Equipping Quality Youth Development Professionals: Improving Child And Youth Program Experiences

In the past thirty-six years working with child and youth programs from the local to the federal level in the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors, I have observed more than a thousand child and youth programs. ... As I visit program sites, I have often seen the same scenario play out over and over again. Well-intentioned volunteers and eager new staff want to work with and contribute to the lives of young people, but they don't get the training, support, or resources they need to succeed. They do not have understanding of child and youth development, and how to use these principles as they work with young people. So often, organizations don't have the budgets and resources to provide the needed level of child and youth development training and practice for new staff and volunteers.

• • Author: William B. Kearney
• • Publisher: Iuniverse
• • Publication Date: Feb 03, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 184 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1491719346
• • ISBN-13: 9781491719343