Mental Wellness & The Student Athlete
Mental wellness topics have frequented global headlines over the last couple of years, yet for our young athletes, the roadmap to navigate such challenges is unclear. TrueSport welcomes you to join their virtual #TrueTalks event this December, featuring athletes and experts outlining mental wellness challenges and solutions to assist coaches, parents, and educators in helping their athletes compete well.
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Event Schedule
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021
Session 1 – Competing Well: Athletes and Mental Wellness
Moderator: Allison Wagner
Featuring: Gracie Gold, Noah Lyles, Deja Young-Craddock
10:00-11:15 a.m.
The underlying factors that impact mental health may be different for every athlete, and this athlete-driven discussion is designed to enlighten athletes, parents, and coaches about the spectrum of mental health challenges and to reduce associated stigmas. In this segment, Olympic and Paralympic athletes will discuss their own mental health experiences in and away from sports, including their own formative adolescent events.
Session 2 – Cultivating Cultures for Mental Wellness in Youth SportModerator: Dr. Kevin Chapman
Featuring: Dr. Bhrett McCabe, Ken Lolla, Josephus Lyles
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sporting environments that encourage resilience and allow for psychological safety are crucial for youth development, while win-at-all costs youth sports cultures can be harmful to the mental wellbeing of athletes. The panelists will identify the frameworks that make up supportive sporting environments.
Lunch
12:30-1:00 p.m.
Session 3 – Community & Connection: How Healthy Sports Environments are Made
Moderator: David Plummer
Featuring: Dr. Peter C. Scales, Dr. Brittany Patterson, Keisha Caine Bishop
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Healthy relationships formed through sport involve active and ongoing participation. In this panel, the experts dive into the action steps needed to build and maintain engagement within sports communities.
Session 4 – Capacity Building for Resilience: Skills for Athletes
Moderator: Dr. Deborah Gilboa
Featuring: Dr. Jennifer Hartstein, Chris Curd
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Successful athletes are developed, not born. In the same way, mental health capacity and resilience progress with practice. This panel tackles the actionable and practical skill-based response necessary to support young athletes in their mental wellness practice and how to respond to stressors inherent in their environment.
Guest Speakers
Keisha Caine Bishop
CEO & Founder, Bishop Athletics Counseling
President, Lyles Brothers Sports Foundation
Certified Life Coach
Kevin Chapman, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Chris Curd
Founder & Commissioner of the Pittsburgh Flag Football League (PFFL)
Deborah Gilboa, MD
Board-Certified Family Physician, Founder AskDoctorG.com
Gracie Gold, OLY
Figure Skating
Jennifer Hartstein, PsyD
Hartstein Psychological Services, PLLC
Ken Lolla
Consultant, Coach, Speaker, & Author
Josephus Lyles
Track & Field Sprinter
Noah Lyles, OLY
Professional American Track & Field Sprinter
2020 Olympic Bronze Medalist
Bhrett McCabe, PhD
Founder, The Mindside
Brittany Patterson, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)
David Plummer
U.S.A. Swimming Olympian
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Board of Directors
Vice President of Operations, Premier Sport Psychology
Peter Scales, PhD
Deja Young-Craddock, PLY
Paralympian, Track & Field
Academic Advisory Panel
As the conversation around mental health and wellness continues to garner national attention, TrueSport, the outreach education arm of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, seeks to take a deeper look into the challenges coaches, sport administrators, and families are facing with their student-athletes. In connection with the second TrueSport Talks Symposium, TrueSport has enlisted an academic panel to build out a practical, concise, and evidence-based recommendations report. This report will focus wholistically on athlete well-being and suggest a systems approach to help identify opportunities to decrease stigma and increase the overall health of developmental sport culture.
Jay Coakley, PHD
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Eddie Comeaux, phd
Executive Director, Center for Athletes’ Rights and Equity at UC Riverside
Tomika Ferguson, phd
Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor, School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University
Jessica Kirby, phd
Associate Director, Center for Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Amanda Stanec, phd
Founder, MOVE+LIVE+LEARN
Youth Development
Researcher & Writer
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