are $25 each; Continuing education credit for multiple disciplines will be provided for each webinar. For a complete list of CEs being offered, click here. Special thanks to event co-sponsor DSHS/HHSC. A limited number of scholarships are available on a first come basis. Scholarship inquiries can be submitted to [email protected]. 

May: Working with Special Populations

• May 13, 10-11am: Serving At-Risk Youth: A Multidisciplinary Approach Presented by: Kassandra Gonzalez, JD, Texas Legal Services Center & Wesley Hartman, KIND Medical-Legal Partnership
• May 20, 10-11am: Sexual Health Education for Youth Involved in Systems of Care
  Presented by: Valerie Sedivy, PhD, Healthy Teen Network  
• May 27, 10-11am: Parts Matter: Basics of Sexual and Reproductive Health for LGBTQ+ Adolescents
  Presented by: Maria Monge, MD, UT Austin, Dell Medical School & Marcy Keefe, FNP, Adolescent Medicine
  

June: Working with Youth (Sponsor: Texas Youth Action Network)

• June 10, 10-11am: The Truth about Youth Collaboration
  Presented by: Kelly Sowards Opot & Angel Jackson, Harris County
  Youth Collective
  
• June 24, 10-11am: TL;DR: Using Technology to Help Teens Access Family Planning Services 
  Presented by: Graci D’Amore, Eleanor Grano, & HK Gray, Jane’s
  Due Process 
  

July: Advocacy

• July 8, 10-11:30am: Title X in Texas + ACA Outreach to Millennials
  and Gen Z 
  Presented by: Kami Geoffray, JD, Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of TX; Aurora Harris & Christina Long, MA, Young Invincibles 
• July 15, 10-11am: 10 Ways to Support Reproductive Healthcare in Texas: An Advocacy Listicle
  Presented by: Jen Biundo, MPaff, Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy & Erika Ramirez, MPA, Healthy Futures of Texas 
• July 22, 10-11am: Removing Barriers: Is Free OTC Birth Control a Possibility? 
  Presented by: Danielle Ellis & Avery Kester, UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine & Eleni Pacheco, Healthy Futures of Texas

August: Teen Parents & Parents of Teens

• August 5, 10-11am: Teen Dads. Where Are They? How Are They?
  Presented by: Jessica Mejia, MyParenTeen Life
• August 12, 10-11am: Trauma-Informed Approaches for Young Parents
  Presented by: Joya Cleveland & Kasey Hughart, Tulsa Public Schools 
  
• August 19, 10-11am: Best Practices for Building Skills of Parents and Caregivers of Teens
  Presented by: Esmerelda Jeffries, UT Health San Antonio/UT Teen Health