POSITIVE
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
From Paper to Practice
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Getting the 4-1-1 — Let’s Start!
Introductions
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Getting the 4-1-1 — Let’s Meet!
Ice Breaker
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Our Purpose For The Day
At the end of the workshop, you will:
 Better identify with youth and their
needs
 Understand Positive Youth Development
(PYD) as a process
 Reflect on the principles of PYD
 Review ideas for putting PYD into
practice
 Recognize your role in PYD
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Agenda
 Introduction
 Youth – 5 Ws
 PYD – process and principles
 PYD – practices
 Building capacity
 Your role
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Workshop Presented By
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO PUT IN WHO
IS PRESENTING THIS EVENT, WHY YOU
ARE, AND WHY PYD IS IMPORTANT TO
YOUR ORGANZIATION.
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PYD Was Created By:
Parks and Recreation Ontario
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada – Central Region
Ontario Public Health Association
With support from Play Works, founder of the Youth
Friendly Community Recognition Program
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Youth Friendly Communities
A Youth Friendly Community is able to
provide clear evidence that a minimum
of 10 of the 16 YFC criteria are being
met throughout the community.
ONE CRITERION is:
The community supports
Positive Youth Development.
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The 5 W’s
Who
What
Where
When
Why
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Who Needs PYD?
13 to 19 years….
and in the adapted and integrated
community up to age 25
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Word Collage Activity
 Where were you?
 What were you doing?
 Who were you with?
 What did you need to be happy?
 What was important to you?
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What do Youth Need?
 Mastery and achievement
 Physical activity
 Self-definition
 Creative expression
 Positive interactions with peers/adults
 Meaningful participation
 Structure and clear limits
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When do Youth Need PYD?
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When? A Summary
Youth are… sensation-seeking, less than
optimal in planning and judgment, more
in risk-taking and impulsiveness, less
inclined to consider the consequences.
Youth need PYD opportunities when they
are in active stages of development and
when their needs can be met in safe
spaces and places.
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Where do They Need It?
Out-of-school Time
Quality
Youth Programs
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Activity Time
A Day in the Life
of a
9th Grader!
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Long-term Commitment
Young people need to be nurtured:
 24 hours a day
 For the first 20 years of their lives
 In accordance with their developmental
needs
 Through a variety of supportive
relationships, opportunities and
programs
Source: Positive Youth Development Resource Manual
ACT for Youth – Upstate Center of Excellence
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The Real Picture — Take One
One of the riskiest times for many
adolescents — in terms of being
victimized or running afoul of the law —
is between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m.,
between the end of the school day and
when parents return home from work.
Source: Chettleburgh, Michael, (2007) Young Thugs:
Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Gangs
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The Real Picture — Take Two
1 in 5 youth (ages 8-18) are not
interested in the type of programming
being offered at these times.
Source: Positive Youth Development Resource Manual
ACT for Youth – Upstate Center of Excellence
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The Real Picture — Take Three
7 out of 10 youth say they have difficulty
finding after-school opportunities in
their communities.
Source: Positive Youth Development Resource Manual
ACT for Youth – Upstate Center of Excellence
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The Real Picture — Take Four
Low-income parents and parents of
racial and ethnic minorities are less
satisfied with after-school programs
than white or wealthier parents.
Source: Positive Youth Development Resource Manual
ACT for Youth – Upstate Center of Excellence
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Where? – The Bigger Picture
Agencies, individuals and organizations
must work together to create more
Youth Friendly Communities.
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Why PYD?
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Competence
 Civic and social engagement
 Cultural engagement
 Physical health
 Emotional health
 Intellectual achievement
 Employability
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Confidence
 Having a sense of mastery and a sense
of future
 Having a sense of self-efficacy
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Character
 Having a sense of responsibility and
autonomy
 Having a sense of spirituality and selfawareness
 Having an awareness of one’s own
personality or individuality
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Connection
 Membership and belonging
 Having a sense of safety and structure
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Contribution
 To self
 To family
 To community
 To civil society
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How? Through PYD!
Which is essentially a combination of:
 Process
 Principles
 Practice
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PYD – A Definition
Positive Youth Development is the process
of preparing young people to participate in
the opportunities of adolescence and
adulthood through a coordinated and
progressive series of activities and
experiences that help them become socially,
morally, emotionally, physically and
cognitively competent.
Adapted from the National Youth Development Centre
Definitions of Youth Development as approved by the
Executive of the National Collaborative for Youth Members — 1998
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Activity Time
Extra, Extra!
Read All About It…
Youth in the Headlines
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What Does PYD Look Like?
Engagement
Connectedness
Preparedness
Safety and basic needs
Positive Youth Development
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What is the PYD Approach?
