Professional Development

Three Ways to Incorporate Wellness with Your Team

Worksite wellness is a great way to get staff energized and excited about their own health. It’s also a way for staff to show support to each other, which will bring about a better team overall. Wellness in the workplace might seem like a taxing task, but it doesn’t...

How to Develop a Growth Mindset Within Youth

Contributed By John Keenan As you are gearing up for another year of working with youth and striving to help them grow, consider this: youth can accomplish anything they want with effort, patience and the right mindset. According to Carol Dweck, our mindsets are...

Eight Takeaways from the 2015 Georgia School of Addiction Studies

The 9th Annual Georgia School of Addiction Studies was held August 24-28, 2015 in Savannah. This year’s theme, “Addressing Challenges,” represents the current challenges faced by the prevention, treatment and recovery fields in Georgia and speaks to our collective...

Gwinnett’s First Out-of-School Time Expo

On Saturday, August 1, GUIDE partnered with Live Healthy Gwinnett to host the first ever Out-of-School Time Expo at Bogan Park in Buford, GA. On this day, experts in the fields of afterschool, health and wellness, leadership and more joined together to present...

Staying Connected with GUIDE Training Events

This month, we had our own March Madness, prevention style! GUIDE just finished a month full of trainings related to substance abuse prevention and positive youth development, which are two of our specialties. We are always thrilled to have the opportunity to stay...