Those of you with excellent taste in music would have recognised the Beatles’ song lyrics in this post’s title! But don’t worry, if you’re not a Beatles fan, we’ll still accept you 🙂 Either way, we in the YAM core team are so excited about the ways that YAM sites around the world have been…Continue readingCome together, right now, over YAM
Author: Camilla
Over a chilly week in August, eight eager participants from across New South Wales, Australia, attended the Black Dog Institute in Randwick to gain their qualification as Youth Aware of Mental Health Instructors. The course was expertly run by three highly experienced Trainers excited to get back to delivering YAM post-COVID lockdown. Each day began…Continue readingYAM course in Australia – back in action!
Recently members from our YAM teams across the world convened over zoom to discuss YAM during and after COVID-19. Due to our geographical spread we had to meet up on two separate calls. One with participants from our Australian YAM team and another call with our many Swedish YAM sites, representatives from our Indian and…Continue readingYouth, YAM, and COVID-19: a discussion with our YAM teams
Before becoming the YAM Program Manager at Montana State University, I was a high school teacher in Helena, MT for ten years. It was there, that my belief in helping young people talk about mental health, develop resilience, and know where to go for help grew and intensified, as we endured the crisis of six…Continue readingFrom High School teacher to YAM Program Manager
As we make our way through another day in this rapidly changing time, we at MHiM wanted to let you know that all of us are thinking of you and continue to be here for your questions and suggestions. Spread out around the world, many of you are in quarantine, self-quarantine, or “shelter-in-place,” while others…Continue readingYAM in COVID-19 times
2019 was a busy year for YAM in Australia! We have continued to implement the program in schools as part of the LifeSpan Suicide prevention Trial, trained 17 new Instructors, and had the team from Mental Health in Mind visit for a weeklong site visit! Since YAM was introduced to Australia in 2017 approximately 12,525…Continue readingYAM in OZ: an update
The four YAM Trainers headed up to the north of Sweden in mid February for the week long Instructor Course are all based in Stockholm and were hoping to experience serious amounts of snow. But on the night of arrival we got everything but winter – heavy rain and heavy winds greeting us. Luckily, everyone…Continue readingGlaze ice and risk broken down
By the time I’m writing this text, we have completed four YAM programs in the city of Kongsberg, Norway. After the first three weeks of YAM, we are convinced that the program is a great tool for creating more awareness of mental health. The teens we met during the program got to explore different emotions,…Continue readingGeneration YAM: Norway
What an incredibly rewarding week it was! 18 enthusiastic educators, psychologists, counsellors and youth workers spent a week absorbing themselves into the world of YAM. From the 2nd to the 6th of December 2019, 18 individuals from across New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) undertook the Youth Aware of Mental Health…Continue readingThe YAM Instructor journey
We apologize for having been offline for so long. As you can see the website is up and running again. The site now includes some basic info about YAM and we hope that this can answer some of your questions if you are interested in knowing more about the program or considering implementing it. Feel…Continue readingWe’re back online with some YAM updates!