About On The Road Adolescent Symposium
The Adolescent Symposium is hitting the road again for its second year!
The Adolescent Symposium “On The Road” offers a wide range of programming and educational opportunities tailored to addressing mental health issues affecting youth. Last year, the Adolescent Symposium "On the Road" brought together hundreds of professionals who work with youth in schools, social services, juvenile justice, law enforcement, mental health, and other related services.
MHA organizes the Adolescent Symposium On the Road at a new location every year, and for this year, events are scheduled in both Waxahachie and Tyler, Texas!
Attendees can receive 6 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Event Details
Rose Garden Center, 420 Rose Park Drive, Tyler, TX 75702
November 12, 2025 7:30-4:00
Speakers and Emcee for this event:
Schedule for the Day:
TIME | DESCRIPTION | CEU | ROOM |
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Set-up, Exhibitor Tables, Coffee |
| Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Welcome Pennie Beauchamp, Executive Director MHA of Greater Dallas Emcee Michael Guinn, BSW – MSW, CEO Uplift Your Life Inc (501 C3) |
| Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Session I Seneca Wills: RMT Resilience Mental Training | 1.5 | Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break and Exhibitor Tables |
| Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Session II Michael Banta: This Sucks! Enhancing Emotional Literacy | 1.5 | Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Lunch and Exhibitor Tables Tour the beautiful Rose Gardens |
| Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Session III Drew Dutton: Project Empathy | 1.5 | Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
1:45 p.m.– 2:00 p.m. | Cookie Break and Tables Special thank you to Cedar Crest as our cookie sponsor for this event!
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| Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Session IV Fred Lines: Integrating Nature into Your Work | 1.5 | Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Closing Michael Guinn and Pennie Beauchamp |
| Bluebonnet and Camelia Rooms |
Cookie Break Sponsor
Funding for this project was partially provided by Mental Health America National in partnership with West Fraser, a global, diversified wood products company.
