When Adults Can't See Me, 2018
Channel: WCSAPVideo
Date: 08/09/2021

Youth face unique barriers as survivors, barriers that include adultism, erasure, bad policy and lack of access to support. This webinar will help advocates to look at the​ experience​ young people have of​ trauma in the context of developmental needs, support systems and systemic challenges in order to understand the dynamics that​ impact​ youth survivors. Advocates will be introduced to some guiding internal questions and frameworks to support them in effectively providing advocacy to youth survivors.

Learning Objectives
* Provide a context for examining and critiquing advocacy services through the lens of youth survivorship
* Highlight youth survivor specific needs
* Highlight youth survivor specific barriers
* Highlight advocate specific challenges/concerns related to working with youth survivors
* Provide tools for positive boundary setting in interpersonal interactions with youth survivors
* Provide tools for positive policy setting in organizational settings for increased accessibility for youth survivor