Youth MOVE PA provides an array of training and educational opportunities for youth, young adults, and the professionals who work for them across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Youth MOVE PA staff are trained as Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) and/or Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS), giving us the ability to share our lived experience. This allows us to connect with and educate youth, young adults, and professionals on maintaining wellness and recovery, becoming trauma-informed, and incorporating hope, support, education, personal responsibility, and self-advocacy into our personal and professional lives. Please Contact Us to make arrangements for these trainings to be made available for you or your organization. |
Trainings Offered BY Youth MOVE PA:Peer Generation Youth Empowerment Training Peer Generation Youth Empowerment Training® is a youth driven and youth developed curriculum that offers an experiential introduction to youth peer support. The training focuses on strategies for resiliency and offers pathways for individuals to get in touch with their unique and authentic selves. Participants will experience an environment that is culturally grounded and focuses on practical ways to be inclusive toward the diversity of all communities and experiences. Individuals will be better equipped to practice peer support in real life situations that could be easily implemented. Personal sharing and mutual learning are at the core of this curriculum. Learning Objectives:
Learn More About Peer Generation Youth Empowerment Training Youth & Young Adult Peer Training This 3-day workshop allows for education, conversation, and skill building that focuses on working directly with the youth and young adult population as well as enhancing the knowledge attendees may already have about peer empowered story sharing and relationship building with the peers they work with. Certification is provided Learning Objectives:
Time: 3-Day Training Number of People: 25
The Wellness Recovery Action Plan or WRAP is a self-designed prevention and wellness tool that you can use to get well and stay well. WRAP is for anyone, most age groups, any time, and for any of life’s challenges. WRAP is listed in the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices. Certification is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: may vary There will be a FREE WRAP Seminar 1 training on January 17th thru January 19th from 9 am to 4:30 pm at the PMHCA Office at 2551 Walnut Street in Harrisburg. The course is free for everyone; however, participants must pay for their own lodging, meals, and transportation. Register Here!
Trauma 101 is an overview of Trauma-Informed Care. Research shows that 67% of the population has experienced at least one Adverse Childhood Experience. These trauma-based adversities are predictive of a multitude of toxic physical, mental and social outcomes throughout a person’s lifetime. As a society and as individuals, we need to be better informed and prepared to prevent and address the traumatic impact of childhood adversities. In this multi-media, interactive workshop, professionals work together to build a powerful image that helps them appreciate the complex nature of trauma and its aftermath. Certification is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2 hours Number of People: 25 Trauma Sensitive Peer Support: Continuing Our Journey As Certified Peer Professionals, we continue our healing and recovery journey every day and this workshop allows for more growth and understanding of trauma, how it applies to us as humans, how we can apply it to our professional life, and why any of that is important. During this workshop participants will:
Number of People: 25
Has anyone ever talked to you about trauma? Trauma impacts every single person in some way or another. Often, adults do not discuss trauma, it's impact throughout the lifespan, and how to support oneself or a friend with youth and young adults. This training speaks directly to youth and young adults about the difficult topic of trauma in a way that is easily understood, in a plain language, and in a supportive, safe environment. Dialogue and discussion are encouraged to promote as much learning as possible! Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2.0 hours Number of people: 25 Against the Backdrop of an Epidemic Against the Backdrop of an Epidemic was created to invite conversation and self-exploration into stigma related to substance use disorder. Self-Stigma has prevented many individuals from accessing and even being successful in their recovery. In this workshop, we look to identify those stigmas, break down barriers, and crush self-stigma, giving individuals the tools to access their full potential in their recovery journey. Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 3 hours Number of People: 25
This is a suicide prevention training where the participant learns to recognize warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to help appropriately. Youth MOVE PA provides this training to professionals and youth as an emergency mental health intervention for suicide. Certification is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2.5 hours Number of People: 25 "I Didn't Die, But..." "I Didn't Die, But..." Video Screening
Community Conversation
