Community of Practice Resources

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9/14/22 - Safe SpacesThe Healthy Native Youth team kicks off the 2022-2023 season of Community of Practice with a 90 minute discussion about creating safe spaces in the classroom and in your community, particularly for Two Spirit Native youth. We invited educators and community leaders to share practical ways you can help your youth feel safe, seen, and heard.

Safe Spaces Slides

Safe Spaces Where Are We Starting Today Padlet Activity

Safe Spaces Group. Agreements Jamboard

Safe Spaces Chatfeed and Resources

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7/13/22 - Staying ConnectedSummer is here and our conversations are consumed with how we can stay connected and keep program momentum going with our summer programs and peer/ elder mentorships.

Slides Staying Connected

Grow Step 4 Team Building Activities

CoP Topics 2022-2023 Jamboard Brainstorm

ANA social media kit

Staying Connected Chatfeed and Resources

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6/9/22 - Concerning Posts on Social Media WorkshopSuicide prevention remains challenging among Native youth, as many do not disclose thoughts of suicide before making an attempt. However, youth may disclose depression symptoms and suicidal ideation via social media and text messaging. These public disclosures may provide opportunities to identify youth at risk and connect them to appropriate resources and support. Join us for a super interactive session as we preview a new upcoming text message service called Mind4Health.

Slides Concerning Posts on SM

Mentimeter Share Concerning Content Examples

Concerning Social Media Posts Workshop Chatfeed and Resources

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5/11/22 - Sustain and Grow Your ProgramCongratulations! You have implemented your program and are now in the GROW phase. Let the HNY team and special guest speakers Robby Bill and Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty reflect on what worked, share tips for making modifications based on lessons learned, and ideas to keep the momentum going! Hear how to GROW the seeds you have planted!

Sustain Grow Your Program Phase V

Grow Reflect on Program Implementation

Identify Youth Advocates Comm Partners Padlet

Sustain Grow Chatfeed and Resources

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4/13/22 - Stand Up to STI/HIV StigmaAs sexual health educators, we know the challenges of community and youth attitudes, biases, misinformation, and STD/HIV stigma that presides and harms the health of our tribal communities.
Join us as we stand up to STD/HIV stigma through holistic approaches to Indigenous Sexual Health. And, hear about successful STI/HIV self-testing programs, educator and youth culturally-relevant sexual health resources and strategic social marketing campaigns from those who are doing it!

Stand Up to STI_HIV Stigma

PRT Resources Handout March 2022 PACHA

Loved Here Safe Here

Lets Jam How to adapt resources to your community

Ending the Epidemics in Indian Country 4 part series

Stand Up to HIV Chatfeed

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3/9/22 - Prepare for Implementation Success (Phases III & IV of HNY Toolbox)Now that you have chosen a program, you can prepare for implementation success! Let the HNY crew help to PREPARE an IMPLEMENT a plan that includes recruitment, guest speaker lineup, supplies and incentives for implementation success. You’ve got this and we’ve got your back!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Slides Prepare for Implementation Success

Safe Learning Spaces Mentimeter Share

Recruitment Engagement Incentives

Chatfeed

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2/9/22 - Thrive in the Spaces we CreateHelp Native youth build affirmative, inclusive, FUN and creative spaces together using Indigenous leadership and peer mentoring approaches. Hear how Native youth are using creative expression to positively process emotions to thrive in their spaces. Come learn how you can help youth in your community do the same. Guest Speakers: Nasheen Sleuth (Dine), Nicole Kuhn (Haida), Celena Ghost Dog (Navajo), Charlie A. Scott (Dine), Katie Johnston (Chickamauga Cherokee), and Itai Jeffries (Yesah/ Occaneech).

Slides Thive in the Spaces we Create

Indigenous Leaders

Jamboard Activity Lets take this back home

Native Scholarship Forum

Youth Resources

Thrive in the Spaces We Create Resources and Handout

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1/12/22 - Pickers Can be Choosers: Choosing a ProgramYou have gathered youth and community feedback to identify health priorities, resources and needs. Now you are ready for the CHOOSE phase! Let the HNY crew help chose critical criteria for program selection, getting approval, and tips for involving youth in the selection process. Hear from program developers on Native youth programming; We R Native, Native STAND, Native It’s Your Game, and Native WYSE Choices.

