Matsh Youth Development Youth Social Development Methodologies Matsh Youth Development
Price: AED 6,574

    Course details

    This program is designed to help you understand some of the theoretical background of youth development work, so that you can relate what you are doing to the social context in which you are working. You will already be aware that young people have roles and responsibilities. These responsibilities are different in each society, yet particular aspects are common across most societies.
    Understanding the social situations of young people is crucial. This program aims to illuminate the situation of young people in your society by exploring what researchers and theorists have said about youth in different social contexts, and relating that to general theories about society. Your role as a youth development worker is to help to improve conditions for young people. In doing this, you will be helping to develop the society in which they live.

    Program Benefits

    When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
    Understand how young people are seen in various societies, and from different sociological perspectives.
    Examine the range of definitions of 'youth', 'adolescence' and 'family'.
    Understand the problems and issues facing young people and the societies in which they live.
    Work in a way that is sensitive to social and cultural traditions.

    Who Should Attend?

    Youth workers in government departments, corporations and NGOs.
    Young leaders.
    Student activities coordinators.
    School and University teachers.
    Professionals responsible for policy formulation and strategy development in youth focused organizations.

    Program Outline

    Day 1
    Ways of seeing young people
    The concepts of society and culture
    Defining youth
    The nature of youth work
    Adolescence
    Describing and defining adolescence
    Psychoanalytic theories of adolescence
    Sociological theories of adolescence

    Day 2
    Young people and the family
    Family types
    Approaches to the study of the family
    Issues facing families today
    The concept of community

    Day 3
    Young people and social issues
    Images of young people
    Young people and unemployment
    Young people and crime
    The implications for youth development workers Updated on 09 July, 2019

    About Matsh Youth Development

    Matsh is a Youth Development enterprise aims to provide developmental services and programs for young people. The main objective of Matsh is to professionalize youth work in the Middle East and North Africa region by providing Youth Development and Youth Work capacity building programs for youth workers, formulating code of ethics and standards for youth work sector in MENA region, providing policy and strategy development and management consultancy for youth development institutions.

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