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Jacqueline Sperling, Ph.D. will present a free webinar, “Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents and How to Treat It” as part of the Alan Hu Foundation Mental Health Lecture Series. Dr. Sperling will provide an overview of social anxiety disorder and the factors that are associated with its development. She will also explain how social anxiety can manifest in different settings, and review treatment. Lastly, she will discuss what role caregivers can play in supporting the treatment. This webinar is offered free to the public by the Alan Hu Foundation and is funded by the City of Pleasanton Youth Grant program. It will include 15 minutes for questions and answers following Dr. Sperling’s presentation. The Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities at https://www.mhacc-usa.org will provide simultaneous Chinese interpretation, and a certified Spanish interpreter will provide simultaneous Spanish interpretation. Jacqueline Sperling, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and the Co-Founder and Co-Program Director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program at McLean Hospital. She is also the author of the young adult nonfiction book, Find Your Fierce: How to Put Social Anxiety in Its Place, and a contributor to Harvard Health Publishing. Dr. Sperling specializes in implementing cognitive behavioral therapy with exposure and response prevention and working with youth who present with anxiety disorders and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder. She also focuses on caregiver guidance by using treatments such as behavioral parent training to help families address children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors. In addition, Dr. Sperling is passionate about disseminating evidence-based information to the community and frequently speaks on the impact of social media use on mental health. Moreover, Dr. Sperling is committed to increasing access to care and participates in advocacy at state and federal levels.