1 / 13

Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center

Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center. Prevention Work Engaging Men YTY Project: Youth Training Youth Prevention Specialist: Terri Neimann. Engaging Men. Community Ownership Allies for Women Partnerships from community Drawing on Community expertise.

babu
Download Presentation

Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center

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. Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center Prevention Work Engaging Men YTY Project: Youth Training Youth Prevention Specialist: Terri Neimann

  2. Engaging Men • Community Ownership • Allies for Women • Partnerships from community • Drawing on Community expertise

  3. Drawing on Community Expertise • International Expert on shifting Masculinities • Psy. College Professor and Author: Effects of Sexual Violence

  4. YTY Project • Original plan morphed • Involve community Partners • CDC grants got cut • Looking for sustainability • Peer-to-peer learning model • Included 3 schools: TOPS, TPP, THS

  5. BUY IN • Flexibility with school logistics • Listen to the needs/concerns of host teacher and other stakeholders/councilors • Easy access due to Mary’s (TOPS) & Kathleen’s reputation (TCWRC).

  6. Youth Leaders Training Topics • Oppression (“isms”) • Bullying • Healthy Relationships with yourself and Resources • Healthy Relationships • By-stander intervention • How to present a great presentation

  7. Helping Youth Leaders Develop their Presentations • I went to three campuses working with the three groups twice a week • Give them their theme and guidelines with lots of freedom: • Creating Allies, Healthy Relationships (which included healthy communication, importance of consent, healthy boundaries), and By-stander intervention,. • Each group came up with their own power point, visual aids and group activities

  8. Peer-to-peer Presentations

  9. Barriers for Trainers • Child Care • Transportation • Teens in Foster Care • High Risk Teens • Personal Traumas • Homeless Teens

  10. Successful Project • Addressed Real Problems • Appeal to peer-to-peer style of learning • Group Participation • Advanced Training on site • Enthusiasm from Adult Trainers • Committed Youth Leaders • Laugh at (being real) • Give Youth Leaders lots of Freedom • Willing to be Flexible

  11. Evaluations • Every Training Session (6) was Evaluated/Adult Trainers were evaluated • Evaluations used as Positive Feed Back from Student Trainers & given to Counselors • Before Presentation in the class room RPE pre-test handed out • Last Day of Peer led Presentations evaluations were given: RPE Post-test, and overall presentation

  12. Lessons Learned • Start Project Earlier in the Year • Less Chaos • More Youth Leader Preparedness • Less unintended “Surprises” • But some positive surprises: “job shadow” opportunity (student interest in psychology, social work, teaching) • Unintended surprise, gathered a panel of 4 youth to present at Sexuality Conference • Investing in youth pays BIG

  13. Contact Information Presenter: Terri Neimann Prevention Specialist Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center 503-842-5168 tnneimann@yahoo.com Organizer: Nancy Greenman Prevention Program Coordinator Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force 503-990-6541 nancygreenman@oregonsatf.org

More Related