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Youth-Informed Peer Support Link
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9/4/2024
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Many young people with mental health conditions do not receive mental health services
that would benefit them. Further, disengagement from mental health services among
young adults is a prevalent problem, with recent estimates between 20-40% .
Research demonstrates that these young people tend to have poorer health outcomes as
they age compared to those who continue to receive services .
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Youth Peer-Support: A Review of the Literature Link
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9/3/2024
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Publication Year: May 2013
Peer-to-peer support has been an essential component for successful recovery in the adult mental health and substance abuse systems. The same support is urgently needed for youth in transition. However, peer-to-peer support for youth must be developmentally appropriate and specific to the unique needs of youth in transition. This literature review will look at peer support history, programs, outcome studies, and resources with an emphasis on youth.
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Workforce Development Guide for Youth Link
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8/20/2024
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Publication Year: 2022
This guide weaves together the research and real-life experiences of current youth and leadership from workforce development programs. It provides an insight into what can strengthen a program and its impact on the youth they serve, which can then build stronger individuals, families, and communities and positively contribute to the labor market well into the future.
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Where to Turn for Teens Link
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1/24/2022
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Where to Turn for Teens (WTTFTs) is a resource guide created especially for youth in King, Pierce, and Snohomish County, covering important topics like:
Alcohol & Drugs
Dating & Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
LGBTQIA+
Homelessness & Running Away
Suicide
And many more!
The agencies listed in WTTFTs can link youth to organizations providing a wide variety of services. The goal of WTTFTs is to make sure teens are aware of the many youth-friendly resources that exist and empower youth to seek help with the support of others.
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What Is Peer Support and What Is NOT Peer Support? Link
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9/3/2024
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A youth peer support specialist (YPSS) works with young people transitioning to adulthood, who are usually involved in a child-serving system (e.g., foster care, mental health) or experiencing a unique challenge. YPSSs are typically close in age with the young people they work with. YPSSs use their own lived experience with mental health and child-serving systems to relate and engage with the youth they serve. In their work together, YPSSs help youth to identify goals and advocate for themselves.
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Tools for Educators During a Public Health Crisis Link
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9/4/2024
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Educators have been asked to fill many roles during this public health crisis. They have had to adjust to new learning environments, provide emotional support to students, maintain communication with parents, take care of themselves and their families, among other responsibilities. At the same time, they are experiencing the anxiety and worry about the public health crisis along with the rest of the community. Here are some tools to help.
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Link
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9/4/2024
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An in-depth look at how to successfully engage youth in your programming. In recent years, youth engagement has become an essential strategy of supporting young adults with disabilities, behavioral health needs, and/or lived experience within child serving systems. This means that in recent years, professionals who support families have had to quickly adapt and learn to work with youth and young adults, and not for them. This shift is nuanced, difficult to make, and deeply important.
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Recovery High Schools Link
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9/3/2024
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High schools for students in recovery have been available for 35 years, and touted as helpful recovery support services. Little is known, however, descriptively regarding what these entities are and do. This study outlined how these organizations describe their own strengths and needs using a qualitative investigation.
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Protecting Youth Mental Health Link
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9/3/2024
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Publication Year: 2021
A Message from the Surgeon General:
"Every child’s path to adulthood—reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills, and dealing with problems—is different and difficult. Many face added challenges along the way, often beyond their control. There’s no map, and the road is never straight. But the challenges today’s generation of young people face are unprecedented and uniquely hard to navigate. And the effect these challenges have had on their mental health is devastating. If we seize this moment, step up for our children and their families in their moment of need, and lead with inclusion, kindness, and respect, we can lay the foundation for a healthier, more resilient, and more fulfilled nation."
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Peer Supports for Young Adults with SMI or SUD Link
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3/31/2022
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Presenters discuss developmentally and culturally relevant models of peer supports for young adults living with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD).
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Operationalizing and Funding Youth Peer Support Link
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9/3/2024
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Operationalizing and Funding Youth and Parent Peer Support Roles in Residential Treatment Settings
While many programs in both child and adult systems of care recognize the intrinsic value of
including broadly defined peer support services (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28068538),
there is often an on-going challenge to adequately fund and operationalize these non-traditional
services in clinical settings. Full integration of peer voice and services at multiple levels in
residential treatment settings requires commitment from leadership. In addition to top-down
commitment to empowering youth and family engagement, it takes creative financing in order to
turn an innovative concept into reality.
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New Resource: Evidence-based Guide: Suicide Preven Link
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12/9/2024
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This evidence-based guide provides strategies and insights specific to at-risk groups, to support interventions and help prevent suicides. The guide highlights existing research, discusses barriers that hinder youth’s access to prevention and intervention services, and offers guidance on selecting, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based prevention programs. It also highlights programs that are making strides in addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people from underserved communities.
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HELPING A STRUGGLING LOVED ONE Link
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9/3/2024
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HELPING A LOVED ONE DEALING WITH MENTAL AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
This Info sheet lists ways to help a loved one with mental illness and/ or a substance use disorder.
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Florida Healthy Transitions’ Peer-to-Peer Service Link
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9/3/2024
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"Florida's Healthy Transitions team utilizes a peer-to-peer model to decrease program participants' mental health symptoms and increase their sense of community belonging. The article includes contributions from some of the young adults working in the program on the rewards and challenges of their work."
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Entering Adulthood: Getting Help Link
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9/3/2024
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Entering Adulthood: Getting Help for Mental and Substance Use Disorders
The big life changes that 18-to-25-year-olds experience when transitioning into adulthood come with a range of emotions. While it can sometimes feel like you’re the only one going through ups and downs, you’re not alone.
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