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                                                                                                                                                               Care       First of all, Care in terms of education to me is a synonym of engaging and supporting. Caring makes youth’s learning experience more interesting and helps them put more effort in whatever they are doing that includes schools, work, and group activities.      Youths need a lot of support, as youth workers we m...

                          Social Justice for Youth Development       Social justice for youth development consists on engaging youth in social problems such as racism, homophobia, ableism and so forth. Social justice facilitates the opportunity to build their knowledge and skills, it provides them the chance to contribute in team-work and discovering new experiences to positively impact them as well as the community. They can participate in community services, volunteering, and gardening, which can be a rewarding experience to guide them in the right direction to become successful/ happy adults.      I have experience social justice at the YMCA, they are a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening community by connecting people specially youth to their potential and purpose. I worked for the YMCA for two years and I witnessed how important is social justice for them when ...

   Theory to Prepare Youth Workers      “Professional youth workers should be able to articulate their values and beliefs about the field of youth development and locate their own identities and ideologies of youth work practice.”        When I first started reading “Using theory to prepare youth workers” the first famous quote that came to my mind was. “Be the change you want to see in the world” and it was because the change begins from ourselves, meaning that in order to positively   impact and influence young people we have to be prepared, mentally stable, as well as having the appropriate techniques to effectively guide young people in the right direction. In a way or another, we demonstrate our values and beliefs and that truly depends on how we exercise our career. For instance, some adolescents don’t have positive images of themselves and the way their life is, however how youth worker recognize the positive things they ar...