Strategies for Working with Youth in
Indian Country
Date: December 3 - 5, 2012
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Hotel: The Platinum Hotel (211 East Flamingo Road · Las Vegas, NV 89169)
For a room rate of $122 please call 877-211-9211 by November 19, 2012 and request the Falmouth Institute – December group.
Tuition: $890
If you’re a social worker, after-school daycare provider,
educator or law enforcement officer, you face
many obstacles in your efforts to
guide Indian Country youth along
the right path. This class will provide
you with the information that
you need to care for and lead future
generations. We’ll discuss the types
of challenges that all children face
in the world today while concentrating on the key aspects involved in working with at-risk youth and
recruiting and retaining qualified staff.
Our experts will provide you with
the tools that you need to fund
youth programs, counsel youth,
develop a community strategy for
getting and keeping kids out of
gangs and improve the lives of your
community’s young people.
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Issues Youth Face Today
- Gangs
- Drugs and alcohol
- Boredom
- Depression
- Peer pressure
- Per caps
- Lack of leadership
- Lack of opportunity
Working With At-Risk Youth
- The Resource Model
- Client resources
- Integrity — the demands of law, values and community
- The seven kinds of smart
- Personality styles and youth counseling
- Reporting Requirements
- Teaching and learning styles in counseling or the classroom
Keeping Youth Out of Gangs
- Identifying the level of gang involvement
- Commitment from youth
- Realistic strategies
- Gang strategy model
Community Mobilization
- Step-by-step approach
- Developing a core group
- Problems to avoid
- Gang violence programs that work
- Getting elders involved
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Educating Through Interactive Programs
- Training staff on interactive programs
- Ensuring physical, mental and social confidence
- Learning by doing
- Opening doors to development
Recruiting, Hiring and Training Staff
- Developing job descriptions
- Administrative management
- Staffing ratios
- Program evaluation:
- Methods to measure success
- Background investigations — P.L. 101-630
- Staff retention plans:
Per Capita Income
- Programs that teach the management of per caps
- Recommended programs
- Job training
- Financial training
Developing Age-Specific Plans
- Identifying developmental stages
- Tailoring programs to meet individual differences
- Integrating education and physical play
- Adding culture-specific programs
| Counseling Techniques
- Keeping your word and being yourself
- Developing trust
- Techniques for developing a rapport
- Identifying the problem
- Direct counseling approaches
Funding Opportunities and the Grant Process
- Identifying funding sources
- Five basics of writing a winning proposal
- Evaluation criteria
Success and Problem-Solving Models
- Youth success worksheet
- Figure eight problem-solving mode
- Change and problem solving
Parenting Programs
Culture-Specific Programs
- Teaching the culture
- Language programs
Technology
- Social networking
- Learning programs
*Topics subject to change.
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