We are committed to creating online spaces that are safe from alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis messages locally and nationally. Part of our work is to offer no-cost 60-90 min trainings/workshops to interested partners (youth groups or adult coalitions) throughout California and/or the US.

 

As youth development practitioners and with over 20 years of experience in substance use prevention work and youth development, our staff are excited to support the capacity of any organization that is interested in hosting a free training - both virtual and in-person opportunities are available.

Our training sessions include the entire series or stand alone trainings:

  1. Media Literacy: Advertisements and Messages Targeting Youth

  2. Understanding the Impacts: Alcohol and Substances Exposures on Social Media Feeds

  3. Understanding the Impacts: Body Images and Self Esteem on Social Media Feeds

  4. Building Healthy Relationships to Technology

  5. Building Solutions to Technology Challenges

Media Literacy: Advertisements and Messages Targeting Youth

Objectives

  1. Participants will learn the impact of advertisements and indirect messages that appear on youth’s social media feeds

  1. Participants will draw on personal experiences and attitudes to distinguish healthy and unhealthy messages on social media feeds

  2. Participants will build skills to practice healthy engagement with social media platforms

Understanding the Impacts: Alcohol and Substances Exposures on Social Media Feeds

Objectives

  1. Participants will describe different types of alcohol and substance use exposures on social media feeds 

  2. Participants will share personal experiences related to engaging with alcohol and substance content on social media platforms

  3. Participants will build solutions to limit exposure to alcohol and substance use on social media platforms

Understanding the Impacts: Body Images and Self-Esteem when interacting with Social Media Platforms

Objectives

  1. Participants will be able to identify how social media platforms influence self-esteem 

  2. Participants will understand the connections between self-esteem and body image highlighted in social media platforms

  3. Participants will walk away with tools on how to disrupt negative social norms imposed by social media platforms

Building Healthy Relationships to Technology 

Objectives

  1. Participants will learn ways to build healthy behaviors when interacting with technology 

  2. Participants will brainstorm ways to promote healthy relationships to technology at the community level

  3. Participants will learn about policy opportunities to create healthier online platforms

Building Solutions to Technology

Objectives

  1. Youth will be introduced to yli’s Model Policy as a tool for creating change in social media platforms 

  2. Youth will understand four different ways to create healthier online platforms 

  3. Youth will walk away with an action plan to contribute to healthier online platforms