Training Institutes 2012 - National Technical Assistance Center for ...

YOUTH TRACK DESCRIPTIONS
TARGETED INSTITUTE #12 9:30 AM SUNDAY • OSCEOLA 5-6
Creating Effective Youth/Adult Partnerships
This Targeted Institute is designed to help youth and their adult supports learn what effective youth groups do in their
communities. The session is designed for both youth and adults interested in improving their partnerships to create
successful youth organizations.
Many youth groups or organizations struggle with being youth-driven and youth-guided while still being managed by
supportive adult organizations. Strategies are needed to ensure healthy partnerships and smooth functioning. Faculty will
discuss the different roles youth and adults take in running and maintaining successful youth groups and how to avoid
issues that can create difficulties.
Participants will have the opportunity to break out into small work groups to use the information to analyze youth
organizations in their states or communities, examine youth-adult partnership, and develop ideas for improving their
partnerships to achieve the shared goal of creating successful youth organizations
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Eric Lulow, Youth Involvement Associate, Youth Involvement, National Federation of
Families for Children’s Mental Health, Rockville, MD
Lacy Kendrick, M.S., Executive Director, Youth Engagement Solutions, LLC, Hattiesburg, MS
TARGETED INSTITUTE #16 9:30 AM SUNDAY • DESTIN 1-2
Employment Solutions for Youth and Young Adults with Mental Health Challenges:
Making it Work
This Targeted Institute will focus on the transition of youth with mental health needs into employment and will provide
practical strategies to assist young adults to prepare for and find employment. The strategies to be highlighted are based
on Guideposts for Success, a research-based tool to identify what youth need to transition into employment. Faculty will
focus on program elements that can lead to successful transitions for youth, the role of “soft skills” in employment
success, strategies to build those skills in youth, and how to link with agencies providing employment support to
improve career preparation and employment outcomes for youth.
The information and strategies to be highlighted are based on work related to the Healthy Transitions Initiative (HTI)
funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; the National Collaborative on Workforce
and Disability for Youth funded by the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy; and the
experience of HTI grantees in Maryland and Missouri.
The session will be interactive incorporating large group activities and question/answer segments. Participants will
receive Tunnels and Cliffs: A Guide for Workforce Development for Practitioners and Policymakers Serving Youth with
Mental Health Needs.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Sean Roy, M.S., Projects Director, Transition and Workforce Partnerships, National
Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, PACER Center, Minneapolis, MN
John Coppola, State Project Director, Maryland Healthy Transitions Initiative, Frederick, MD
Charmaine Kimble, Transitions Peer Outreach Worker, Truman Medical Center Healing Canvas- Futures Department,
Kansas City, MO
Gwendolyn White, M.S.W., Technical Assistance Director—Healthy Transitions Initiative, National Technical
Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development,
Washington, DC
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