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Youth and Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Skills - Matsh Youth Development , Dubai,Bahrain,Egypt,Kuwait,Lebanon,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Malaysia,Morocco,Sudan,Tunisia

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:16:18 +04

Youth development workers have a key role to play in delivering a holistic approach to health promotion. The program starts by defining youth in the context of health. It continues by looking at why it is important to involve young people in the planning and implementation of any program that targets them, and how to promote youth participation. You will also look closely at some of the contemporary health issues that affect young people, such as nutrition and diet, sexual and reproductive health and drug abuse. The program also looks at how to enable practitioners to recognize the different roles they have, and how to foster effective working relationships.

Program Benefits

When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
Identify the major health issues affecting young people.
Outline health promotion strategies (particularly preventative strategies).
Describe the specific role of youth development work in health promotion.
Develop specific programs of health promotion.
Use the distinctive methodology of youth development work within the environment of a primary health care agency.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals of healthcare institutions.
Public health practitioners.
Youth Workers in government departments, corporations and NGOs.
Health awareness organizations staff.
Professionals responsible for youth policy formulation and strategy development.

Program Outline

Day 1
Defining Youth and Health
Defining youth
Defining health
Primary health care
Adolescent and youth developmental changes
The basics of health and personal hygiene

Day 2
Involving Young People
Development
Youth development and health services
The role of young people in health
Developing skills and information
Factors affecting participation

Day 3
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Defining sexuality
Defining reproductive health
Reproductive rights
Abortion
Traditional practices
STDs and HIV/AIDS

Day 4
Nutrition
Malnutrition
The World Health Organisation (WHO) mandate
World food supply
Mental Health and Drug Abuse
What is mental health?
Self-abuse and deviant behavior
What is drug abuse?
Demographics and drug use
Prevention and support
Self-abuse through injury and suicide

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

Youth Social Development Methodologies - Matsh Youth Development , Dubai,Bahrain,Egypt,Kuwait,Malaysia,Morocco,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Sudan,Tunisia,United Arab Emirates

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:09:04 +04

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

Cost: 1790 USD

Duration: 3 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