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Adolescent / Youth Development Resources
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Self-Care Strategies for Young People
The Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families and youth advocates at Common Room in the UK have developed a series of self-care resources for young people experiencing mental health challenges. Their new interactive webpage has youth-friendly graphics for dozens of self-care activities, along with hopeful messages, tips, and quotes from other youth; visitors can also easily share whether they have tried an approach personally; if it was helpful, why; and what advice they would give to peers. A related infographic shows the evidence base behind various approaches to self-care among youth.
Access self-care resources here: https://www.annafreud.org/on-my-mind/self-care/ |
Promoting Positive Pathways to Adulthood Toolkit
Pathways RTC has updated their Promoting Positive Pathways to Adulthood training toolkit with a 10-module self-directed study guide. The toolkit is designed for service providers working transition-age youth who have serious mental health challenges, and aims to give providers an increased awareness of young people’s needs, and the skills they need to engage effectively with youth and families, and across other agencies and systems in which they are involved. The self-study format allows providers to learn at their own pace, reflect on what they are learning, and easily share content and questions with their peers.
Download the free training modules and self-study guide here:
https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pathways-transition-training-toolkit-self-study |
Screening for Childhood Adversity is Not Enough
Child Trends’ new brief warns about the limitations of current screening practices for identifying childhood adversity. Though many providers use the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study index to screen for childhood adversity, authors warn against the risks of using only this approach—including potential for re-traumatization; deficit-focus; lack of cultural sensitivity; and narrow conceptions of adversity. The brief recommends that in addition to screening, providers take trauma-informed approaches, accompany screening with proper assessment and evidence-based treatment, and implement preventative strategies to reduce childhood adversity.
Download the free report here:
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/childhood-adversity-screenings-are-just-one-part-of-an-effective-policy-response-to-childhood-trauma |
Podcast on Arts-based Social Justice Work with Youth
This 39-minute podcast focuses on the ACTION project at DreamYard in the Bronx which engages young people of color in learning about community organizing through the arts. The project combines different art media as tools for exploring social justice issues identified by young people as important to them; cohorts of youth participate over a four-year period starting just before they enter high school. During the podcast—which is part of a larger Reclaiming Digital Futures toolkit—educators describe how the design thinking model dovetails with positive youth development; why it’s important to teach young people to lead community organizing; and examples of creative projects and campaigns designed by participants.
Listen to the podcast here:
https://digitallearningpractices.org/resource/designing-community-art-projects-at-dreamyard/ |
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Kratom: The Newest Highly Addictive Legal Drug
Child Mind Institute recently reported on Kratom, a legal, easy-to-buy drug that more and more young people are using and becoming addicted to. Marketed as a plant-based mild stimulant used to treat ADHD and anxiety, Kratom is sold in powder form. However, in high doses it can act as an opioid and become highly addictive. Kratom is not regulated by the FDA and can be difficult to treat—potency varies and some samples have contained lead, nickel, and other unidentified substances.
Learn more here: https://childmind.org/article/kratom-a-legal-drug-thats-dangerously-addictive/ |
Improving Engagement with Older Teens and Young Adults
A new report from Pathways RTC describes strategies for improving engagement with older youth and young adults ages 18-24. Based on interviews with 26 providers in eight states, the resource describes positive features of drop-in settings, peer engagement, and using social media for outreach.
Download the full report here:
https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pdf/emerging-strategies-for-engaging-young-people.pdf |
Using the CANS Tool in Wraparound Processes
The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a widely used, validated tool developed by the John Praed Foundation that assesses the strengths and needs of young people and their families, and assists service providers in treatment planning and outcomes tracking. A new brief from the National Technical Assistance Network for Children’s Behavioral Health describes how CANS can be effectively integrated into Wraparound processes, commonly used by public agencies serving “multi-system youth.”
Download the brief here:
https://www.cmhnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Integrating-CANS-Into-Wraparound.pdf |
New Comic Series by Youth for Youth
Young people engaged with RTC Pathways to Positive Futures have created a comic strip whose main character, James Jones, is a high school student with depression who relies on his dog for support. The comics show James facing day-to-day challenges in school and in community.
View the series here: https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/comics |
Screening Tools for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
This technical assistance tool was developed by the Center for Healthcare Strategies to describe approaches that several different organizations use to screen youth and young adults for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) – including which screening tools they use, how they administer it, documentation considerations, and how to act on results.
Download the resource here:
http://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TA-Tool-Screening-for-ACEs-and-Trauma_020619.pdf |
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