agencies are no exception. Volunteers “play a vital role in providing a healthy, enjoyable, and developmentally appropriate youth…experience for children” (Wiersma & Sherman, 2005, p. 337). It is critical for managers to know how to recruit, train, supervise, evaluate, retain, and reward the people who sacrifice their time and efforts for the betterment of the community through youth programming. “Many [organizations] do not utilize volunteers as well as they could, and are reluctant to invest time and
who are sentenced to diversion programs as a form of sentencing. These programs are sometimes run by the local police department, court, or an outside agency. These programs were created for status offenders to avoid criminal records and charges. Youth diversion programs are intended to offer as an alternative to the conventional juvenile justice system proceedings. Adolescents enlisted in diversion programs meets with probation officers who must periodically send progress reports to the court. Those
studies conducted suggest mentoring has taken the lead as the most sought after form of intervention for high risk youth (Miller, Barnes, Miller, McKinnon, 2013; Allison, K. W., Edmonds, T., Wilson, K., Pope, M., & Farrell, A. D., 2011; Spencer, R., Collins, M. E., Ward, R., & Smashnaya, S. 2010; Williams, 2011). Such programs are devoted to reducing risk (Allison et al., 2011) of youth violence, reentry, and delinquency ( Williams, 2011).Though mentoring methods have been the focus of recent research
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Mission and vision The mission of Girls Inc, as stated on their website is, “to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold” (girlsinc.org, 2014). This mission statement can be seen on nearly every publication and public image, it has remained central to the organization, and it continues to be a driving force in the future of the organization. The vision of Girls Inc is “empowered girls and an equitable society,” (girlsinc.org). Girls Inc. has also developed a Girls Bill
be this desired outcome: youth led by knowledgeable caring adults learn and grow positively so that ultimately youth become caring and skilled members involved in their communities. Now in my fourth year, I have begun to reap some of the benefits from my previous three years of successful efforts. The summer camping season peaks with five summer day camp opportunities, up from three in 2010. Day camps offered an affordable but quality learning environment for younger youth. Each year Kanawha County
present in Community Development work. Both, formal and informal language is used. Students learn formal dialect throughout their educational and work experience. Forums and seminars are times where formal terminology is important. Similar to classroom communication, oral communication is presented to the audience – directors, employees, clients, etc. through means of story telling, from personal experiences and explanations to various visual aids. The purpose of oral communication in Community Development
Introduction: In this essay I shall make a critical comparison of different theories and approaches of community organising. By focusing on main aspects of Paulo Freire and Saul Alinsky’s models of community organising I shall discuss how applicable these models are in the UK. By drawing examples from experiences of applying Root Solution Listening Matters (RSLM) and Participatory Action Research (PAR) frameworks in my practice. I shall demonstrate relationships and differences between the two
their income to pay for their housing are considered to be “cost burdened” (Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.), meaning these families might be unable to afford necessities like food, clothing and healthcare. In the United States, over 12 million households spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing. These statistics are according to the federal Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which provides multiple grant programs to low income families as well as increasing availability
team sports are good for learning accountability, dedication, and leadership; among many other positive traits (University of Missouri Health Care, n.d.). Participating in sport may also foster the development of sharing and helping others. Perhaps the role of an athlete plays a part in the development of prosocial behavior throughout the adolescent years. Prosocial behavior refers to "voluntary actions that are intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals" (Eisenberg, 1989)
fingers, sprained ankles, stitches and so much more; these are some of the many effects of playing youth sports. “Two million injuries and 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations occur each year for high school athletes.” (Lisa Weisenberger, Stop Sports Injuries) Those numbers aren’t just hundreds and thousands but millions of children and teens getting hurt just from playing a sport. Youth sports programs may be fun and enjoyable but can have many negative consequences. It may be the child
course of the summer was a youth development program offered in Dawsonville, GA. called Next Generation. and their mission is to provide an opportunity for positive youth development as well as access to resources and opportunities many children otherwise don’t have access to. They aim to use this program to provide mentoring for the youth, tutoring for afterschool assignments, and offer many opportunities as a prevention program to the advancement of vulnerable youth. Next Generation is open year-round
Social Planning, Community Development, and Social/Community Action A Community can be defined as a group of people who don’t just live in the same area, but also share the same interests, experiences and often concerns about the area in which they live. Often when individuals have lived on a street or in an area for a while they become familiar with each other and the issues surrounding them. Children often attend the same schools and grow up together, again sharing similar experiences. In
Theoretical Framing of Positive Youth Development: Relational Developmental Systems Theory and Life Course Theory The concept of positive youth development (PYD) originates from developmental scientists’ interests in the innate, albeit, relative plasticity of human development and the importance of the continuous relationship between the individual and their context (Lerner, 2005; Lerner, 2009; Lerner 2014; Geldof, 2014). This comparatively new theory takes a positive perspective by shifting the
Cherng Yu Community Engagement P30026 - Design Literature Review Date of Submission - 8 November 2013  “do you sell ice cream?” “no. we sell architecture design, community development and consultation, interactive workshops and service design.” The ideas and practices of community-led design has been around and practiced for a long time, especially so within the field of architecture, urban design and master planning (Alexiou et al., 2013). Ralph Erskine, one of the pioneers in community-led design
critical aspect of the developmental process of any community. Botes and van Resensburg (2000) posited that “participatory development is very essential to the community development process”. This perhaps is because community development itself is meant to bring about improved living standard for community members, and not necessarily the initiators or executors of the community development project should they be from outside the benefitting community. Consequently, it is only logical that the people
This chapter look at the issue off the effects of limited community resources on client progress case planning as assessed by Social Workers in Child Welfare Services by utilizing the Critical Theory Paradigm. This theory allows for researches and participants to advocate for clients and social workers access to resources. Theoretical Orientation will be address as will information and data gathered from literature review. Lastly, the penitential contributions to micro and macro practice are discussed
Based on the Community Development Self-Assessment Tool Based on the Foundations of Practice Core Competencies Component One and Two I have found there are several competencies I do well along with skills do not do well. This assessment is a way to understand what competencies, skills and knowledge I do well and what skills I can work on to become a better community developer. I will discuss a variety of competencies of the assessment and components of them. Competencies I do well include: I know
most part, has allowed me to invest my time in the places that both interest me and have had a beneficial impact on underserved and low-income communities. Through my work I have been able to respond to societal needs in healthcare and, my passion, community development. At the same time I realize that to have the greatest impact in the community development field requires me to further my formal education, deepen my policy expertise, develop my leadership skills, enhance my management ability and
Many organisations and community development workers will deliberately adopt a specific model that clearly identifies its parameters within a project (Kenny, 2006). Working within a model, provides community development workers a framework to plan and review the aims, goals, strategies and methods being used within the health promotion project (Free, 2005). Models are also based on philosophical positions and values, so that community development workers can think critically and determine how such
part of a community. We live in a world where associating and identifying ourselves with certain groups is how we share common interests, and we are responsible for facing whatever may come our way. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences and similarities between the approaches seen from the Chicago Heat Wave and Buffalo Creek Flood. The main differences are historical groundwork, relationship to land, physical/social vulnerability, problematic development, choices we