Pickers Can Be Choosers Resources and Chatfeed

Slides, Phase II, Pickers can be Choosers

Native WYSE CHOICES Recruitment Flyer

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12/8/21 - Set the Stage for Program SuccessOur Elders have taught us the importance of the gathering season; to prepare and maintain us throughout the year, setting a strong foundation to create ease and success for the future.

Slides, Set the stage for program success

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Set The Stage For Program Success Resources And Chatfeed

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11/10/21 - Tackle Trauma with CareIndigenous communities have long fostered resiliency skills to cope, rebuild, and reclaim our beauty and place. Join the National Native Children’s Trauma Center to walk through trauma informed practices to help youth address and heal from the trauma they have experienced individually and communally during the pandemic, as well as learn how Indigenous 20Somethings are inspiring healing and wellness amongst Native youth. Together we heal and thrive!

Slides - Tackle Trauma with Care

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

Grounding Exercise

Circle of Trust Activity

Feeling Pie Chart Activity

Tackle Trauma with Care Resource and Chatfeed

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10/13/21 - Cultural Competency to Raise Healthy Native YouthCulture is engrained in everything that we do, from how we engage, learn, and process information. In order to best serve our Native youth, we must share our experience and the science behind culture as prevention so that our Relatives and allies can best support the health of our Native youth. Join the Melissa Castaneda from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Jared Delaney We R Native’s TikTok star to share their experience imparting and supporting cultural competency.

Slides, Cultural Competency

Mentimeter Report, Cultural Competency

Cultural Grab Activity, Screenshot

Chat Feed

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9/9/21 - Back-to-School: Intentional BalanceNow more than ever, we find the need to create intentional safe spaces for ourselves and those we serve to acknowledge, rebuild, and thrive in this upcoming school year! Join Robert Johnston from the Native Wellness Institute and Dr. Danica Brown from the NPAIHB who will help create a space for you to work through burnout, re-traumatization in the workplace, time-management and boundaries to carve a path towards intentional balance.

Slides, Back to School Intentional Balance

Burnout Activity, Padlet

Time Management Strategies

Chat Feed

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7/14/21 - Text MessagingJoin the We R Native, Healthy Native Youth, and the Paths (Re)Membered teams to discuss platforms, best-practices, strategies, and lessons learned for running youth and adult text-message campaigns.

Slides Text Messaging

Padlet Activity

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6/9/21 - 2SLGBTQ: Level up the InclusionWe love our Two-Spirit & LGBTQ+ relatives! We want to support our Native youth by better understanding ways to strengthen and create systemic change that both includes and uplifts our youth. Join Josie Raphaelito (Navajo), Senior Fellow from the Western States Center who will take us through the Indigenizing+Love Toolkit.

2SLGBTQ Slides

Indigenizing Love Toolkit Youth

Padlet Activity Report

Key Terms Resources

2SLGBTQ chatfeed

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5/12/21 - Circles of Support: Create your own “Q&A” Service like “Ask Auntie/ Ask Uncle”Join us to talk through the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of running a “Q&A” service. Thomas Ghost Dog Jr., Celena McCray, Asia Brown, Cousin Lael Tate, Corey Begay, and Uncle Paige Smith from the We R Native “Q&A” team.

Circles of Support, Ask Auntie

Chatfeed

Management Doc Template

Organizational QA Assessment Template

Q&A Algorithm Template

Concerning Message Response Plan

My Self Care Plan - Generic Template

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4/14/21 - Supporting Youth Identity: We R Native!Join us to talk through the ways that we can acknowledge, validate, support, and help strengthen Native youth's identity in this modern era. Guest speakers: Jeremy Fields (THRIVE Untld.), Leroy “Buster” Silvia and Sacha Smith (NB3F), Thomas Lee Ghost Dog, Jr. (We R Native).

Support Youth Identity We R Native Slides

Padlet Cultural Strengthening Report

Chat Feed

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3/10/21 - Culture is PreventionWhen we are experiencing and interacting with culture we are doing more than just putting smiles on our faces, we are changing our chemistry and strengthening our protective factors that have both immediate and long term effects. Leading this call were our friends from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA).

Culture is Prevention Slides

Mentimeter Results Culture is Prevention

Chatfeed

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2/17/21 - Healthy Native Youth Portal & New Virtual Adaptation Guide + WorkbookWalk with us through all the wonderful resources that Healthy Native Youth lives to offer! Leading this conversation are Dr. Stephanie Craig Rushing, Michelle Singer (Navajo), and Nicole Trevino from our Healthy Native Youth team.

