prepare a special training program for the staff of an after school program. Your program works with adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 that come from a variety of backgrounds. The program may offer athletic and artistic opportunities or other activities that you decide. As managers of this program, you have noticed that your staff could do better working with LGBTQ youth and youth whose parents are immigrants. It is your goal to create a training program that gives your staff the information they need to understand these special youth populations through the lens of positive youth development.
Create a training program/manual for your employees with the following sections:
Introduction: Describe your program, its mission, and its specific goals and activities.Explain the purpose of the training program.
Describe how your program uses Positive Youth Development principles and youth development-related concepts. Make sure to reference course material and cite accordingly! This section must draw on material from a) Eccles and Gootman, b) The Search Institute, c) Our Kids (Putnam, 2016), Helping Children Succeed (Tough, 2016), Grit (Duckworth, 2016) as well as other course material.
Create a section on LGBTQ youth. Include definitions and research that will help your staff be better informed. Provide statistics as needed. Describe the particular needs of LGBTQ youth. Present best practices for working with LGBTQ youth. Apply PYD principles. Make sure to reference course material and cite accordingly! This section should draw on material from the above sources as well as readings and content from the module on LGBTQ Youth.
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