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Youth Development Work Principles and Practices - Matsh Youth Development , Dubai,Bahrain,Egypt,Israel,Kuwait,Lebanon,Malaysia,Morocco,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Sudan,Tunisia

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:18:32 +04

This program is designed to introduce you to a range of different approaches to working with young people. You may already have experience of youth work. If so, then you have been working in a wide-ranging and complex field. However, you may have experience of only one type of youth work practice. We have designed this program so that you can get a clear understanding of several of the key practices in youth work. This will enable you to develop your insight and skill by allowing you to draw on a rich frame of reference.

Program Benefits

When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
Define Youth Development concept.
Briefly describe, in your own words, the history and position of youth development work in your country.
Delineate the professional role of the youth worker.
Explain the important factors that have affected youth development work and that influence current trends.
Begin working effectively with young people and adults in enabling them to improve the quality of their lives.
Select from a range of different approaches to youth development work those that are most appropriate to specific circumstances.

Who Should Attend?

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

Program Outline

Day 1
Youth Development
What is Youth development? and how does it influence youth work?
Youth Development theories and practivcies
Interactionist perspective - Functional Perspective
Youth Development Values
Enabling - Empowering

Day 2
Youth development work: history and traditions
Youth development work in families and communities
Youth work as social and leisure provision
Out of school education
Youth work for national development
Youth welfare work

Day 3
Youth development work: models and approaches
Treatment Model
Reform Model
Advocacy Model
Conscientisation Model
Youth Development Practices

Day 4
Youth Worker roles and methods
Working face to face with young people in a variety of settings
Managing and supporting other paid and volunteer workers
Formulating and developing community policies for governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Cost: 2200 USD

Duration: 4 Days

Working with Youth in Their Communities - Matsh Youth Development , Dubai,Bahrain,Egypt,Kuwait,Lebanon,Malaysia,Morocco,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Sudan,Tunisia

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:13:03 +04

If you already have significant experience as a youth development worker, you will have spent a lot of time working with individuals and groups. During the course of your work, you will probably have had doubts about your performance and may have wondered how you could improve on what you were doing. Improvement is partly a matter of experience, but it is much the best to have a carefully directed experience, shaped by what research has shown to be effective.
In this program, you will explore what is currently understood about the most appropriate knowledge and skills required for working successfully with young people in groups.
You will study how other people have worked in communities ,and their theories about their work.
You will explore the theory and practice of community development.
You will learn about community development work plans, and how to make and implement them.
You will examine the characteristics of an effective group leader.

Program Benefits

When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
Work effectively as a member of a group.
Take on a variety of roles in a group, including leadership and advocacy.
Know how to develop your own skills in facilitating a group.
Use the techniques of community development.
Be familiar with key concepts in community development.
Promote the participation of young women and men in community activities.
Create effective planning strategies and develop community profiles, social community plans and personal plans.
Recognize several useful models for analyzing human behavior and individual differences.

Who Should Attend?

Youth program coordinators.
Young leaders.
Youth workers in government departments, corporations and NGOs.
School and University teachers.
Volunteers.

Program Outline

Day 1
Working with and for young people
Community Development
(Important terms and concepts)
Community: not just a place
Getting going in the community
Laying the foundation
Developing a community profile
Planning your work

Day 2
Young people in their communities
Skills, characteristics and knowledge
The role of the community youth worker
Leaders and leadership
Participation
Increasing group participation

Day 3
Social planning
Social planning activities
Planning stages
Practical applications of community social planning
Networks and partnerships

Cost: 1790 USD

Duration: 3 Days

Positive Youth Development Strategies - Matsh Youth Development , Dubai,Bahrain,Egypt,Kuwait,Lebanon,Malaysia,Morocco,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Sudan,Tunisia

Tue, 23 May 2017 18:50:45 +04

Course Overview

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 this program 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 Benefits

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.

Who Should Attend?

Department heads of youth focused institutions.
Young Leaders
Professionals responsible for youth program development, in government departments, corporations and NGOs.
Youth Workers.
Student Activities coordinators.
Professionals responsible for policy formulation and strategy development in youth focused organizations.
School and University teachers.

Course Outline

Day 1

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

Day 2

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

Day 3

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?

Day 4

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

Cost: 2200 USD

Duration: 4 Days

Integrating Technology into Youth Settings - Matsh Youth Development , Dubai,Bahrain,Egypt,Kuwait,Lebanon,Malaysia,Morocco,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Tunisia

Tue, 23 May 2017 18:22:22 +04

Course Overview
In this program, you will explore current uses of technology by youth and how that engagement influences their own development and the world around them. You will also identify the opportunities and dangers that are associated with new technologies. Participants will demonstrate how new technologies can be designed and incorporated into youth programming to promote positive youth development.

Course Benefits

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

Explain how the type and extent of youth usage of technology affects tier development.
Identify the risks and benefits of technology to youth programs and create a plan for technology use in their programs.
Describe the various models that are used to structure technology-based interventions for youth.
Apply one of these models to a practical situation in a youth-relevant setting.
Demonstrate the ability to design an activity or intervention that incorporates technology to promote positive youth development.

Who Should Attend?

Youth workers in government departments, corporations and NGOs.
Young leaders.
Student activities coordinators.
School and University teachers.

Course Outline

Day 1

Overviews of Youth and Technology
App generation review
Youth and Adolescent Ownership and Use of New Media
The Impact of Social Media on Youth, Adolescents, and Families
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn't Compute!
Models of Integrating Technology into Youth Settings
The Use of Technology to Promote the Multicultural Development of Youth
Internet use and developmental tasks
Positive Technology Development
The Potential of Games for Learning

Day 2

Technology in Youth Programs
E Mentoring
Digital Media
Using Technology to Promote Positive Youth Development
Youth-Driven Social Media Campaign to Promote STI and HIV Testing Among Adolescents
Adaptive Game for Reducing Aggressive Behavior
Text-Messaging Interventions to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Adolescents

Day 3

The Dangers and Policies around Technology Use
Use of Electronic Devices and Social Media in Youth Camps
Understanding the Role of Technology in Adolescent Dating and Dating Violence
The Multiple Dimensions of Video Game Effects on Youth
Social media use in adult-youth relationships
How Clear Missions Guide Electronic Technology Policies

Cost: 1790 USD

Duration: 3 Days