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We learn from each other, encourage each other, and grow together.
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Train and motivate your entire team online for a ridiculously low price with an Associate Membership that's best for your program. If your program isn't a member yet, we've got you covered with Individual Memberships too.
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A Complete Suite of Learning Opportunities
The Professional Youth Worker, powered by YIPA, is designed to be flexible to fit your needs, on your time. YIPA members utilize the learning suite by mixing and matching options that work best for their particular needs.
The Art and Science of Youth Work certificate blends technical competency with personal growth strategies so you'll be your best for young people.
The Passionate Youth Worker podcast provides needed inspiration so you and your team are fully present in your service to young people.
You and your team have unlimited access to Live and On-Demand online training to improve a youth worker's knowledge, skills, and confidence.
The Quick Takes blog offers youth work insights and ideas you can grab and go to stay in the know. Quick Takes for busy youth workers.
Our Competency Framework
A diverse group of grass-roots YIPA members collaborated and identified eight essential focus areas for youth work excellence. They form our competency framework and are the basis for the learning modules of The Art & Science of Youth Work certificate course and every YIPA training.
Your success with young people is the reason for everything we do. Over 90% of our members renew year after year. We'd love to have YOU join the YIPA community too! We think you’ll like us so much that you may even tell others about YIPA.
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What YIPA Members Are Saying
The Art & Science of Youth Work certificate course is an essential part of onboarding new staff. We also use The Professional Youth Worker for other learning opportunities during brown bag lunches and staff meetings.
The learning opportunities increase our counselors’ capacity to engage youth within a holistic framework. We appreciate the breadth of the topics which helps us become better all around youth workers.
Our team definitely benefits from our YIPA membership. The quality of online learning is excellent and very cost efficient. All the learning opportunities are relevant to youth workers everywhere. It's great to know that we are able to access all of this remotely, no matter where we are.
The podcasts, blogs, and training provide our team everything we need to deliver great youth work to the young people in our programs.