Day 4: Tuesday, June 29, 10

Agenda:
Questions about reading
Deficit Perspective
Break
Resiliency
Youth Development Approach
Announcements

Deficit (brainstorm/main ideas):
- Youth are problems
- Low income
- Youth of Color
- Aim at fixing the issue (one specific thing)
- Too narrow
- Not completely effective

IYD Chapter 1 questions/Concerns:

1. Different children have different behaviors.
2. Does single issued programs address youth whole heartedly?
3. What worked for other youth to be successful?
4. How are we addressing our "quiet students"?
5. Are AS programs being cut? Which ones? Where's the $ going? Now what?
6. What does SOCIETY have to do with our youth?
7. What is an "at risk" youth? Who decides?
8. Influences of FAMILY, SCHOOL, and COMMUNITY on a youth into a healthy adult
9. What does inoculate mean?

Questions Answered:

Page 4:

Does single issue youth programs meet the need of the youth whole-heartedly?
- The basis of the issue that will allow the youth to grow
- Considered negative being that; "single issue"; programs are focusing only on one thing
- Similar to "tough love";
- Don't meet the main goal overall
- Most are positive= not saying that there's a problem with a child, there is a lack in resources, so "let me help you"

What does"society" have to do with our youth?
- Who is the "society"?
- There are influences that are problematic; start at one point but then grow and spread, but are constantly negatively fueled
- Programs for youth were cut; both parents working more for less mostly; single parent households= result: negative energy happens that is displayed by the youth

Page 5:

What is an "at risk" youth? Who decides?
- Strong negative behavior that will be the destruction of themselves
- Am I "at risk" also? Because that could go for anyone
- Negative behaviors are everywhere: alcohol abuse, drugs, domestic problems, financial fraud etc.
- INOCULATE= introduce into a suitable situation for growth; take them out of the regular community to prevent their behaviors from growing and affecting others

Page 6: CHART Kinds of Services

- Low Risk: "quiet students"; really low crime, small towns
- If you focus on one thing, you miss out on a lot of other things that are offered to youth.

Activity: Connects to Resiliency on Page 7: sit with a partner to answer this question below; can be a conversation; according to the reading youth need these three main elements: caring relationships, high/clear expectations, and opportunities for participation/contribution.

What enables these young people to succeed in the face of so many obstacles?

- Caregiver: someone who cares an shows interest
- Drive/Determination
- Support Group
- Access to educational support
- Self-esteem
- Proving others wrong

Class Comparison:

Caring Relationships:
Words of affirmation (balance between the two)
Supportive Parents/Adults Competition
Patience/Compassion
Love

High/Clear Expectations:
Words of affirmation (balance between the two)
Isolation (Space to Grow)
Positive Motivation
Reinforcement

Opportunities for Participation/ Contribution:
Isolation (Space to Grow)

ALL THREE:
Mentor
Religion/Belief System


Last Thought(s):
- Affluent communities: have the services listed on page 6; defined by money and what a person owns, what you have a positive surplus of; access to resources/healthy environments
- Page 12= Deficit versus Youth Development—FOUNDATION OF THIS CLASS
- Page 13: Youth Program Funding Resources= 1. 21stCentury Community Learning Programs/Centers; 2. After School Learning & Safety Neighborhoods Partnership (answers the "Are ASPs being cut?" etc question)
- Substitute for tomorrow (Wed, June 30, 10): Lisa Cook