13th Annual Healthy Futures of Texas Symposium

The only statewide educational event in Texas providing training and resources to address adolescent sexual & reproductive health.

BENEFITS: 

Learn: 

Join in-person and virtual learning sessions to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Sessions are designed for youth-serving professionals, educators, clinicians, social workers, researchers, graduate students, and more. 

Connect:  

Engage with over 300 colleagues to strengthen the network of trusted adults working to positively impact the lives of youth. 

Represented organizations include top health universities and colleges, community clinics, ISDs, non-profit organizations, government agencies, educators, teen pregnancy prevention advocates, and healthcare organizations. 

Inspire:    

Hear from and share best practices to inspire innovation and systems change in adolescent sexual & reproductive health. 

if you work in these fields:    

Social Work (SW)

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

Certified In Public Health (CPH)

Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES/ MCHES)

Community Health Worker (CHW)

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)

SESSIONS: 

Over 30 sessions are scheduled, including: 

• Consent and Confidentiality
• Incorporating Sexual Health into Overall Healthcare
• Youth Trauma & Abuse 
• Male Reproductive Health
• Maternal Mental Health and Tools for Screening Postpartum Depression with Adolescent Mothers
• Contraceptive counseling, IUD insertion training, and Nexplanon insertion training

WHEN & WHERE: Annual Statewide Symposium

• May 6 - 8 at the DoubleTree Hilton in Austin, TX
• Virtual link will also be provided
• Visit hftx.org/events/symposium/ for more information

:

• $175 - $600

:

• Eboni Lunsford Calbow, LCSW-S, PhD, Founder, CEO, and Licensed Clinical Social Work and Supervisor, Elixir Austin + Dell Medical School
• Changing Lives Youth Theatre Ensemble, Youth Artists and Activists, Performers, Creative Action / Expect Respect (SAFE Alliance)
• Mayra L. Reyes, LCSW-S, Clinical Associate Professor and Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Healthy Futures of Texas’ 13th Annual Symposium

is the only statewide educational event in Texas that connects professionals to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health efforts.

The Symposium provides a peer-to-peer learning environment to discuss the most effective efforts to address teen pregnancy and sexual health. Participants receive continuing education with an emphasis on medically-accurate, evidence-informed programming and gain and refine skills while networking with colleagues in Texas and beyond.

We appreciate your support and look forward to our continued partnership to build healthier communities for youth and families across Texas!

Contact for questions:

Melanie Chasteen, Sr. Director, Community Engagement

Healthy Futures of Texas

[email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin, 6505 North Interstate Highway 35, Austin, United States