Children's Mental Health Network
Minnesota Statewide Family Network
Youth Advisory Board Activities
Current Activities:
- Maintaining web page for youth advisory board
- Presenting at conferences and staff in-services
- Providing input for publications, articles, and service provision related to children's mental health
We hope to make a difference by:
- Reducing the stigma associated with mental health diagnoses
- Educating the public on the issues youth face
- Influencing children's mental health policy changes
- Advocating for better services
- Providing peer support
- Being better self advocates
- Creating a youth presence in an adult-dominated world
- Developing our own leadership skills