Youth Engagement (YE) is an approach to prevention in which prevention organizations effectively engage youth as leaders or partners in planning, tailoring, implementing, or evaluating prevention programming. In this webinar, Dr. Ballard will describe different models of YE for prevention, share tips for YE, and provide tools to guide members of the substance misuse prevention workforce through decisions about whether, and how, to incorporate YE into their prevention work.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the benefits and challenges of engaging youth voices to improve your substance misuse prevention efforts
Understand different models of youth engagement
Identify key questions to consider as you prepare to engage with youth to improve your substance misuse prevention efforts
Become familiar with tools and resources to help you incorporate youth engagement into your substance misuse prevention efforts