This bulletin is part of an ongoing project to recognize and build upon the power of youth leadership. The goal is to use communication and action to enable youth to have a positive impact on their communities. This bulletin serves as a training manual on how to conduct a special event. Special events can address a variety of problems ranging from…

Explains what a job coach is and gives information on how a job coach prepares handicapped students to do many different kinds of work. Describes specific techniques for training job coaches to be effective in teaching adolescents and other students. (RS)

Presents a 10-point model for providing quality training within child protection organizations. Suggests that training can be a precision instrument to create change because its objectives, content, and methods are controllable, ongoing, and pervasive. Notes that by assuming responsibility and using time and energy to find solutions, the…

Teaching children to meditate can improve their decision making and put them in touch with their deeper core values. Instructions for teaching children meditative techniques are presented in this book. It is suggested that the leader of the group read through the entire book before leading the children through the meditations and exercises. The…

This manual presents a course designed for persons who have direct contact with youth, on an individual or group basis, in a service capacity. The intent of the course is to train youth workers to develop a basic framework for understanding adolescent development, acquire intervention and decision-making skills, and facilitate the growth of…

It is estimated that up to 10% of the U.S. population is lesbian or gay. Being a member of a sexual minority group places youth at risk. Along with the challenges all adolescents deal with, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth must cope with prejudice, discrimination, and violence in schools or in their families. While mentoring programs…

The teenage years are full of promise and confusion. Ways in which adults can help teens listen to their hearts to find inner security and understanding are detailed in this book. Self-discovery is presented as a joint venture between the head and the heart. When these are out of sync, insecurity and conflict may arise, but when they work…

Supplies instructional materials necessary to carry out a training session for educators and parents concerning the development of personal and interpersonal responsibilities for children with behavior difficulties. Participants learn to plan and implement strategies to help students with personal and interpersonal responsibilities and are given…

This facilitator's guide is part of an overall program developed as a resource for child and youth care workers and foster parents. Those using the facilitator's guide must possess considerable knowledge and training in the areas of child abuse, child welfare, child laws, human development, and group and family dynamics. Facilitators must be able…

Stress and suffering are not the inevitable result of modern life. Ways in which parents can suspend the turmoil of their lives and look within themselves for the nurturance and love that their children need are presented in this book. The text outlines what are called HeartMath tools, techniques in which parents and children can employ one-minute…

This guide is part of the Project BORN FREE training series for teachers, counselors, administrators and parents, designed to increase their awareness of adolescent career development patterns. The materials contain a set of independent learning strategies which combine to provide an intervention model for use at the secondary school level.…

Raising children in today's fast-paced society requires love and technique. Ways that parents can teach children to love, teach them values, and help them balance their lives are discussed in this activity book. The text opens with a discussion of heart intelligence (what is sometimes equated with emotional intelligence). Heart intelligence…

This manual, which incorporates a developmental perspective, targets child and youth care workers and foster parents who are ready to enhance their practical skills in providing care and treatment for young people who have been sexually abused. Users of this manual should have some previous understanding in human growth and development, effective…

Ways in which adults can work with noncompliant, defiant, or oppositional children are presented in this manual. The program presented here was designed to help children having at least a two-year level of language or general cognitive developmental level and who fall between the ages of 2 and 12 years. The methods are meant for use by experienced…

Exercises and techniques are presented which will help young people and adults working in youth-serving organizations develop cooperative work relationships. Youth empowerment is defined as the process by which young people learn, through active participation in the relationship, events, and institutions that affect their lives, to develop and…