Accentuate the positive. This lesson shares best practices for building community and supporting youth development. The emphasis is on social-emotional development but all areas of development are positively impacted when adults engage with youth in supportive ways. Get tools to support intentional listening, conflict resolution, and positive guidance. It is not enough to know a child well. School-age professionals need to use that knowledge to form effective interactions and connections. (2 hours)
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Objectives
- Assess the current OST program for emotionally healthy qualities and components.
- Discuss how school-age professionals' observation and knowledge of individual youth play a role in guiding responses to mistaken behavior.
- Describe specific, proactive strategies that school-age professionals can implement to protect and support the emotions and identity of youth and build positive, multi-age group communication and social interactions.
- List specific programming practices that reduce the number of behavior challenges in a school-age setting.
