Confronting Ableism in Youth Work to Empower Youth with Disabilities

This training focuses on working with youth with disabilities, including a discussion on identity-first vs. person-first language, a description of ableism and how it shows up in social services at...

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Creating Cultures of Liberation and Justice

White supremacy culture impacts all of us. The characteristics of that culture are baked into our systems and many of us don’t consider the impacts. But understanding the impacts is...

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Supporting Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships

Adults don’t often consider the effect of power in their interactions with youth but youth are almost always acutely aware, and uniquely affected.

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Improvisation is a Youth Work Superpower!

Youth workers need to be able to think on their feet. Learning improvisation techniques will give you all the practice you need. Build your self-confidence for dealing with challenging and...

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Motivational Interviewing in Youth Work

Youth work is all about supporting positive change. The rapport you build as a youth worker puts you in an ideal position to use Motivational Interviewing skills.

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Strategies for Talking with Youth About Sexuality

Your position as a youth worker provides youth with a trusted and valuable resource – an askable adult. You need to know how to respond to their questions, even if...

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