May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Stigma and Discrimination for Transitional Age Youth (16-24 years old)
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Stigma and Discrimination for Transitional Age Youth (16-24 years old)
Join us for a live webinar.
In celebration of May as National Mental Health Awareness Month, we will discuss how transitional age youth can combat mental health stigma and discrimination in their daily lives.
ASL Interpreter Available
When:
Friday, May 10, 2024
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Pacific Time
About the webinar:
The issues of stigma and discrimination are prevalent for transitional age youth (TAY), which are people ages 16 to 24. One in five TAY have mental health concerns, and only 20 percent of youth with mental health experiences receive services. Approximately 50 percent of students 14-years-old and older with mental health experiences drop out of high school.
To combat these statistics, this webinar will discuss:
- What is mental health stigma discrimination.
- How mental health stigma shows up in our lives.
- How to overcome and fight mental health stigma and discrimination.
This webinar will be presented from a peer perspective and has been created for a transitional age youth audience.
Speaker:
Zofia Trexler is a Peer Self Advocacy Trainer from Disability Rights California. They specialize in advocating for TAY (transitional age youth) populations.