1 / 26

Supporting Communities to Create Places Where All Youth Thrive

Supporting Communities to Create Places Where All Youth Thrive. A free web-based resource for leaders in communities and schools across Ontario who work with youth ages 12-19. YouThrive acknowledges the support of the Government of Ontario. What is YouThrive?. YouThrive.ca.

jerod
Download Presentation

Supporting Communities to Create Places Where All Youth Thrive

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Supporting Communities to Create PlacesWhere All Youth Thrive A free web-based resource for leaders in communities and schools across Ontario who work with youth ages 12-19 YouThriveacknowledges the support of the Government of Ontario.

  2. What is YouThrive? YouThrive.ca

  3. Session Objectives This session is designed to provide: • Introduction to YouThrive • Overview of development process, content, and key concepts • Opportunity to learn about the YouThrive partnership • Orientation to its practical use YouThrive.ca

  4. The Need • To learn what supports were needed to implement the revised Health and Physical Education curriculum, extensive consultations were conducted in 2008-2010 • Results revealed an overwhelming need for supports and resources that: • Extend and reinforce the learning related to: healthy eating, tobacco use and exposure, alcohol/substance misuse, and mental health • Apply the Foundations for a Healthy Schools Framework • Reinforce and further advance the vision and expectations of the H&PE curriculum, and other key provincial policies YouThrive.ca

  5. The Response • Partnerships with leading agencies in mental health, substance use, tobacco use, and youth engagement • Funding secured from the Government of Ontario through Healthy Communities Fund • Environmental scan of existing resources • Needs assessment with community health, public health, education, and parks and recreation leaders YouThrive.ca

  6. Needs Assessment Key Findings • Majority of respondents identified a gap in mental health resources • Respondents felt that the development of a resource would meet their needs, and help to close the gap • Respondents wanted a resource that was interactive, practical, and easily accessible (online) YouThrive.ca

  7. Connecting You to YouThrive YouThrive.ca

  8. Connecting You to YouThrive YouThrive.ca

  9. The Theory Behind YouThrive Key Question: • How do we help young people to successfully manage life’s ups and downs, and to avoid acting in ways that can harm their health? Answer: • Apply a health promotion approach to promote young people’s health and well-being • Address factors that enhance mental health and create supportive environments YouThrive.ca

  10. The Theory Behind YouThrive 1. Apply a Health Promotion Approach • Health Promotion Action #1: Build healthy public policy • Health Promotion Action #2: Create supportive environments • Health Promotion Action #3: Strengthen community actions • Health Promotion Action #4: Develop personal skills • Health Promotion Action #5: Re-orient health services • Cross-Cutting Strategy #1: Youth engagement • Cross-Cutting Strategy #2: Social inclusion and equity YouThrive.ca

  11. The Theory Behind YouThrive 2. Address factors that enhance mental health & create supportive environments • Key determinants of mental health: • Social inclusion • Freedom from discrimination and violence • Economic participation • Resilience • Engagement YouThrive.ca

  12. YouThrive Video YouThrive.ca

  13. Connecting You to Make the Links YouThrive.ca

  14. Connecting You to Make the Links YouThrive.ca

  15. Connecting You to Success Stories YouThrive.ca

  16. Connecting You to Action Now YouThrive.ca

  17. Connecting You to Take Stock YouThrive.ca

  18. Connecting You to Prioritize YouThrive.ca

  19. Connecting You to Strategize YouThrive.ca

  20. Connecting You to Act YouThrive.ca

  21. Connecting You to Reflect YouThrive.ca

  22. Connecting You to Repeat YouThrive.ca

  23. YouThrive.ca in Your Setting How could you use YouThrive.ca in your school, community, or organization? YouThrive.ca

  24. YouThrive.ca in Your Setting • Can be used for: • Professional development • Train-the-trainer • Funding proposals • Activities to do with youth • H&PE classes • Drawing upon information from website for articles on youth in different contexts • YouThrive introduces a theoretical framework that can be applied to work with youth • Does not provide a precise recipe to apply • Rather an overall framework to inform work with youth YouThrive.ca

  25. Connecting You to Help YouThrive.ca

  26. Contact Information Ryan Albright, ryan@ophea.org Marianne Kobus-Matthews, marianne_kobusmatthe@camh.net Gail Glatt, gglatt@ontario.cmha.ca YouThrive.ca

More Related