HNY Portal VAG Slides

Virtual Adaptation Guide

Virtual Adaptation Guide Workbook

HNY Portal VAG Chat feed

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2/10/21 - Connecting our Past to our Current Re-traumatizationGet a better sense of where Indigenous folks are coming from and how this impacts each person living in America. Gain perspective on how intentionally selecting Cultural Resiliency tools can move us through healing and propel us towards decolonization practices together. Leading this conversation are our friends from the Intertribal Council of Arizona, Inc: Eric Hardy (Navajo), Madison Fulton (Navajo) and Jerri Thomas (Navajo).

Connecting our Past to our Current Re-traumatization Slides

Indig-Framework and Approach ITCA

Connecting our Past HNY CoP Chatfeed

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1/14/21 - Substance Misuse & Help- Seeking SkillsGet the cliffs notes on Substance Misuse and Help-Seeking Skills from Dr. Danica Love Brown (NPAIHB), and an overview of incredible FREE resources available to you and your community, presented by: Dr. Stephanie Craig Rushing (NPAIHB), Jeni Williamson & Hannah Warren (ANTHC), and Nicole Trevino (NPAIHB Consultant).

Substance Misuse & Help Seeking Skills Slides

PNW Adolescent Health Tribal Action Plan 2020

Alaska Adolescent Health Tribal Action Plan

Brave Users Guide 2021

We R Native Facilitators Guide

We R Native Student Handouts

Help Seeking Activity

IKM-SU Lesson Plan, Online Version

IKM-SU Lesson Youth PPT Slides

Virtual Adaptation Guide

Workbook Virtual Adaption Guide

Virtual Adaption Youth Slides Template

Chatfeed Substance Misuse

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12/10/20 - Supporting Youth Through COVID-19Hear the National Native Children's Trauma Center team talk about understanding trauma and COVID-19 specific trauma, as well as trauma informed practices and strategies for supporting our Native youth during this time.

Guest Speakers: Veronica Willeto DeCrane (Dine) & Amy Foster Wolferman from the National Children’s Trauma Center out of the University of Montana.

Also, would you mind uploading the chatfeed from December’s Engagement Tolls call?

Thank you kindly,

Amanda

Support Youth Thru COVID-19 Slides

Joy Harjo Eagle Poem

We’ve Got Your Back Local Resources

Supporting Youth Thru COVID Chatfeed

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12/2/20 - Virtual Engagement Tools WorkshopGet an overview of what engagement is and the tools you can use to create interactive activities with youth virtually.

Thank you kindly,

Amanda

Engagement Tools Workshop Slides

Virtual Platform Options Info

Engagement Tools Chatfeed

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11/19/20 - Mental Health & Wellness: Suicide PreventionHear the discussion with THRIVE and our First Nations Suicide Prevention Curriculum co-authors on how we can best support mental health and wellness during the COVID-19 era with our Native youth, to prevent suicide.
Slides Mental Health Wellness Suicide Prevention

Resources We’ve Got Your Back

FN Youth Suicide Prevention Manual

November Chatfeed

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10/14/20 - How to Support Youth in Domestic Violence HouseholdsNovember is Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention Month. This month's session includes tips for how to best support youth in domestic violence households and/or relationships. Guest Speakers: Lori Jump, Stronghearts Native Helpline and Paige Smith, Response Circles, NPAIHB.

DV-CoP October 2020 Slides

DVPI Consent Videos Mentimeter Results

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9/9/20 - Preparing & Planning for Virtual and In-Person LearningToday Nicole Trevino lead the discussion on how to Prep, Plan, and Implement Virtual and In-person adaptations. Find some Wellness Moment activities & Engergizers to facilitate with youth. Also, be on the lookout for HNY’s Virtual Adaptations Guide, which will take you from a Community Needs Assessment to Program Monitory & Quality Improvement.

Slides, Preparing and Planning for Virtual in person Learning

We R Native Coloring Book Volume 1

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8/12/20 - Virtual Adaptations: Creating Safe & Engaging Spaces for Native YouthHear lessons learned, as well as the challenges and successes from the THRIVE and We R Native teams on adapting physical youth conferences to virtual platforms. Also hear from our panel session from Vashti Langford on Healing of the Canoe virtual adaptations, Jillene Joseph from Native Wellness Institute, and Levi Horn (motivational speaker) on what they have learned from the field.

