This recording is the final session of the series "Rooting Young Adult Mental Health Services in Culturally Sustaining Values & Practices." “Honoring and Supporting Peer Support in Healing-Centered Approaches,” took place on May 22, 2024, and was co-facilitated by our Center’s Youth & Young Adult Programming Specialists, Oriana Ides and Falilah Bilal.

The session focused on how YYA serving organizations might truly value, uplift, and support the wisdom and skill of young people with lived experience. Ms. Bilal and Ms. Ides co-facilitated a panel discussion with Nola Brantley, Founder & CEO of Nola Brantley Speaks and Xochtil Larios, Youth Justice Coordinator at Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice.

Viewers of this recording will learn:
• How YYA serving organizations can implement peer support providers, and uplift lived experience professionals
• Learn about the power and benefits of peer support in a young person's life
• How to implement peer support in young people's treatment plan as a way to promote employment opportunities and belonging
• Examples of how to create youth leadership programming and youth voice initiatives

This content was designed for all community-based organizations, institutions, and mental health professionals, including peer support specialists, therapists, psychologists, counselors, and others who support the mental health and wellness of transition-aged youth.