Best Practices in Youth Development

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Course Description
In this class, participants are given a formula to gauge the effectiveness of their choices when engaging and interacting with the challenging behavior present in youth services. Through experiential learning and situational activities, participants will gauge their reaction and intervention skills based on their role, the reasonability of authority given that role and the developmental needs of the youth. Participants will explore concepts such as positive peer culture, scaffolding, the ABC of needs, the Hart Ladder of Youth development and the threat cycle of youth. Additionally, participants will look at how the choices of punishing, ignoring, challenging and coaching your clients can have a psychological outcome that can exacerbate or promote the developmental growth of the youth.

Topics covered include:

  • Creating a list of actions to promote a healthy and supportive environment
  • Conducting teachable moments that address cultural diversity and respect
  • Building a positive peer culture within your agency’s environment
  • Examing your flight-fight-flee response to conflict and how that impacts your response to youth challenges
  • Modeling effective decision making skills and goal setting practices
  • Defining unhealthy practices in addressing youth behavior
  • Developing strategies to process crisis and conflict with your youth

 

Audience
Direct service staff.

Course Duration
Full day session: 9:00am-4:00pm

Course Dates
October 19, 2011

Facilitators
Professionals from the Institute for Workforce Education, a division of St. Augustine College

Costs
Members: $75
Non-Members: $115

Location
Chicago Jobs Council
29 E. Madison Street, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL

Questions
Please contact Cheryl Hester, Frontline Focus Administrator, with any questions: 312.252.0460 x108; cheryl@cjc.net

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