Strategies for System Involved Youth to Address Peer Pressure

Nicole Kelly & Kwonta Phatiphong

Training Description

Peer pressure impacts many at-risk and system-involved youth. Developmentally, teens are seeking approval from their peers, placing them at heightened risk for succumbing to peer pressure. This training will equip participants to have conversations with system-involved youth about peer pressure as well as strategies to teach them for how to navigate peer pressure.

Learning Objectives

·  Participants will be able to identify at least 1 example of peer pressure.

·  Participants will be able to identify at least 1 negative impact of peer pressure.