The OST Office's Institute for Youth Development Presents:
Best Practices of Youth Work
February 27, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
DC Department of Human Resources (DCHR), 9th Floor
1015 Half St SE
Register for the In-Person Event
The Youth Development Training Series are two and a half hour courses that are foundational for anyone working with youth. The series highlights the need for youth workers to use an asset-based approach when working with youth and focus on the goals of preparation and development rather than prevention, deterrence and deficit reduction. These interactive and hands-on courses provide participants with practical skills that are geared towards improving the quality of interactions with youth.
Participants will identify and assess best practices that reflect exemplary youth work and the understanding of youth engagement. Participants will develop strategies for increasing youth participation that fosters the youth’s growth in emotional, spiritual, empathy, compassion, and sense of community. Participants will understand the differences between youth as objects, recipients and/or as resources, and learn how and when to elevate youth participation.