Booster: Provide Support
Young people thrive when we provide support as they explore the world and all that life has to offer. By providing helpful boundaries and guiding them through experiences and challenges, we make a space where young people feel safe to grow into themselves. Join other youth-serving adults and explore how to be more effective in supporting young people in your school or program.
“Scaffolding is an important way Provide Support integrates several of the specific actions. Scaffolding simply means providing the right amount of help and guidance so that young people are solving the task at the level of responsibility and effort appropriate to make them stretch, with not too little help but also not too much.”
Developmental Relationships: The Roots of Effective Youth Development Practice
Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Ph.D., Katherine M. Ross, Ph.D., Miray D. Seward, Ph.D., Kara A. Hirano, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives
- Define the core actions and benefits associated with the Provide Support element of Developmental Relationships.
- Reflect on the mindsets that shape how we relate to young people in our context using this particular element of Developmental Relationships.
- Co-create an action plan to integrate Provide Support in your daily practices and procedures.
Outcomes
Participants will leave with practical insights on how to intentionally support young people, as well as a clear plan to apply the Provide Support element of the Developmental Relationships Framework to their own context.
Who should attend?
Practitioners, managers, and leaders.
This workshop is also a helpful follow up to It Takes Each of Us: Cultivating Developmental Relationships.
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Professional Learning Request Template
To support your professional growth, we’re providing a helpful template you can use to request approval to attend Search Institute’s professional learning experiences. This template makes it easy to communicate the value of research-based strategies for building developmental relationships, engaging families, and promoting positive youth development—and how these skills can directly benefit your work and organization.
Additional Professional Learning Opportunities
Booster: Expand Possibilities
It Takes Each of Us: Cultivating Developmental Relationships
Develop an individual approach to developmental relationships by reflecting on mindsets, actions and growth areas, while also planning next steps to build developmental relationships within your specific context to promote youth thriving.