This 5 Things Digest from the NTTAC Infant and Early Childhood Transformation Team and "kid contributors" shares advice from gender-expansive young people for what adults should know about what has been most helpful to them as they grow into their identities. In Spring 2022, NTTAC’s Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Transformation Team hosted a webinar by author, national policy expert, and public health advocate Willy Wilkinson about Supporting Gender Diversity in Young Children. Following the fascinating conversation with webinar participants, our team members had the chance to learn from school-age children who had the courage and supportive environments to express their creative gender identities during their early childhood years, as well as the families of these kids. … [Read more...] about 5 Things Digest: 5 Things Gender-Expansive Kids Want Adults to Know (June 2022)
Youth Voice & Engagement
Youth Taking Action: Using Creative Expression to Approach Youth Engagement
"Audio Stories - Youth Taking Action" is a miniseries sponsored by NTTAC and Youth MOVE National. Audio Stories is a project created to look at the important work that youth and young adults across the nation are doing in areas of mental health and other youth-serving systems. This episode features Mariah Larkin, who works as a System of Care Youth Engagement Specialist at The Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health. To find out more about Youth MOVE Minnesota. visit www.youthmove-mn.org. … [Read more...] about Youth Taking Action: Using Creative Expression to Approach Youth Engagement
Youth Taking Action: Youth Making an Impact Through Civic Engagement
"Audio Stories - Youth Taking Action" is a miniseries sponsored by NTTAC and Youth MOVE National. Audio Stories is a project created to look at the important work that youth and young adults across the nation are doing in areas of mental health and other youth-serving systems. This episode features Thu Nguyen, who is running for City Council at Large in Worcester, MA. Thu describes themselves as a proud Vietnamese refugee, auntie, artist, youth worker, and the first non-binary candidate to run for this position. … [Read more...] about Youth Taking Action: Youth Making an Impact Through Civic Engagement
Youth Taking Action: Adapting Youth-Run Support Programs to Virtual Environments
Audio Stories - Youth Taking Action" is a miniseries sponsored by NTTAC and Youth MOVE National. Audio Stories is a project created to look at the important work that youth and young adults across the nation are doing in areas of mental health and other youth-serving systems. In this episode, Haley Rizkallah (Senior Youth Engagement Specialist, Maryland Coalition of Families) talks about Adapting Youth-Run Support Groups to Virtual Environments. To learn more about the Maryland Coalition of Families, visit www.mdcoalition.org. For more about Maryland's Youth MOVE Chapter, Taking Flight, visit www.taking-flight.org … [Read more...] about Youth Taking Action: Adapting Youth-Run Support Programs to Virtual Environments
Supervision and Support of Youth and Parent Peer Support Providers – Best Practices and Lessons from the Field
This is a recording of an interactive presentation and discussion about effective supervision and support for the youth-peer and parent-peer workforce. Presenters shared models of supervision, best practices in supervisory approaches, and strategies to use when youth peer support providers and parent peer support providers are working with the same families. Participants received tools and templates used in the field, as well as additional helpful resources. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn about the scope of activities and roles for this unique workforce of youth and parent peer support providers.Gain a greater understanding of best practices in supervising youth and parent peer support providers, including effective supervisor approaches and coaching structures.Learn strategies from the field on how youth and parent peer support providers can work together to honor both the youth and parent voices within the family unit. … [Read more...] about Supervision and Support of Youth and Parent Peer Support Providers – Best Practices and Lessons from the Field