Positive Youth Development Strategies

Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a theory based on years of research on the best ways to help young people grow into adulthood. This program is designed to help youth workers to understand the Positive Youth Development approaches, such as the individual strength approach that promote young people’s social and emotional well-being.

In the Positive Youth Development Strategies course we discuss the outside influences that promote young people’s social and emotional well-being. Also the program aims to examine approaches of working with young people to create a growth plan and to create positive places for young people. Creating a step by step action plan for integrating Positive Youth Development into youth organizations is also presented in this program.

Course Outcomes

When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:

• Understand the Positive Youth Development approaches.
• Identify the developmental needs of young people and adolescents.
• Work effectively with young people to create a growth plan.
• Make use of individual strength approach that promote young people’s social and emotional well-being.
• Create positive places for young people.
• Create an action plan for integrating Positive Youth Development into your organization.

Course Outlines

What is Positive Youth development?

• The concept
• Strength based approaches

Individual strengths that promote young people’s social and emotional well-being

• The 5 Cs

Outside influences that promote young people’s social and emotional well-being 

•  Families – Schools – Communities

The Developmental Assets

• The five Promises

Work with young person to create a growth plan

• Youth immediate needs
• Assisting young person to set goals
• Active listening skills to determine youth’s strengths and interests
• Rewarding youth

Putting Positive Youth Development into practice

• Building individual strength in youth
• Youth involvement

Creating positive places for young people

• What makes a place positive?
• how to keep youth places positive?

Creating a step by step action plan for integrating Positive Youth Development into your organization

•  Select PYD framework
• Train staff and volunteers
• Preview your mission statement
• Review your programs
• Establish a concrete ways to involve youth in your programs
• Assess your programs

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