Groups, Troops, Clubs and Classrooms: The Essential Handbook for Working with Youth - Tapa blanda

This practical handbook is for teachers, volunteers, group leaders, youth counselors, coaches, and anyone who works with young people. Find practical and motivational advice for approaching young people from a strength-based perspective. Readers will learn about how kids’ brains are wired, how to create inviting classrooms and meeting spaces, and how to connect with them in meaningful, lasting ways. The authors share dozens of strategies for activating and sustaining young people’s innate strengths and skills so they can become positive forces for self-realization and community betterment.

Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor are nationally recognized trainers and program consultants in the youth and community development field. As cofounders of the Center for Asset Development, they have equipped youth and adults in agencies such as AmeriCorps, the Tennessee Department of Health, and YMCA of the USA. They are the coauthors of Building Character from the Start, Great Group Games, and Ready to Go Service Projects. Susan Ragsdale lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Ann Saylor lives in Pleasant View, Tennessee.