Karakia Timatanga

(opening Karakia)

E te Atua

He mihi, tenei ki a koe

Mo au painga ki a matou

I tenei wa

Amine

Co-Existing Problems (CEP) & Youth

CEP 1: Background to CEP in Youth

CEP 2: Ethnicity and Culture

CEP 3: Youth Development and Well-being

CEP 4: Engagement

CEP 5: Understanding Motivation

CEP 6: Screening and Brief Interventions

CEP 7: Assessment

CEP 8: Management

CEP 9: Integrated Care

Reframe Wānanga~ A brand new youth mental health and wellbeing initiative ~

What if young people….

What if mental health

staff…

What if support…

Could learn practical things to support

mental health and wellbeing without

having to get a diagnosis or

referral…?

Could work creatively with young

people in a way that minimized

power-imbalances, centered around

their own passions and valued any

peer experience they had …?

Could be centered around learning and

growth, recognized young people’s abilities,

and modelled that people get through hard

stuff and go on to thrive….?

Amazing Co-production Team!

Recovery college models

Position people as “learners” rather than “service users”

Equally value peer and professional expertise

Are completely voluntary to engage in

Easy to access, self-referral

Have made a huge impact for people’s wellbeing and confidence in education

Knowing the impact……

Expert by Experience

has a lived experience connected to the

topic of the course. What makes them

powerful facilitators is not only their

educational skills in the classroom but how

they readily and meaningfully share what

they have learned through their personal

experiences to enhance the learning

experiences of everyone in the room.

Expert by Profession

has studied and/or has professional

experience connected to the topic of the

course. They offer their professional

expertise in the spirit of exploration –

connecting to and making room for various

different perspectives, encouraging students

to come to their own personal understanding

of each topic.

Co-facilitation

Our international Recovery College

friends…

Melbourne-based

Discovery College for

youth

Recovery Colleges are a

main aspect of many UK

mental health systems,

funded by the NHS

Aotearoa

Awhi mai, awhi atu

Reframe Wānanga

transitive verb

to frame (something) again and often

in a different way

to change the way something

is expressed or considered

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to meet

and discuss, deliberate,

consider.

2. (noun) seminar,

conference, forum,

educational seminar.

Youth mental health

services

Re-Frame Wānanga

programmes

Young people are clients, service

users or consumers

Young people are learners, students or

participants

Service users have mental health

issues or diagnoses and are within set

age range

Courses are tailored to be run with

groups across a wellbeing spectrum -

13ish to 24ish

Young people are referred to services

by professionals

Young people (and Whānau) choose to

enroll in courses

Work undertaken is largely individual

and therapeutic

Courses are educational and aim to

empower groups

Maintained engagement is often

necessary to be active client and

receive support

Students can come and go, choosing

when they take courses that appeal to

them

Staff are clinicians, e.g. medicine,

nursing and allied health

Each course is co-facilitated by experts

of professional and personal experience

Services based on models of care

designed by clinicians or directed by

policy

All courses are co-designed by young

people with lived experience and

clinicians

How are we

different? –

A snapshot

Our process

Co-design the big picture

Co-design the details

Co-facilitate courses & workshops

Co-reflect to keep learning

Big picture thinkers – service design tasks

Who is the service for?

What is our “brand”?

How will we engage learners

without a referral process?

Where will courses run?

How will young people

participating feel supported?

What is our view on

“recovery” what are our

values and aims?

What range of courses

do we want to be run?

Our process

Co-design the big picture

Co-design the details

Co-facilitate courses & workshops

Co-reflect to keep learning

Other amazing people on board…

Young self-taught photographer with an inspiring story

Soon-to-be published writer whose book deals with topics of mental health crisis, addiction, trauma, youth and finding hope

Toast-masters member and librarian

Drama teacher who now works with physical theatre as a means to recover from trauma and adversity

Yoga teacher and youth mental health worker

Lawyer turned social worker with a personal passion for journaling

Social worker, peer support worker and performance artist

Plus more awesome people to come!

Expert by Experience

has a lived experience connected to the

topic of the course. What makes them

powerful facilitators is not only their

educational skills in the classroom but how

they readily and meaningfully share what

they have learned through their personal

experiences to enhance the learning

experiences of everyone in the room.

Expert by Profession

has studied and/or has professional

experience connected to the topic of the

course. They offer their professional

expertise in the spirit of exploration –

connecting to and making room for various

different perspectives, encouraging students

to come to their own personal understanding

of each topic.

Co-design & Co-facilitation

Courses and workshops

Ready to roll… Under development… Still to come…

• Foundations to Wellbeing

• Understanding self-harm

• Sensory tools

• Strengths and values

• Alcohol drugs and wellbeing

• Yoga for mental health

• Street photography and

mindfulness

• Art and wellbeing

• Sex, lies and snapchat

• Creative writing

• Creating a (crisis) coping kit

• Journaling

• Eco-anxiety and global

citizenship

• Affirmations to challenge our

negative inner voice

• Resilience and physical

theatre

• Spirituality and wellbeing

What courses could we work on in the future??

(Your ideas

and passions

here!!)

Idea Generation space!

Courses we could develop….

Pilot programme at Ao Tawhiti

Ten students aged 13-17 helped us run and reflect on our first course: a four week optional programme

focused on wellbeing, overwhelming emotions, distress tolerance, strengths, and supporting our friends

and whanau.

Here’s what they said about the course:

“I especially liked the physicality of it… The range of activities and discussions”

“People experience life differently and that is okay”

“You don’t have to shoulder everything”

Supporting participants…

Developing a peer coach role…

We’re officially launching!

Thursday 23rd April – Turanga Library

4pm to 6pm

Guest speakers

Upcoming courses

Entertainment

Kai & kōrero

Celebration

Awhi mai, awhi atu….

What we hope to offer the sector

Courses and workshops you can suggest to young people you work with that will support their wellbeing and recovery

Options for young people who don’t meet access criteria for Specialist Mental Health Services to learn about supporting their own wellbeing (and friends/family)

Options for young people who are in the Specialist Mental Health system to see their experiences from another angle, engage with peers who have their own recovery journey, find hope

Awhi mai, awhi atu….

How you can support Reframe Wānanga

Help us promote the launch event and upcoming courses

and workshops to young people you work with

Become a course designer or facilitator – propose a

course, volunteer to help develop or run a course

Co-design a course with a young person with lived

experience you know

Get your organsiation on board to support working

together collaboratively

Keep in touch!

Kelly PopeCoordinator - Reframe Wānanga

Stepping Stone Trust

Email: rw@stepstone.org.nzPhone: 022 687 4954Landline: (03) 390 2906Website: rw.org.nz