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The Youth MOVE Peer Center delivers a variety of training and education opportunities, these webinars have been recorded and are available on demand! Check out the archive below.

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Issue Briefs & Implementation Guides

Helping A Peer Develop Your Natural Supports

This issue brief shares information and resources about helping Youth & Young Adults developing the Natural Supports in their lives. Young adults living with a mental health concern may need extra support in identifying, building, and maintaining relationships with the natural supports in their life. Using their own natural support network, youth peer support specialists can role model this process for the peers they work with.

Psychiatric Advanced Directives: Youth & Young Adults

Psychiatric Advance Directives, also known as PADs, are powerful tools that prioritize people having control of their mental health treatment decisions. In this implementation guide, we will explore what PADs are, why they matter, and how they can empower youth and young adults to protect their voice, choice and autonomy over their personal mental health treatment. This guide should be used by organizations to help youth & young adults understand and create their own PADs. The material included can potentially guide a youth, young adults, and youth peer providers on creating PADs.

Economic Independence for Youth & Young Adults

This issue brief aims to empower youth and young adults, particularly those who are, or who have formally been, systems involved, to prepare for financial independence by providing them with the right tools and resources at their disposal.

Actionable Self Care: Create Your Own Self Care Kit -
Part One: What to Consider When Creating Your Kit

 In this Issue Brief, we learn more about the history of self care, why self care is important, and how you can create a kit that will help you.

Actionable Self Care: Create Your Own Self Care Kit -
Part Two: Considerations and Resources for Building Your Kit

In this issue brief, we share considerations and resources for building your own self care kit.

Adapting Youth Engagement & Youth Peer Support During a Pandemic

This issue brief highlights strategies to support and engage youth and young adults during the pandemic. COVID-19 is a high-risk disease that has had a significant impact on the mental health and overall well-being of youth and young adults aged 16-25.

Support of Youth & Young Adults During the Transition Years

This issue brief reflects on the results of a national survey of families with a youth or young adult with behavioral health needs and span topics including financial support, crisis response, and situations surrounding living with family. 

The Role & Value of Medication

This issue brief explores how medication can be one effective tool for managing health, mental health, and substance use challenges. When deciding to take medication, youth and young adults can identify a list of people to have on their team to support them in this process. 

Explaining the Ticket to Work Program 

This issue brief shares infomation and resources about the Ticket to Work (TTW) Program – The TTW program is a free, voluntary program for people who want to transition to full-time work, but
who are unsure if it is feasible for them.

How to Help Yourself Transition to Adulthood

This document is a collection of information directly for young adults who are navigating the transition to adulthood. Within this document you will find information on developing natural supports, tips on asking for help and building relationships, goal planning, healthcare & self-care, tips for accessing traditional services, and getting involved in your community.

Strategic Sharing

The stories and experiences of youth peer support providers are valuable and essential to fostering connection, especially when they are used strategically. When sharing strategically, someone who is speaking can feel a sense of accomplishment by connecting with their audience, and the audience is more likely to feel comfortable- welcoming the message being delivered.

Mental Health Tip Sheet for Educators

This issue brief shares tips and resources for educators about mental health during adolescence and early adulthood

Nonbinary Youth in Binary Systems: Considerations for Mental Health Services - Part One

In this issue brief, we focus on one community that continues to lack specific research and consideration: nonbinary youth. We explore what it means to be nonbinary, its focus in mental health research, and offer some considerations and reflection questions for those looking to better serve these youth within mental health services.

Nonbinary Youth in Binary Systems: Considerations for Mental Health Services - Part Two

In this issue brief, we will be continuing the conversation and focus on one community that continues to lack specific research and consideration: nonbinary youth. We continue exploring what it means to be nonbinary, its focus in mental health research, and offer some considerations and reflection questions for those looking to better serve these youth within mental health services.

Webinar Recordings

Economic Independence for Youth & Young Adults –
Hosted by: The Youth MOVE Peer Center

Facilitators: Danny King (he/she/they) and Taylor James (she/he/they)

Navigating the world of money and finances can feel overwhelming and confusing! The truth is managing money can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be impossible to understand things like bank accounts or credit reports.

Our Economic Independence for Youth & Young Adults training event aims to empower youth and young adults, especially those with system involvement, by equipping them with the essential tools and resources to prepare for financial independence!

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Psych Advance Directives for Youth and Young Adults Webinar –
Hosted by: The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery and Youth MOVE Peer Center

A Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) is a legal document that details preferences for future mental health treatment, services, and supports. This webinar will present the core elements of a PAD, and the role and benefits of Peer Specialists facilitating and supporting their development. Learn why these documents are important for young people and how a PAD can support one’s recovery and interactions with the mental health system. Having a PAD can have positive impacts on one’s mental health and the types of crisis services received. PAD’s can be a helpful tool to ensure that your wishes are followed no matter what stage of life you are in- but particularly for a young person this is a pathway for self-direction and self-advocacy for one’s treatment options. This presentation was led on May 17, 2023 by peer specialists of whom are subject matter experts in peer facilitated PAD’s and youth peer support.
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Youth Program Startup Guide

Setting up an effective youth voice & lived-experience program.
As the youth movement continues to expand, there has been an increased interest in youth voice and youth engagement strategies nationwide. Adult systems often provide services which do not align with the clinical profiles of youth and young adults, negatively impacting young peoples’ ability to engage in mental health care (Rickwood, Deane, & Wilson, 2007; Pottick, Warner, Stoep, & Knight, 2013). When experiencing personal challenges, youth and young adults tend to seek informal supports such as friends, family, or other significant adults, rather than from traditional mental health professionals (Rickwood, et al., 2007). Because existing services and systems may not adequately attract, engage, and serve young people, there has been an emergence of youth-run programs and organizations

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