Young adult peer support is value added to the community based service array for youth and young adult struggling with mental health challenges. Peer support can be provided in a variety of ways along the continuum of informal social group settings to individual one-to-one service model. This webinar showcases efforts in the field that have effectively met the needs of youth and young adults. Youth MOVE National, utilizing literature from the field and application along the continuum, offers a framework for communities to follow when developing community based peer to peer opportunities.
Facilitators
Gwen White, Senior Policy Associate, Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
Presenters
Brianne Masselli, Director Technical Assistance Youth MOVE National
Johanna Bergan, Interim Executive Director Youth MOVE National