Where We Lead - Youth Service Provider Training with YWCA Clark County

Where: YWCA Clark County (3609 Main St. Vancouver, WA 98663) / Community Room

Who can attend: Any youth service provider looking to build upon their skills in working with youth to create protective and safe environments.

When: Six 90-minute sessions over the course of five weeks:

• Tuesday, July 29th 10:00am-11:30am (Session 1: Introduction + TDV 101)
• Tuesday, August 5th 10:00am-11:30am (Session 2: "In Their Shoes")
• Tuesday, August 12th 10:00am-11:30am (Session 3: Oppression)
• Tuesday, August 19th 10:00am-11:30am (Session 4: Creating Protective Environments Pt. 1)
• Thursday, August 21st 10:00am-11:30am (Session 5: Creating Proective Environments Pt. 2)
• Tuesday August 26th 10:00am-11:30am (Session 6: Skills Building)

[PLEASE NOTE: This is a multi-session curriculum that is intended to be taken altogether in order to fully benefit from the takeaways of the content. We understand that life happens, and that's okay! We do ask, however, that you plan to attend at least 5 out of the 6 sessions in order to recieve the certificate of completion. If there are additional barriers to fulfilling this requirement, please reach out to Maya Hosaka [email protected] to work together to find an alternative plan.]

The Where We Lead curriculum addresses the root causes of domestic violence, shifts cultural norms, builds skills, and promotes the formation of stable supportive relationships between youth and youth service providers.

Exercises will build on youth service providers’ already existing skills of engaging youth and offer additional tools and strategies to foster a safer environment for youth to explore new ideas about healthy relationships.

The ultimate aim is to reduce violence among youth in the community and increase social support and community connectedness for youth by empowering adult professionals in those youths’ lives (i.e. teachers, counselors, case workers etc.). Any adult that works with 11-18 year-olds can benefit from this programming.

Host or Publisher YWCA Clark County