Helping System Involved Youth become Leaders by Telling Your Own Stories of Overcoming Struggles

Robert Dousa

Training Description

One of the most significant challenges for those supporting system involved youth who have experienced health disparities is to effectively help them to overcome and transform adversity. One solution is to coach System Involved youth on Leadership Empowerment Practices Born Out of Struggle that are sustainable and lead to improved relationship, life, and career outcomes. In this training, we will explore how to enhance our capacity to support system involved youth by exploring Leadership Empowerment Practices Born Out of Struggle that prepare us to foster young people’s emotional development and wellbeing, as well as strengthen their resilience and ability to heal from traumatic events and build meaningful relationships. Practicing and sharing the methods outlined by this workshop will allow us to improve the practice of how we empower system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objective

● Participants will be able to identify at least 2 Leadership Empowerment…