Youth-Led Promotion & Prevention (YL2P)

Centering youth to change school climate problems and aspirations

4hr | Team-Based Problem-Solving | An Integrative Promotion & Prevention Approach

 

Overview

Students have the capacity to solve problems and envision a more aspirational school climate and community. The Youth-Led Promotion & Prevention program guides students through a simple, 5-step process for developing new strategies and implementing initiatives for positive change.

Using the Promotion & Prevention Social Change Model, participants develop youth-led strategies to address problems (e.g., mental health concerns, violence, substance use) and possibilities (e.g., mental wellness, peace, connection) in their school or community.

 

YL2P Program is Implemented in Six Ways

  • After-School Club

    Curricula is segmented based on frequency of club meetings

  • Cross-Club Collaboration

    Curricula is delivered to existing club members and adapted to facilitate cross-club collaboration for the implementation of solutions

  • Training Event

    Curricula is delivered during 4-hour or 8-hour training events with a technical assistance package to sustain the program after the event

  • Course

    Curricula is delivered within an
    academic course (e.g., Leadership course, SGA course)

  • Cross-Course Collaboration

    Curricula is delivered within an academic course and classes collaborate across periods to coordinate solutions and responsibilities.

  • Advisory Period

    Curricula is segmented based on frequency of advisory period meetings.

Students have big ideas to improve their school climate and communities. So what needs to change?

Students need the time, support, and team members to develop and implement promotion and prevention initiatives.

Process

 

Step 1

Complete the Mindsets Assessment.

Step 2

Identify promotion & prevention gaps.

Step 3

Set promotion & prevention goals.

 
 

Step 4

Create promotion & prevention strategies.

Step 5

Implement promotion & prevention strategies.

 

Outcomes

 
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Introductory Outcomes

  • Hypothesize whether youth-led or adult-led change strategies are more effective for creating youth-focused change strategies and facilitating change in youth behaviors

  • Recall the 5 steps of the Promotion & Prevention Change Model

  • Identify a preference toward a promotive or preventive mindset

Assess Gaps

Participants will be able to…

  • Identify gaps between the current undesired states and future desired states related to school norms, peer behaviors, and peer feelings

  • Distinguish between risk and protective factors

  • Adapt identified risk and protective factors into short-term, moderate, and long-term outcomes within a logic model

 
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Set Goals

Participants will be able to…

  • Develop promotion and prevention goals

  • Create holistic goals with promotion and prevention outcomes

Select Strategies

Participants will be able to…

  • Explains the pros and cons of universal, targeted, and indicated strategies

  • Match the five CSAP strategies (information dissemination, education, alternatives, environmental, and community-based process) to the outcomes and population of interest

  • Discuss and formulate universal, targeted, and/or indicated change strategies to achieve short-term, moderate, or long-term desired goals/outcomes.

  • Integrate promotion and prevention strategies into logic models

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Implement Strategies

Participants will be able to…

  • Identify potential barriers and strengths associated with implementation

  • Identify ideas for creating a sense of urgency and excitement for their strategy

  • Identify resources and individuals need to support and execute strategies

  • Identify specific steps, delegate tasks to specific team members, and create a timeline to create an accountability system for implementation

 

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