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Elevating Transitional Age Youth Voices in Primary Prevention
April 30 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Together we will focus on the significant role of authentically and meaningfully engaging young people in shaping effective prevention strategies. Often Transitional Age Youth (TAY) are excluded from collaborative efforts. Together we will walk through the barriers of youth leadership and involvement and how to overcome those as preventionist. Participants will explore methods to amplify TAY voices, ensuring their insights and experiences inform program development and implementation without exploiting their time or lived experiences. By elevating TAY voices, prevention specialists can enhance program relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability, ultimately advancing healthier communities.
The recommended skill level for Elevating Transitional Age Youth Voices in Primary Prevention is for beginner prevention professionals.
Continuing Education Units: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this ABHPC training are offered by the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS) at no cost to you. Information about how to request no-cost CEUs will be provided during the training.
About the Presenters
Zion Givens (He/Him/El) is a youth mental wellness speaker, consultant, and co-founder of Up To It, an organization dedicated to fostering connection, communication, and emotional resilience among youth, families, and communities. With a background in training both young people and the adults who support them, Zion specializes in delivering engaging, culturally responsive presentations on mental health, suicide prevention, and family dynamics.
His work is rooted in lived experience, creative engagement, and relationship-centered practices. Through workshops, technical assistance, and public speaking, Zion supports communities in making mental wellness real, relatable, and actionable.
Paul Raymond Wolf Steele (he/him), is an individual with a rich and diverse background rooted in the Chiricahua Apache, Chicano, Jewish, and German communities. From a young age, Paul has actively assisted his mother in various training endeavors, from tribal work to school assemblies. As he matured, Paul continued his involvement in training, even leading his own vaping prevention sessions on Native American reservations. Beyond his training experience, Paul boasts a background in engineering and construction, dedicating countless hours to constructing small homes for homeless veterans. Holding the esteemed title of Seventh Generation Advisor for the Chicahua Apache Nation, Paul is driven by a primary goal—to make a positive impact in prevention work. Inspired by the mentors who guided him, he is resolute in his commitment to paying it forward throughout his lifetime.
Lane Krumpos (she/her) has witnessed firsthand the intersection of mental health, juvenile justice, and education and understands the transformative impact that can occur when these systems operate collaboratively, inclusively, equitably, and remain trauma-informed. She is passionate about leading with these values, supporting community partners in transformative ways of being, and amplifying youth voices to promote leadership. Throughout her career, Lane has worked in various roles, including the juvenile prison system, policy reform, education, peer counseling, and crisis response mental health. She has created training programs to support schools and community organizations with healing-centered practices, staff wellness and resilience, suicide prevention, suicide intervention, crisis postvention response, and restorative justice practices.
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