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Youth Wellness Movement
We will only be well when our most vulnerable are thriving
Youth Wellness Movement envisions school communities where youth, teacher, administration and family/caregiver wellness are interconnected, supported, and resourced with ease. We are committed to humanizing the learning experience through integrating strategies, policies, and practices within schools and communities that are driven by youth voices and needs. Our vision centers limitless potential that adults within school communities can and should be well, reflective, aware and accountable to truly be in service of youth and community wellness. We believe that by building awareness and accountability to healing, we can collectively build fundamentals to having a more well culture.
What We Do
We center youth wellness in schools by integrating strategy, policies, and practices that are driven by youth voices and needs. We utilize the data and community responsive tools like the Youth Wellness Index to give depth and precision to how wellness lives and breathes within our school communities. We work with school leaders, teachers, families, and youth to develop trauma informed, equitable, and transparent strategies, practices, and policies that create the conditions for wellness to be experienced and practiced daily.
Values
YWM centers critical wellness: wellness that is rooted in deepening relationships between adults and youth, and that our relationships are a site for embodiment and transformation. YWM honors that the wellness of teachers and adults cannot be put aside; that sustainability and support for teacher wellness should not be extracted from, but rather cultivated and reinforced. YWM values the family/caregiver as a well of wisdom, that cultures of wellness at home should be amplified within schools and classrooms. YWM values the spirit of learning; voice, style, and curriculum are energetic factors that contribute to expansive, embodied, and transformational learning. YWM values wellness, responsibility, and accountability as interconnected and necessary building blocks for community healing.
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Please join us in our pursuit to better understand youth wellness and develop methods to put it in practice.