OUR FIRST FALL 2026 CE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: ENROLL TODAY!
OUR FIRST FALL 2026 CE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: ENROLL TODAY!
ACE Foundation Programs
This presentation invites clinicians to examine how today’s youth are growing up amid persistent uncertainty, stress, and fear. Many face the reality of school violence, academic pressure, and constant social media exposure. These factors can contribute to worsening mental health symptoms such as increased anxiety, hypervigilance, and emotional fatigue. For many young people, the world feels unsafe and unpredictable. This presentation will analyze how these challenges shape development, identity, and emotional well-being. Clinicians will recognize that youth anxiety reflects both what is happening in their lives at home, with friends, and in the world around them. Strategies and approaches will be reviewed to help build resilience in youth, promote safety and connection, and create therapeutic spaces that validate the world young people are living in rather than dismissing it.
*NYSSCSW Discount applies to NYSSCSW current members only.
**Student Discount only applies to full time students currently enrolled in social work and MHP master level programs.
If this is your first time taking an ACE Foundation program not not shared with the NYSSCSW, you will be prompted to make your complimentary account on the ACE Foundation Learning Center platform, where you will be able to access all current and future programs and course materials from your dashboard. You will be asked to set a password for your new ACE Foundation Learning Center account.
Please register by Thursday, April 9th at 5pm.
Live Online via Zoom
The Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) Foundation of the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0028; licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0045; licensed psychoanalysts #P-0017; licensed psychologists #PSY-0121; licensed social workers #SW-0056; and licensed creative art therapists #CAT-0120.
Out-of-state providers are welcome to request a certificate upon completion of the presentation evaluation but must check with their own state licensing boards to inquire about whether or not the certificate is recognized as transferrable for CEs in their state’s jurisdiction.
After attending this lecture, participants will able to:
1. Identify the environmental and social factors that contribute to heightened stress, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation in youth.
2. Analyze how persistent uncertainty and chronic stress impact adolescent development, identity formation, and interpersonal functioning.
3. Apply evidence-based strategies to support resilience, safety, and therapeutic connection in clinical settings that validate the realities young people face today.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, nurse practitioners and family and marriage/couple therapists, mental health counselors and licensed creative art therapists.
This seminar is appropriate for clinicians with all levels of experience.
Ali Rainone, LCSW is a clinical social worker and mental-health educator with extensive experience in school-based services and crisis intervention. She currently serves as the Clinical Coordinator from Westchester Jewish Community Services on the Yonkers Public Schools Crisis Stabilization Team. In this role, she provides crisis assessments, safety planning, and coordination of mental-health services for students across the district. Ali has previously served in school-based clinics, offering individual, family, and group therapy, and leading psychoeducational workshops on issues such as anxiety, bullying, and emotional regulation. Her background includes program coordination, community partnerships, and leading a countywide Mental Health First Aid initiative. She brings training in from CBT, DBT, TFCBT, ASIST, and Motivational Interviewing. She has developed and facilitated presentations on trauma, coping skills, technology and social media, healthy relationships, suicide risk, and youth anxiety. Her clinical approach centers on validation, empowerment, and creating safe environments where young people feel seen, understood, and supported. Ali is passionate about making mental-health education accessible, practical, and rooted in resilience.
Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed, as evidenced by signing in and out and completing a course evaluation. Instructions for evaluating the presentation will be emailed within 5 days of the course date. Once evaluation is complete, CE certificate will be emailed to you.
ACE welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact Kristin or Debbie at info.acefoundation@gmail.com, at time of registration, to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA), Section 505 of the Rehabilitation ACT.
Cancellations made at least five days before the event will be refunded less a 10% cancellation fee. For cancellation please call 1-800-288-4279, or email us at info.acefoundation@gmail.com.
Should Inclement weather occur, we will be notifying all registrants via the email by which the registrant signed up. Please be sure to check your email before you leave for the course.
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