A key component of California’s Child & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative is the launch of the Certified Wellness Coach (CWC) workforce. The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) received $338 million through CYBHI to design and build the CWC workforce. The CWC role was developed to increase California’s overall capacity to […]

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[…] utilize available funding and create sustainable partnerships. Presenter: Lisa Eisenberg, California School-Based Health Alliance, and Saun-Toy Trotter, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Download the Presentation Watch the Recording CSHA‘s Youth Voices Webinar Series: Through Our Eyes: A Youth Perspective on Mental Health April 17, 2017: Mental health is something that affects people of all ages from […]

Certified Wellness Coach The Certified Wellness Coach is a new profession in development, aimed at helping increase California’s capacity to support the behavioral health and well-being of children and youth and support the development of a larger, more representative behavioral health workforce. Through wellness promotion, screening, and crisis referral, Certified Wellness Coaches will offer […]

[…] to improve health and educational outcomes? Presenter: Rebecca Gudeman, JD, MPA, Senior Director, Health, National Center for Youth Law Presentation Slides Adolescent Screening Visits & Clinical Health Coaching in a School Setting How can school-based health and wellness centers implement a health coaching and population health screening model to ensure they are meeting the […]

[…] start a peer-to-peer mentoring program in your school. Presenters: Robin Noel Morales, LMFT, School-Based Clinical Consultant/Co-Founder, OCELOTL; Bianca Lorenz Gonzalez, Masters in Education, College & Career Pathways Coach/Co-Founder, OCELOTL School-Based Substance Use Programming for Native American Youth Download Presentation Native American youth are often more likely to engage in early-onset substance use than any […]

[…] the effects of tobacco and nicotine, but it can be overwhelming to read so much information. In hope of easing the burden and engaging more young people, CSHA put together some of the most youth-friendly tobacco education resources. These are select resources we believe youth would find the most relevant: The Truth Campaign: Nicotine […]

Peer Specialists/Certified Wellness Coaches Peer Specialists are paraprofessionals or young adults who have experienced similar challenges and completed specialized training to learn how to use their experience to support other youth. Peer specialists offer a range of activities and interactions focussed on promoting connection, inspiring hope, and supporting youth to set their own goals. […]

[…] amplify youth engagement and access to school-based health through leadership, advocacy, and empowerment throughout California. In 2007, five young people formed the California School-Based Health Alliance ( CSHA) Youth Board, a group of school health advocates from across California committed to the advancement of school-based health care, empowered by their lived experiences with adolescent […]