Transitional Age Youth, Part 1: Young Adult Peer Mentoring

Description:

This two-part series will examine the unique challenges that 16-24 year olds with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders face as they transition out of the school-based or youth service system and into adulthood. Part 1 will discuss Young Adult Peer Mentoring (YAPM), and describe how using it in a therapeutic process can enhance this population’s engagement, motivation, and persistence. The webinar will also cover how Young Adult Peer Mentors reinforce their recovery through helping emerging adults overcome their own behavioral health challenges.

 

Presenter:

Tara Fischer, M.S.W., LICSW, is a senior associate for Advocates for Human Potential (AHP). She brings 10 years of experience designing, implementing, and monitoring behavioral healthcare service delivery improvements for public sector organizations serving some of Massachusetts’ most vulnerable children and their families. Her experience includes providing community-based services under MassHealth’s Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI). Ms. Fischer earned her B.S. in psychology from Worcester State University and her M.S.W. from Simmons University.

Joel Danforth, M.S.W., LCSW, works as the Program & Professional Development Coordinator in the Child, Youth and Family Services Division of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. He oversees the statewide Core Elements of Young Adult Peer Mentoring training and the development of other young adult resources. He is also responsible for co-leading the Department’s Restraint/Seclusion Reduction Initiative effort. Prior to his current role, Mr. Danforth was the Program Coordinator for the Transition Age Youth Initiative and SAMHSA’s Success for Transition Age Youth (STAY) Grant.  

Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hernandez, B.S., Certified Peer Specialist, works as the Young Adult Peer Coordinator in the Child, Youth and Family Services Division of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. Mr. Hernandez is passionate about making mental health services more accessible to young people of color and has spent much of his career supporting adolescence in recovery.  He acknowledges the impact mentors have had on his own life and the progress he has made because of them. Mr. Hernandez brings great compassion to his work supporting the young adult peer mentor workforce as a statewide trainer for two annual training programs, Gathering and Inspiring Future Talent (GIFT) and the Core Elements of Young Adult Peer Mentoring. Mr. Hernandez earned his B.S. in family and community engagement from Merrimack College.

 
Learning Objectives:
  • Describe how YAPMs use their lived experience to help emerging adults.
  • Identify the YAPM staffing and supervisory structure necessary to support successful service delivery.
  • Identify at least one resource that can be used to support implementation of the YAPM model.
 
Who Should Attend?

Clinicians administrators and others who have minimal knowledge of peer support services provided by young adults with lived experience.

Starts: Apr. 9, 2020 1:00 pm
Ends: Apr. 9, 2020 2:00 pm
Timezone:
US/Eastern
Registration Deadline
April 8, 2020
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Event Type
Webinar/Virtual Training
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