My (Olle), and also YAM’s first visit to Skellefteå, in the district of Västerbotten in the north of Sweden, turned into an intense, beautiful, fun and developing week. First of all I really want to thank all the Trainers and participants for an amazing week filled with laughter (especially over the mischievous “youth” participating), good…Continue readingYAM up north
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In October, the Australian team trained another seventeen new YAM Instructors at the Black Dog Institute in Sydney. We were especially lucky to have two participants travel all the way from Texas and another three from the Australian Capital Territory in preparation for YAM in 2020! We all had a wonderful time learning about YAM…Continue readingAnother 17 YAM Instructors trained in Sydney
The UT Southwestern Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care (CDRC) YAM Texas team wrapped up its third year of working with Texas schools. In the 2018-2019 academic year, YAM Texas collaborated with 27 schools, reaching 6,760 students. In total, YAM Texas has impacted over 14,000 students! We look forward to examining the outcomes for…Continue reading14,000 YAM students in Texas and what is the “yammies”?
In May this year our Australian Trainers, Melinda, Mel Liv and Lisa trained another eighteen instructors in YAM. Since that time a number of these new instructors have delivered their first YAM program as an instructor after first observing an experienced instructor deliver. As a trainer I was very impressed with the commitment and enthusiasm…Continue readingAustralian YAM keeps growing
After almost 2 years of working on the local adaptation of YAM and its materials, we are very proud to have conducted our first Instructor Course in Gujarat. The course was held between 29th August – 2nd September and was attended by 9 participants, who were members from the rural community. These individuals were chosen for…Continue readingFirst Indian YAM Trainers take on Mehsana, Gujarat!
A weekend with my family in London, my ”City of Teenage Crime” was the perfect ending to an intense week of YAM-training. Or as I call it “YAMmin” with future YAM-instructors, coming from all over England to participate. The course took place at The Anna Freud Centre, our local collaborators who are implementing YAM in…Continue readingLondon calling
In May, less than a year after delivering the first YAM Instructor Course in Gujarat, India, the Mental Health in Mind team returned to Ahmedabad. This time to train five of the local Instructors to become Trainers. YAM Trainers are the individuals who train new Instructors. Instructors in turn are the individuals who facilitate YAM with young…Continue readingOur first Indian YAM Trainers!
In the latest issue of EuroHealthNet magazine you will find an article about YAM. The article contains a succinct description of YAM, the method and evidence base as well as continued research and implementation of the program. Here’s a little information about EuroHealthNet taken from their website: “The EuroHealthNet partnership is a not-for-profit organisation made up…Continue readingYAM in EuroHealthNet Magazine
(First, Second and) Third time lucky! In the beginning of April we held our third course in Gothenburg, Sweden, and 20 freshly certified instructors have now joined the Västra Götaland team. During the week we had a lot of laughter (especially as fifteen year olds) mixed with serious and many interesting discussions about youth’s mental…Continue readingThird time lucky in Gothenburg, Sweden
In Gujarat an adaptation of YAM is currently underway. After many months of discussions and deliberations on language use, including translations and back translations into English, the youth materials are finally ready to be tested in the real world. A pre-pilot roll-out was conducted in one rural and one urban school in the Mehsana district. Another pilot school and…Continue readingYAM adaptation in Gujarat, India