Virtual Adaptation Slides

Run of Show TEMPLATE

Virtual Gathering TEMPLATE agenda

Virtual Online protocol TEMPLATE

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7/8/20 - Social Media Platforms to Reach Native YouthHear from the We R Native team and the National Indian Health Board on 1) How to Use Social Media, and 2) How to Create Content & Keep it Going.
Guest Speakers: Thomas Ghost Dog Jr. (Burns-Paiute, Oglala Sioux), Celena McCray (Navajo), Paige Smith (Paiute, Modoc, Wasco, Shoshone), Corey Begay (Navajo), Roger Peterson (Siletz), and Lael Tate (Navajo) from the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, and Robert Foley from the National Indian Health Board

Slides Part I Social Media

Slides Part II Social Media

NIHB Social Media Toolkit

Safe Messaging Handout SPRC

ANA Social Media Kit 2017 v2 508

Social Media Guidelines TEAM

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6/10/20 - Escape the Vape: Vaping & TobaccoHear our guest speakers Ryan Sealy (Chickasaw), Antoinette Aguirre (Navajo), Dr. Stephanie Craig Rushing, Tommy Ghost Dog Jr. (Burns Paiute/ Oglala Sioux), Kerri Lopez (Tolowa) from the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, and Mark Petrie (Hanis Coos) from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians lead the discussion on E-cigs 101, youth tobacco survey results from We R Native, and how to reclaim traditional tobacco use to Keep Tobacco Sacred.

Escape the Vape Slides

TSCOT

Traditional Tobacco Brochure

Tobacco Pledge

Guest Speakers: Jeremy Fields (Pawnee, Crow, Chickasaw) from Thrive Unltd, Jillene Joseph (Gros Ventre) of the Native Wellness Institute, Mallory Adamski (Navajo) National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, & Ericca (CC) Hovie (Chippewa Indians) StrongHearts.

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5/13/20 - Youth Identity & Healthy RelationshipsHear an open discussion on the impacts of historical and collective trauma on our identities. Identify behaviors on a relationship spectrum, and learn how to use a Healing Plan to ‘exit’ shelter-in-place restrictions in healthy ways.

Guest Speakers: Jeremy Fields (Pawnee, Crow, Chickasaw) from Thrive Unltd, Jillene Joseph (Gros Ventre) of the Native Wellness Institute, Mallory Adamski (Navajo) National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, & Ericca (CC) Hovie (Chippewa Indians) StrongHearts.

Slides Identity-Relationships

TraumaWeb Native Wellness

Relationship Spectrum StrongHearts

Healing Plan

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Special Community of Practice “Support” SessionSee ‘Support Tools’ come to life, as Jillene Joseph from the Native Wellness Institute leads a virtual practice of how to take care of ourselves, so that we are better able to take care of others. See how you and others can combat vicarious trauma through vicarious healing by taking the time to identify positive things about ourselves, what we are grateful for, and rating how we feel, which all can lead us to knowing how we can feel better. It all starts with us.

Support Session Slides

Self Care Plan Youth

Self Care Plan Elders

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4/8/20 - Social Media Protective Factors Against Human Trafficking & MMIRGet the basics of Human Trafficking 101, as well as get clued in to Red flags and Indicators. Find Tips for how to keep youth safe on Social Media and what you can do both personally and within your community to keep youth safe from human trafficking.

Guest Speakers: Trish Martinez (Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians) from the San Diego Regional Human Trafficking-CSEC Advisory Council, Jeri Moomaw (Shoshone/Cree) from Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative, and Betsy Tulee (Makah Nation) as ICWA Consultant and the Department of Children, Youth and Families

Slides HT_MMIR

Self Care Plan Youth

Self Care Plan Elders_Adults

Human Trafficking Quick Guide

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3/11/20: Supporting Youth Experiencing Trauma in the Classroom & BeyondHear about how youth physiologically respond to trauma, as well as prevention strategies, and how to respond to trauma related behaviors.

Slides for Supporting Youth Experiencing Trauma

TI PBIS Classroom Observation Tool

Self Care Plan Youth

Self Care Plan Elders_Adults

Human Trafficking Quick Guide

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2/12/20: Get some tips and resources for 2SLGBTQInclusion for your community, no matter what level of readiness: Level 1 - Just Getting Started, Level 2 - We're Getting There, or Level 3 - Let's Celebrate.

2SLGBTQ Inclusion Slides

Indigenizing Love Toolkit

Tribal Equity Toolkit

LGBTQ2S Answering Sensitive Questions

2SLGBTQ Readiness Survey

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1/8/20: "Who's the Best Health Educator Around?" Brush up on your Programming & Youth SkillsBrush up on your programming and youth skills by hearing about how to use positive reinforcement, classroom and behavior management strategies, lesson mastery, and how to fill up and keep your cup full.

