The NTTAC Youth & Young Adult Transformation Team brings 5 Things to know and resources about changing practices and policies for treating youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions. Topics include obstacles and needs specific to adolescence, policy considerations (including advancing anti-racist measures), and the importance of peer-delivered services.
Positive Youth Development
5 Things Digest: Youth & Young Adult Team (Apr 2021)
The NTTAC Youth & Young Adult Transformation Team brings 5 Things to know and resources about increasing youth and family engagement in System of Care initiatives. Topics include findings from the 2013-2016 System of Care Evaluation report.
5 Things Digest: Youth & Young Adults (Dec 2020)
The NTTAC Youth & Young Adult Transformation Team brings 5 Things to know and resources about youth engagement in mental health in the time of COVID-19. Topics include engaging youth in virtual spaces, adapting in-person and virtual practices, and engaging in self-care.
#CoasasAConsiderar: Compartir Estrategicamente
(One-page tip sheet with resources to help young adults with strategically sharing their stories of lived experience to promote systemic change.)
Strategic Sharing es una forma de compartir tu historia de manera segura y efectiva para lograr un objetivo. Los adultos que actúan como apoyo, los coordinadores de jóvenes, los jóvenes pares y otros profesionales que trabajan con jóvenes y grupos de jóvenes pueden intercambiar recursos de intercambio estratégico y apoyar a los jóvenes para que pongan en práctica las destrezas recientemente adquiridas.”
#Things2Consider: Strategic Sharing
Strategic sharing is a great way for young adults to share their stories in a competent and meaningful way that can lead to system change. This can be trickier than it sounds! Use this guide for tips and tricks so the personal stories in your community can be shared in a way that is safe and effective. By working through the documents linked in this tip sheet, young adults will gain the skills and knowledge not only to share their own stories, but to empower others to do the same, as well as learn talking points for what makes these stories so important to system change.
This tool is also available in Spanish