Art & Science of Youth Work
Blended Interactive Course
I Am Safe: Mind-Body Skills for Teen Mental Health
Teens are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety, and overwhelm, and as a youth worker, you’re often supporting them without enough tools or time. I Am Safe: Mind-Body Skills for...
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Honoring Black History Month Through Poetry and Hope
Honoring Black History Month Through Poetry and Hope Black History Month is a meaningful time for youth workers to create space for learning, reflection, and conversation. It offers an opportunity...
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Expanding Your Cognitive Empathy
Your ability to understand young people needs to be one of your greatest strengths as a youth worker. This supplemental micro course challenges you to elevate that strength by expanding...
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Building Habits for Good Mental Health
Good mental health is about doing small and consistent things that help people feel balanced, hopeful, and strong. Young people often hear about mental illness, but not as much about...
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Helping Young People Navigate Immigration Uncertainty
Helping Young People Navigate Immigration Uncertainty Immigration enforcement actions impact people of all ages, but young people often experience it in especially confusing and emotional ways. They may notice classmates...
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Character Is the Work in Youth Development
In youth work, there is something deeper than any strategy or intervention you use. People feel it before they can name it or explain it. They are responding to your...
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Your Growth Is Your Responsibility
Your role as a youth worker comes with a responsibility to care for others, and young people deserve your very best! That means your growth is essential. This course challenges...
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What’s Really Behind At-Risk Behaviors
When young people engage in risky behaviors like skipping school, using substances, or acting out, they may think something is wrong with them. But these behaviors are not about being...
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Why Today’s Young People Need Us To Respond Differently
Why Today’s Young People Need Us to Respond Differently Young people today interact with screens more than any previous generation has. Youth workers need to be aware of both the...
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