Description
The We Got Us Curriculum Guide is the official facilitator manual for launching a peer-to-peer mental health movement in schools, community centers, and youth-led spaces. Designed to accompany the We Got Us student book, this guide equips educators, mentors, and mental health professionals to lead powerful, youth-centered sessions that cultivate emotional intelligence, peer support, and leadership.
Created by Dr. Jamila T. Davis, a justice-impacted motivational speaker, and Dr. Juan Rios, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker and professor, this trauma-informed curriculum is rooted in lived experience, academic research, and community collaboration.
With this guide, facilitators will be able to:
- Deliver 10+ fully-scripted modules designed for real-world application
- Teach young people how to identify mental health challenges and support their peers
- Lead group discussions, role-plays, healing circles, and leadership activities
- Foster emotional safety, trust, and open communication
- Guide teens in launching their own peer-led mental wellness initiatives
Each lesson includes clear objectives, discussion prompts, interactive exercises, journaling activities, and reflection questions—making it easy to adapt for schools, nonprofit programs, afterschool settings, and restorative justice initiatives.
Why This Curriculum Works
We Got Us centers youth voices while honoring the real-life struggles they face. It doesn’t just teach mental health—it creates a movement of support, empathy, and shared responsibility. This guide empowers teens to lead with compassion and to become ambassadors of healing in the spaces they live, learn, and grow.
Whether you’re building a wellness club, training peer mentors, or leading social-emotional learning, this curriculum is your blueprint to creating a culture of care—powered by youth.
This isn’t just a program. It’s a revolution in how we heal. Together.
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