QPR - "Question, Persuade, Refer" This suicide prevention curriculum can be added to the workshop in order to provide tools for attendees to help prevent suicide. Time: 3.0 hoursTrauma Talk Workshop This workshop talks to attendees about what trauma is, how it can affect us throughout our lives, and what we can do about it. This will help participants feel more comfortable talking about their trauma. There is a skill-building portion which is to help attendees feel more confident in using the skills they are taught along with identifying what they already use to help organize their “trauma closet”. Along with the workshop, attendees will receive a participant packet and a bracelet included in the cost. Certification is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2.5 hours (virtual) or 3 hours (in person) Number of people: 25 Transitioning Into the Adult System | Transitioning & Aging Out Successful planning for transitional age youth should begin well before the youth reaches transitional age and would benefit from involving multiple parties and agencies, this process may be especially complex for some. Effective communication and collaboration between agencies are essential. This training talks to youth about barriers they may experience during their transition into the adult system, ways to overcome those barriers, and how to pre-plan for this complex transition. Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2.0 hours Number of People: 25 "Life Through My Lens" Workshop The "Life Through My Lens" Workshop was created to help people see that stigma reduction starts within. If we keep focusing on how others treat us and ignore the negative ways we talk to ourselves, stigma will always win. This workshop is focused on turning the dial toward helping ourselves by not taking that type of treatment from our own internal voice! To change how others see us, we must first change the lens through which we see ourselves | #LIFETHROUGHMYLENS Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2 hours Number of People: 25 "Stand Against Stigma" Workshop The "Stand Against Stigma" Workshop is all about how youth and young adults can help do exactly that: Stand Against Stigma. What is stigma, how can we combat the stigmas we experience, and how can we help to educate those who are creating stigma about what they could be doing and saying differently to be more inclusive. Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 3 hours Number of People: 25 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion DEI has become a prominent subject of focus for businesses and programs across the country, often targeting hiring practices, company culture, and political policy… but what does it mean? In this interactive training, we forget the politics and break down the fundamentals of DEI. Participants will learn what DEI means, how it can positively impact our society, where Implicit Bias fits in, and most importantly: how true DEI is more than an initiative – It’s a mindset! Certificate is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 3.0 hours Number of People: 25 Youth MOVE PA’s Social Media training is presented to help youth, young adults, and professionals understand the impact that social media can have on our mental health. In this training participants will learn how to practice social media wellness, learn tips for excessive social media use, and identify resources that can help reduce mental health conditions/risk factors. Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2.0 hours Number of People: 25 PaPSC, PMHCA, and Youth Move PA come together in partnership to offer this 2.5-hour Youth Engagement Training for staff that serve the youth and young adult demographic across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Empowering and encouraging all peers and their allies to unite in educating and providing supports through advocacy to revolutionize the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Certification is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 2.5 hours Number of People: 25 A Guide for Etiquette This training is to assist youth in understanding what etiquette is, why it is important, and how to use these skills in real life situations. Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 1.5 hours Number of People: 25
A look at developing youth and young adult communication skills and individual styles that each person can use in their professional and personal lives. Certificate of participation is provided. Learning Objectives:
Time: 1.5 hours Number of people: 25 |
Is it Substance Abuse,
Speakers are Kevin Puskaric and Jamal Ford
Recorded on Thursday, May 25th, 2023
Understanding Co-occurring, where it begins, and how it grows.
Handout of webinar resources.
Watch the webinar: Is it Substance Abuse, Is It Mental Health or Is It Both? | PA Care Partnership
Youth Peer Support Implementation:
Ideas for Schools & Systems of Care
Speakers are Kevin Puskaric and Chris Lunsford
When it comes to youth peer support, there needs to be clearer pathways that increase access to these services. We at Youth MOVE PA are striving to make these services more readily available throughout our state. We also believe that training and education are crucial steps to ensuring that Pennsylvania’s Youth have an opportunity to learn about Peer Support as a career pathway and to embrace resiliency and empowerment in their own lives. To address this statewide need, The Copeland Center and Youth MOVE PA have joined together in bringing a new training model to schools and communities throughout the Commonwealth. The Peer Generation Youth Empowerment Training model focuses on strategies for resiliency and offers pathways for individuals to get in touch with their unique and authentic selves. Participants experience an environment that is culturally grounded and focuses on practical ways to be inclusive toward the diversity of all communities and experiences. Individuals will also become better equipped to practice peer support in real life situations that could be easily implemented at school, home, or in their community.
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