What Youth Net Can Do For You
Focus Groups
What’s a focus group?
Ø Focus Groups are hour and a half-long “rap sessions” for youth ages 12-20.
Ø Groups are lead by older youth between the ages of 16-30.
Ø The
goal is to discuss issues that are important to youth today, and to uncover
the
impact these issues have on their mental health.
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Issues such as: what is mental health/illness; what stress you out; how do you
cope with stress; and what resources are available to you are some discussion
topics.
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Facilitators do one-on-one follow-ups with any at-risk youth and refer them
to
clinical back-up when necessary.
Ø Clinical back-up is available on site or by pager during each focus group.
Ø Our clinical back-up is provided by Mobile Crisis of Peel and Peel Children’s Centre Crisis Response Service.
Interested…?
This is what YN requires from your site to book a focus group:
A contact person at your school/organization
One or more groups of 8 to 12 youth aged 12 to 20 years
At least two weeks notice of the focus groups date and time
One room in the school/centre booked for each group
Stress Presentations are 45-minute interactive presentations complete with:
Stress Survey ~ find out how much stress you are under
Discussion on Signs & Symptoms of Stress
Good & Bad Coping Strategies
Relaxation Exercises
This is a free service for youth 12-20 years old.
Workshops
Currently we are piloting a new series of 5 workshop on mental illness with our facilitators. The purpose of the workshops is to educate youth on the more common mental illness, their signs and symptoms as well as types of treatments and introduce them to crisis skills.
The topics for the 5 workshops are as follows:
Workshop One: Causes of Mental Illness, Treatments and Crisis Skills
Workshop Two: Mood Disorders
Workshop Three: Anxiety Disorders & Phobias
Workshop Four: Schizophrenia & Personality Disorders
Workshop Five: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
If these workshops sound like something you would like, please give us a call and we can let you know how the piloting process is going and when we hope to be offering the workshops to the public.