Community Education Night - Launching into Adulthood: Strategies for Promoting Intrinsic Motivation & Executive Functioning in Adolescents

Join us Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 at 6:00pm for a community education night with Jack Vaughan – Chief Operations Officer at Youth Prevention Mentors! More details below.

Take a dive into the fascinating world of adolescent behavioral health where Jack explores how the joint powers of intrinsic motivation and executive functioning can be combined to maximum effect. This insightful talk offers a deep dive into the complex problems faced by teens today and tangible solutions for improving outcomes. Through poignant research, evidence-based strategies, and impactful case studies, Jack offers real solutions for the adolescent behavioral health crisis. Drawing on his personal struggles, Jack begins by painting a picture of his dysfunctional teenage years. He then reviews the latest research on executive functioning and intrinsic motivation, while exploring the root of many misconceptions surrounding adolescent behavioral healthcare.  Learning Objectives:  1. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how executive functioning skills and motivation operate in the adolescent mind.   2. Participants will develop a deep understanding of the relationship between intrinsic motivation and executive functioning skills. When enacted properly, these symbiotic phenomena form a crucial junction through which young adults can develop the skills required to thrive for years to come.

Speaker Bio:

Since 2018, Jack Vaughan has helped numerous young adults across the country improve their mental health and wellness. Having worked with clients ranging from 13 to 30 years old, Jack’s area of expertise includes executive functioning, ADHD, substance use disorder, OCPD, trauma, mood disorders, depression, anxiety, and failure to launch. As a young adult, Jack severely grappled with his own mental and behavioral health hurdles. Having learned to mitigate these difficulties in his mid-twenties, Jack now has over 10,000 hours of professional experience as a mental health companion and mentor. He also has his Recovery Coach Professional (RCP) designation from CCAR and is a candidate for CIP certification. He is trained in Motivational Interviewing, Active Listening, Executive Functioning Skills, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, and Behavioral Activation. Today, Jack is honored to work alongside his colleagues and serve as COO of YPM. Above all else, Jack is deeply passionate about helping each and every family that comes to YPM and is relentless in his pursuit to provide them with the best possible support and interventions available.