Slides for Who's the Best Health Educator Around

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12/11/19: "All Relations" Communications - Broaching "The Talks" & Other Sensitive TopicsThe importance of caring adult communication with youth are key. Learn about tools and resources, as well as how to be a supportive adult in a youth's life.

All Relations Communications

Know the Facts Before Answering Sensitive Questions

Native STAND S15, Pt2 Traditional Stories Peer Manual

Native STAND S15, Pt2 Traditional Stories

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11/13/19: Building Community Support - Creating Community PartnershipsHear about an Integrative Approach to Community Building to help identify community members, fill in gaps, to include the voice, expertise, and resources of all members to improve the health and wellbeing of our Native youth.

Intergrative Approach to Community Building Handout

Building Community Support - Slides

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10/9/19: Intro to Evaluation: Gathering Info to Improve Programs
Learn about the basic steps to planning a community-centered evaluation project, as well as tips for interpreting the data in ways that make most sense for your community.

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Intro to Evaluation - Slides

Bingo – A Data Collection Activity from NICWA

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9/11/19: Welcome to Healthy Native Youth 2.0 - What's Available & What's New
Happy 3rd Birthday to HNY! Hear about how your suggestions have been incorporated into the new upgrades - including more curricula and enhancement activities.

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Welcome to Healthy Native Youth 2.0 - Slides

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7/10/19: Stay Connected: Community Engagement
Hear tips and examples of how to engage youth, families, and the whole community, as well as tips for creating self-care strategies for the team who keeps everyone and everything together!

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Stay Connected: Community Engagement - PDF of Slides

Team Building Activities

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6/12/19: Tap into Online Resources
Engage youth with health resources I Know Mine and We R Native and learn about what resources and trainings are available to you.

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Tap into Online Resources - PDF of Slides

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5/8/19: New to the Rez: Becoming an Ally – Understanding & Working with Tribal Communities
Learn about how you can use an Indigenous Approach Framework to work respectfully with Tribal people and Communities.

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New to the Rez: Becoming an Ally - PDF of Slides

Full Video

Indigenous Framework and Approach

Changing the Narrative

Historical Trauma and Cultural Resilience

Indigenous Framework and Approach

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4/10/19: 2SLGBTQ InclusionThis session discusses strategies to affirm and create safe learning environments for 2SLGBTQ students.
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LGBTQ2S Inclusion – PDF of Slides

2SLGBTQ Answering Sensitive Questions

Family Acceptance Project

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3/3/19: Cultural Connectedness: Supporting Curricula with Enhancement Activities
Learn about the iterative process of incorporating Indigenous Culture into your programming to better engage youth.

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Cultural Connectedness Supporting Curricula – PDF of Slides

Community Readiness Handbook

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2/3/19: Technical Assistance for Selected Curriculum
Hear about each of the interventions and curriculums housed on Healthy Native Youth (1.0 version).

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Technical Assistance for Selected Curriculum – PDF of Slides

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1/9/19: Youth Engagement: Social Media, Text Messaging
Hear about how Social Media and Text Messaging can help your programming, along with ways to manage and engage youth through these channels.

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Youth Engagement: Social Media, Text Messaging – PDF of Slides

ANA Social Media Toolkit

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12/12/18: Parent Engagement & Answering Questions
Get tips for how to engage parents and guardians, as well best practices for how to talk with them.

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Parent Engagement & Answering Youth Questions – PDF of Slides

Answering Parent Questions

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11/14/18: Implementation Planning & Fidelity Monitoring
Learn about the steps for planning implementation and how to know you are delivering the core components of your curriculum with fidelity.

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Implementation Planning & Fidelity Monitoring - PDF of Slides

Program Planning and Implementation Workbook

Curriculum Implementation Plan - Template

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10/10/18: Organizational Approval & Youth Recruitment
Hear about strategies for getting a curriculum approved in your community, as well as the best ways to reach and recruit youth in your programming.

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Organizational Approval & Youth Recruitment – PDF of Slides

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9/12/18: Using HNY to Select A Curriculum
Learn how to select a curriculum that is right for your community from the Healthy Native Youth website.

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Using HNY to Select A Curriculum - PDF of Slides

Needs and Resource Assessment

Parent Poll Checklist

Сommunity of Practice Sessions

Community of Practice Resources