Equipping Child Welfare & Education Professionals With Proven Strategies To Empower
At-Promise Youth
AS SEEN IN
The MNDYRR App (Available late 2024)
Mentoring Nurturement for Dynamic Youth Resilience and Restoration (MNDYRR, pronounced mender) is a multi-use application that helps child welfare professionals support at-promise youth and their caregivers. By offering a community-based social services and connected health platform, MNDYRR links the systems of care approach to the social determinants of health (SDoH) to address the needs of the whole child and their family.
For more information, please explore mndyrr.com.
Dr. Adam Starks is on a mission to significantly reduce the barriers for youth deemed at-risk. By equipping child welfare and education professionals, he ensures they leave your event with the inspiration and resources to empower today’s youth for long-term success.
MEET
DR. ADAM STARKS
Dr. Adam Starks is a motivational keynote speaker on a variety of child welfare-related topics ranging from foster care, child mental health issues, and trauma-informed care. As a product of the foster care system who broke the cycle, he empowers audiences to uplift at-promise youth by tapping into community resources to convert youth potential into positive outcomes. He serves on his local school board and as President of the West Virginia CASA Association board.
Adam is also a multi-genre author of books such as his autobiography, Broken Child Mended Man, and the children’s book, Love Will Find Your Home, with more to come. Currently, Adam is working on multiple writing projects including works of fiction, non-fiction, and more children’s books. During his downtime, he enjoys writing, reading, exploring new foods and drinks, traveling, and spending time with his wife and three children.
SPEAKING
A trusted thought leader for public school teachers, counselors, social workers, and education nonprofits, Dr. Starks delivers empowering presentations for his audiences including the following topics:
- Foster Care
- Emancipation/Aging Out
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Youth Homelessness
- ACES & Learning Motivation
- Child Maltreatment/Neglect
Adam is available for the following formats:
- Keynote
- Retreats
- Conventions
- Forums
- Conferences
- Orientation
- Commencement
- Virtual Conferences
- Book Groups
- Commentator
- Student Seminars
- Youth-Related Community Events
- Student Motivational Speaking
- Panels
- Government/Non-profit (NPO/NGO) events
- Class workshop/ Guest Lecture (Primary, Secondary, & Higher Ed)
MORE WAYS TO WORK WITH DR. ADAM
SPEAKING
BOOKS SIGNINGS
KEYNOTE SPEECH
ENHANCING RESILIENCE IN TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN
Telling the Broken Child, Mended Man story has been my life’s most fulfilling work. In addition to accommodating virtual or in-person settings, my crowd sizes have varied between 20 to 2,500 attendees. Nonetheless, the pride taken in this important work requires the same amount of passion and preparation. The one speaker trait that makes me so different from other presenters is my radical honesty. My thought leader approach offers fresh ideas based on tapping into community resources. I balance the information by using a storytelling approach to discuss my challenges as a result of my upbringing and how I overcame those issues to become a success story. Non-profit organizations dedicated to the education sector can benefit greatly from my presentations. Let’s talk to see what I can do for your upcoming event.
BOOKS
Broken Child Mended Man
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Love Will Find Your Home
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