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Families and community members can learn how to support kids’ mental health during an upcoming training.

Education reform advocate EmpowerED Families is organizing a virtual meeting with a mental health expert as a part of its Parents Connecting series.

Tracy Pruitt, an outreach coordinator at Eskenazi Health, will provide tips on how adults can help protect student well-being.

The event is on Zoom and free to attend. The organization also has planned a $50 Kroger gift card raffle.

The training begins at 6 p.m. Dec. 19. Registration is available on the EmpowerED Families website.

Mirror Indy reporter Carley Lanich covers early childhood and K-12 education. Contact her at carley.lanich@mirrorindy.org or follow her on X @carleylanich.

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Learn how to support students’ mental health in this training

by Carley Lanich, Mirror Indy
December 13, 2024

<h1>Learn how to support students’ mental health in this training</h1> <p class="byline">by Carley Lanich, Mirror Indy <br />December 13, 2024</p> <p>Families and community members can learn how to support kids’ mental health during an upcoming training.</p> <p>Education reform advocate <a href="https://empoweredfamiliesindy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EmpowerED Families</a> is organizing a virtual meeting with a mental health expert as a part of its <a href="https://empoweredfamiliesindy.org/events/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Parents Connecting</a> series.</p> <p>Tracy Pruitt, an outreach coordinator at Eskenazi Health, will provide tips on how adults can help protect student well-being.</p> <p>The event is on Zoom and free to attend. The organization also has planned a $50 Kroger gift card raffle.</p> <p>The training begins at 6 p.m. Dec. 19. Registration is available on <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4rmld6iA3Uq3yNTaK7-Xud15WJhOXvP1W2AIO6aPBoyMOsw/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the EmpowerED Families website</a>.</p> <p><em>Mirror Indy reporter Carley Lanich covers early childhood and K-12 education. Contact her at </em><a href="mailto:carley.lanich@mirrorindy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>carley.lanich@mirrorindy.org</em></a><em> or follow her on X </em><a href="https://twitter.com/carleylanich" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@carleylanich</em></a><em>.</em></p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/eskenazi-empowered-families-free-youth-mental-health-training/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=42256&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/eskenazi-empowered-families-free-youth-mental-health-training/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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