Educate
Maine Youth Thriving offers a variety of learning opportunities for you to explore the research behind the science of the positive and discover ways to integrate research-backed practices into your daily routines and organizational systems. We leverage our expertise in adult learning to design engaging workshops, webinars, and long-term partnerships that foster curiosity and build knowledge.
Training Workshops
Bring MyT to your organization for a half-day or full-day, virtual or in-person training on topics including:
- The Impact of Experience (ACEs and PCEs)
- The Science of the Positive
- Building a Strengths-based Approach
Resilience Building Strategies - Cultivating Youth Mattering
- Deactivating Stigma & Shame
- Connection between ACEs and Substance Use
- Healing-Centered, Trauma-Informed Practices
- Integrative Wellness
- Compassion Fatigue, and Resilience Strategies
- Other topics available upon request
Lunch & Learns
Integrate a convenient learning opportunity into your daily routine with a noontime webinar focused on actionable strategies to foster positivity and wellness in your day.
Partnerships
- Tackle challenges, leverage new opportunities, and build upon existing strengths in a customizable consultation ranging from 3 months to 18 months.
MyT Retreat
Our retreat-style offerings create space for reflection, restoration, and reconnection.
Designed to support the well-being of those who serve youth, these experiences blend evidence-based practices with nature, movement, and moments of joy. Whether through guided yoga, mindful nature walks, or laughter-filled workshops, participants leave feeling grounded, energized, and reconnected to their purpose.
Virtual Speaker Series
The MyT Virtual Speaker Series brings thought leaders, researchers, and changemakers directly to your screen.
Each session highlights innovative strategies, real-world stories, and science-backed practices that support youth thriving. These interactive webinars are designed to spark inspiration, deepen knowledge, and equip participants with actionable tools to create positive experiences, relationships, and environments for young people.
Speaking Engagements
MyT’s staff have presented at state, regional, and national conferences hosted by agencies including ME Dept. Education, National Prevention Network, and Texas WIC. Please see our About Us page for recent keynotes, and read about our staff’s expertise on the Our Team page. We would be happy to work with you to design a speaking engagement that fits your meeting’s theme and goals.
Train-The-Trainer
As an early childhood educator, you can access MyT training through a statewide network of your peers in this innovative training model that blends youth development research with local perspectives.
Learn more about the training program, including how to schedule a training and how to apply to become a trainer, here.
“My experience with Maine Youth Thriving and the Empowering Early Childhood Educators Train-the-Trainer program was phenomenal! The content of the training was current, relevant, professionally presented, and able to be immediately put into practice in my classroom.
Not only would I recommend this and other MyT learning opportunities to others in my field, I already have!”