Empowering Youth Through Meaningful Engagement and Leadership Development
Empowering youth through meaningful engagement and leadership development is essential for preventing and addressing problem gambling. Recognizing youth as capable agents of change, nurturing their talents, and providing opportunities for skill development and leadership are key aspects. Adultism must be eradicated, and high expectations, confidence, and respect for teens are crucial. Encouraging youth to lead positive change themselves leads to successful community initiatives and fosters a sense of responsibility, respect, and trust. Embodying these values and involving youth in service to others create a foundation for sustainable youth development.
- Youth Empowerment
- Leadership Development
- Problem Gambling Prevention
- Youth Engagement
- Community Change
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Engaging Youth in Problem Gambling Prevention and Recovery Efforts Elizabeth Toomey, CPS Prevention Network Team Leader, Prevention Education and YOU(th) Decide Coordinator
Huddle and Muddle
Things youth want from adults
Responsibility Respect Trust
Give us a Chance Care Support
Understanding Balance Give us praise Freedom
What is YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Meaningful youth engagement engagement views youth partners with adults in the decision- making process. Programs and activities are developed with youth rather than for youth youth. youth youth as equal youth,
Acknowledge and embrace the idea that youth are talented and capable of leading community change. Young people must lead positive change themselves in order for it to succeed. Programs must identify, nurture and support everyone not just the talented elite.
Help youth learn specific knowledge and skills related to leadership. Facilitate the development of individual strengths and leadership styles.
Embody high expectations of, confidence in, and respect for the teens served. Emphasize experiential learning and provide opportunities for genuine leadership. Involve young people in service to others to their community, their country and their world.
How do we engage young people to lead and be involved?
If youth are not already part of the program, they will need to be shown why they need to devote their efforts and time. The question of What s in it for me? must be addressed in outreach. Long-term goals are always part of our work, but there are short-term benefits that are often taken for granted.
Youth Engagement Works What does the research say? Quality youth programs, those proven most effective and rated highly by young people themselves, make an intentional effort to engage youth at the highest level in planning, making choices, and reflecting on their learning (Zeldin, Larson, Camino, & O'Connor, 2005).
Programs that engage youth and how: You(th) Decide Teen Insitute Reality Check Youth Club House
What have you done to engage young people ? & What were some of the strengths as a result and what were some of the barriers?
Thank you Elizabeth Toomey Prevention Network 906 Spencer Street Syracuse, NY 13204 (315) 471-1359 Etoomey@PreventionNetworkCNY.org