Traditional Youth
Services
 Focus on problems
 Reactive
 Targeted youth
 Youth as recipients
 Programs
 Professional providers
Positive Youth
Development
 Focus on positive outcomes
 Pro-active
 All youth
 Youth as active participants
 Community response
 Community members
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The Process
 5 Cs – the outcomes
 Developmental needs of youth
 Developmental assets
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The Principles
 Embedded on needs and assets with
5 Cs as outcomes
 Long-term commitment
 Community-based approach
 Youth voice
And… the principle of resiliency…..
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What is Resiliency?
“...it is about bouncing back from problems
and stuff with more power and more
smarts.”
“Sean” (15-year-old high school student)
From Resiliency In Schools:
Making It Happen for Students and Educators
by Nan Henderson and Mike Milstein
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And Resiliency…
“...can be defined as the capacity to spring
back, rebound, successfully adapt in
the face of adversity, and develop
social and academic competence
despite exposure to severe stress... or
simply the stress of today’s world.”
From Resiliency In Schools:
Making It Happen for Students and Educators
by Nan Henderson and Mike Milstein
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Activity
Thinking About Resiliency
Part One
Part Two
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Fostering Resiliency in Youth
is Essentially...
Communicating the
Resiliency Attitude:
What is RIGHT with YOU
is more powerful than
what is WRONG with YOU.
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The Practice(s)
 Setting the stage for PYD
 The youth-adult relationship
 Healthy eating and youth
 The IYD tool
 Your role
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Setting the Stage
It’s safe for all…..
Addressing the differences
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Signs
 Language bias
 Stereotyping
 Exclusion
 Misinformation
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Interventions
 Program activities and instruction
 Organizational practices and policies
 Involving community and family
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PROJECT PIPELINE
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Ladder of Youth Participation
Degrees of Participation
 Youth-initiated, shared decisions with adults
 Youth-initiated and directed
 Adult-initiated, shared decisions with youth
 Consulted and informed
 Assigned but informed
Non-Participation
 Tokenism
 Decoration
 Manipulation
Adapted from Hart, R. 1992
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Champions
‘Practise’ the Practice
Champions are adults who advocate and
support young people.
They assist young people, support them
when they struggle, and let them know
that change is possible.
Brenda Whitehead, Keeping Pace, 2010
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Creating a Healthy Eating
Environment With Youth
The objectives for this component of
training are to:
 Learn why healthy foods are good
 Assess the nutrition environment
 Identify a healthy youth/food fit
 Engage youth in healthy eating
 Model healthy messages
 Connect with additional resources
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The Importance of
Healthy Snacks
Understanding eating behaviours
 What do youth eat?
 Are these healthy choices?
 Why should youth be eating
healthfully?
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Assessing Your
Nutrition Environment
 Beverage vending machines
 Snack vending machines
 Snacks
 Facilities
 Food donations
Recommendations
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Engaging Youth
in Healthy Eating
Planning for engagement
 One-time events
 Transient/drop-in programs
 Regular/ongoing programs
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Feed Them and
They Will Come!
Make the
Healthy Choice
the
Easy Choice
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Intentional Youth
Development (IYD)
 Created by the Provincial Consortium on
Youth in Recreation
 In development from 2004–2007
 Intentionally builds PYD into programs
 Workshops held across Ontario
 IYD Tool going online for Ministry of
Health Promotion and Sport funded
After-School Programs – 2010/11
 Broader access – Fall 2011
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Cultural Environment
Assessment Lens (CEAL)
Assesses the degree to which an agency
is ready to embrace IYD
 Heart — motivation and attitudes
 Body — internal funding, facilities,
space and leadership
 Environment — external funding and
partnerships
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Sample CEAL
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Key Elements Tool (KET)
Reflects the key elements of quality
recreation from a program perspective
 Policies and procedures
 Program observations
 Inquiries – participant feedback
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Sample KET
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Organizational Assessment
Tool (OAT)
Reflects the key elements of quality
recreation from an organizational
perspective
9 Organizational Characteristics
 Facility
 Partnerships
 Staffing
 Funding
 Program
 Marketing
 Development
 Administration
 Event risk
Management
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Sample OAT
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A Quick Debrief
Using the Tools
 CEAL
 KET
 OAT
Did you find this tool useful?
Did you learn something new?
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Building Capacity
Creating a circle of support
for and with youth
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A Youth’s Community
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Your Role
What does it look like?
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WOW – What Now?
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Your PYD Team
 SPRYNT Email Network
 www.youthinrecreation.org
 Youth Friendly Communities
 www.playworkspartnership.ca
 Look to Your Left and Right
 Participant List
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How Did We Do?
Objectives for the day were to:
 Better identify with youth and their needs
 Understand Positive Youth Development
(PYD) as a process
 Reflect on the principles of PYD
 Review ideas for putting PYD into practice
 Recognize your role in PYD
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Evaluation Time
Closing Comments
Thanks for Coming!
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