This Certification course for adults teaches how to recognize and respond to emerging mental health and substance use challenges in crisis and non-crisis situations, This is for ANY adult who interacts with adolescents and teens.

This course is offered several times each year. Register here for the upcoming session on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025.

6th grade students will meet for six Mondays (9/29 - 11/10) from 3:30 - 4:30 pm at the RYC offices in the Rye YMCA to learn skills supporting their social and emotional transition to middle school. This will be a fun experience and snacks will be provided!

Three different summer Skills-building groups for middle school, high school, and college students. Each group meets weekly for 6 weeks from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Learn more here.

Rising 6th graders and parents/guardians: join us to hear from a panel of middle school students who will share their experiences and advice about their transition to middle school. Topics include changing friendships, navigating hallways, homework, and more! Once the student panel is done, the 5th graders will move rooms and meet with the middle schoolers to ask whatever questions they have! Parents of the panelists will take the stage to answer parent to parent questions and concerns about this big transition. Register to attend here.

Please join us on Thursday, April 24th, from 7:00 - 10:00 pm, for a fun and festive evening to support Rye Youth Council and its mission to promote youth mental health and wellness. 

Enjoy bountiful hors d'oeuvres, a buffet dinner and dessert, open bar, music, and opportunities to learn about our programs and support services that elevate youth mental well-being. 

 In the months before his retirement, we are honored to celebrate Dr. Eric Byrne and his legacy of strengthening the support our children's social, emotional, and mental health.  

This workshop is for any parent who wants to better understand what’s behind their child’s behavior, including:

• How to build healthy communication with your child

• Developmentally appropriate interventions and consequences

• Skills to foster independent decision making

• Tips on how to manage common, challenging behaviors

This workshop is for any parent who wants to better understand what’s behind their child’s behavior, and gain skills and strategies toward better behavior, including:

• How to build healthy communication with your child

• Developmentally appropriate interventions and consequences

• Skills to foster independent decision making

• Tips on how to manage common, challenging behaviors

Rye Youth Council invites parents/guardians and kids in grades 4-7 to join us for an interactive and informative evening to learn how cell phones affect our brain chemistry. We will discuss the safe and responsible use of cell phones and social media, and will offer family contracts and other suggestions to help parents set their kids up for success . . . and safety. The evening will be facilitated by Lisa Weinman, M.Ed.

This adult certification course includes 2 hours of online pre-work and an instructor-led 6-hour in-person class. It will help you recognize and respond to a young person who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or disorder, and will teach you how to approach the youth and connect them to appropriate care.

Go You!

Just in time for Black Friday, this is some of the most important shopping you’ve been meaning to check off your list! Before the holidays (or for down the road when it's time), stop by the Alternative Device Fair to learn about various kid-safe devices before defaulting to an iPhone or Apple Watch.

Talk with representatives who will be on hand to answer your questions and help you determine which device is best for your family among the following phones and watches:

- Gabb
- Pinwheel
- Lightphone
- Wisephone
- Bark
- Troomi

Not sure what all the fuss is about or just want to be better prepared for what lies ahead for your younger child? Join Rye Youth Council and IRL for a panel presentation and a “behind the screens” perspective on what’s going on right here in our community. Moderated by Titania Jordan, Chief Parenting Office & CMO of Bark. RSVP HERE

This is the event of the year for kids in grades K-6! Join us on Tuesday, November 5th, for the 6th annul RYC Rainbow Run, an exceptionally fun experience for all!

Spend the morning at Rye Town Park volunteering for the RYC Rainbow Run. Be a part of ensuring students grades K-6 have an awesome day by: setting and cleaning up the day's event, prepping fun gear for them to rock throughout the day, dousing them with colorful powder, getting kids organized and hyped up to run, and acting as a course buddy, running along side them!

This will be a fun volunteer opportunity and you will earn COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.

Students Grades K-12: Help Prep for the RYC Rainbow Run

REGISTER HERE

Students - Gather your friends and help RYC get ready for the Rainbow Run! Volunteers will stuff bags with colorful powder, rainbow glasses and masks; create notecards for Rainbow Run participants; place stickers on race packets, and a host of other helpful activities.

Join us in the big room at Rye Presbyterian Church for fun and community service. Students in grades K-4 are welcome to attend with an adult, and students in grades 5-12 can attend independently. Community service hours will be earned and Pizza and Snacks will be served!

There are two time slots based on grades:

4-5:30 pm  for kids in grades K-12

5:30-7:30 pm for kids in grades 7-12

Join us for an evening with David Yeager, PhD, author of the newly released book, 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People  Dr. Yeager, professor of psychology at UT Austin and one of the world’s leading researchers into growth mindset, joins Rye Youth Council for a revelatory discussion about the ideas and findings presented in his new book, 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People.