Youth Engagement Train-the-Trainer

In this 3-hour FREE virtual training, trainers will prepare youth to help co-facilitate the Youth Engagement Training that educates systems partners on how to build trust and authentically engage with young people. Participants will review best practices for training facilitation and will practice strategic sharing around training themes that are important to them.

Trainer:
Elizabeth Bennett, LMSW, MPH, Center of Innovation for Behavioral Health and Wellbeing

Trainer Bio:

Elizabeth Bennett earned her dual Master in Social Work and Public Health at New Mexico State University in 2018. She has extensive experience working with and advocating for youth and families locally in New Mexico, nationally in the South Bronx of New York City, and internationally in Costa Rica as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Her areas of interest include promoting a trauma-informed, whole-person approach to wellness and work. Today, she is putting that purpose into practice in her work at the Center of Innovation. She serves as a strategic partner in the planning and implementation of Youth Peer Support, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and the Nurtured Heart Approach, among other programs that advance a values-based approach to behavioral health across the state.

• Understand Youth Engagement and the required competencies to co-facilitate

This training brought to you through a partnership with the State of New Mexico’s Children, Youth, and Families Department.