Webinars
Neurodivergence in Youth-Serving Systems
This webinar for Youth Peer Advocates included a brief presentation, panel, and Q&A about neurodivergence in youth-serving system. We explored how neurodivergence is often and overlooked co-occurring disability for some of the youths we serve. We provided a brief overview of neurodivergence. Participants also heard from YPAs with relevant lived experience.
Role Clarity & Principles of Youth Peer Support Refresher
Participants reviewed and discussed role clarity and how to communicate their role responsibilities with others in their workplace. Participants also reviewed the principles of Youth Peer Support.
Navigating YPA Ethical Challenges
In this training, we briefly review the YPA Code of Ethics and discuss scenarios where ethical challenges come into play. Participants exchange ideas about how to apply what we know to address ethical challenges and prevent ethical violations.
Fostering LGBTQ+ Inclusivity as a Supervisor
2nd Annual PeerTAC 2-Day Virtual Peer Support Supervision Summit
Affirmations & Intentions
Participants will be able to explain why affirmations are important to one’s mental and emotional wellness. Participants will develop a set of personalized affirmations.
Breaking Barriers: Understanding and Combating Mental Health Stigma Among Children, Youth, and Families
Note: Jay Culkin participated as a panelist in this webinar.
Promoting Healthy Interpersonal Relationships
The youth we work with across the state are at a heightened risk of facing interpersonal violence, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and other related forms of violence. This training will go over some of the ways we can spend time with the youth to help them explore more about the different interpersonal relationships they have. We will discuss supporting youth in determining how they would like to keep themselves safe and healthy.
Addressing the Needs of Gender Diverse Youth
Gender diverse youth are faced with so many unique challenges. The media has been covering a lot of controversies and politically charged conversations around transgender youth. With this, gender diverse youth have become vulnerable to a lot of scrutiny from their communities. As lived experience professionals we may feel unequipped to handle youth who come from a very different background than our own. In this TA call you will learn the basics of gender diversity. You will also learn how to continue to provide strong peer support to the gender diverse youth we serve across New York State. Finally, we will discuss local, state-wide, and online resources regarding gender diversity. Gender diverse people and allies to gender diverse people are all welcome to attend.
