Youth Development Guide- KLM 

                                                                  What did I know about YDEV?

·          I knew youth development prepares young people achieve their full potential to carry them out when they are typically presented with their weaknesses and strengths to set personal goals and build upon their confidence

·         The main purpose of YVED is based on assisting and supporting young people while going through difficult times which refers in the reading as “Deficit-focused” basically guiding them in the right direction and assist on making safe and positive decisions

·         I also knew that YDEV mainly focus on finding out what they want to do with their lives, to help young people decide on goals and then plan what action needs to be taken to achieve them

                  What did I Learn about YDEV?

·         I learned that over the last Forty years fewer resources are available for young people as result, the “deficit” is a big issue nowadays meaning the erosion of support becomes a problem on behavior and it began to rise

  • Finally, I learned that during resiliency research, researchers focused on the risks surrounding young people and the problems they exhibited, their researches began to focus on what helped young people succeed.  I learned, that young people raised in "risk environment" can become successful adults despite in life despite the issues they can encounter throughout their lives

                                              What do I want to learn More?

·         I would like to know why there are not enough resources, programs, and funds for youth programs

·         Are after school programs following guidelines from Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)?

 

 

 

 

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