Groups, troops, clubs & classrooms the essential handbook for working with youth

"This practical handbook is for teachers, volunteers, group leaders, youth counselors, coaches, and anyone with works with young people. Find practical and motivational advice for approaching young people from a strength-based perspective. Readers will learn about how kids' brains are wire...

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Main Author: Ragsdale, Susan.
Other Authors: Saylor, Ann.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Search Institute Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
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  • pt. ONE
  • Youth, Strength, and Power
  • ch. 1
  • A Strength-Based Approach to Positive Youth Development
  • ch. 2
  • Putting Positive Youth Development to Work
  • ch. 3
  • Understanding How Young People Are Wired
  • ch. 4
  • How Young People Think and See the World
  • pt. TWO
  • Activating Power
  • ch. 5
  • Preparation: The Work before the Work
  • ch. 6
  • Connect with Them
  • ch. 7
  • Know Them
  • ch. 8
  • Engage Them
  • ch. 9
  • Stretch Them
  • ch. 10
  • Challenge Them
  • ch. 11
  • Power Up
  • pt. THREE
  • Sustaining Power
  • ch. 12
  • The Practice of Self-Mastery
  • ch. 13
  • The Practice of Gratitude
  • ch. 14
  • The Practice of Recharging.