Peer Leadership Program

The Medical Foundation is a nationally recognized leader in youth development and peer leadership training. Peer leaders are young people who make a commitment to promoting healthy behavior in their communities, particularly among other young people. TMF's innovative peer leadership training programs engage young people in the learning process and encourage self-discovery within the context of their own personal experience and communities. After completing peer leadership training, young people educate their peers about health and prevention issues through a wide range of creative and effective strategies.

TMF's peer leadership training manuals help groups and organizations develop and sustain peer leadership training programs. Each manual provides:

• Dynamic, interactive learning activities
• Step-by-step lesson plans that can be adapted for a variety of groups
• Easily reproducible worksheets
• Full-color poster-sized teaching tool
• Guide to starting a peer leadership program
• Outreach activities for peer leaders
• Bibliography and list of helpful resources

TMF offers three Peer Leadership Training Manuals:

• Peer Leadership Preventing Tobacco
• Peer Leadership Preventing AIDS
• Peer Leadership Preventing Violence
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TMF also provides the training you need to prepare organizations for effective youth work. Trainings are designed for youth workers, prevention specialists, community organizers, educators, and youth. TMF provides training on:

• Young people as resources for prevention
• Action planning with young people
• Teaching youth how to be advocates
• Recruiting peer leaders
• Understanding adolescent development issues
• Youth/adult collaboration
• And more!

Go to Training & Capacity Building to learn more about youth development training and other training services.

Go to the BEST Initiative to learn about the Youth Worker Training Certificate Program.

Contact: LJ Wallace