Youth Issues Course

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The Youth Issues Course provides youth workers and volunteers with a 6 session overview of some of the major challenges impacting teens. We’ll guide you toward recognizing the presence and impact of each issues with an eye toward building a repertoire of practical responses that reflect the heart of Christ.

Knowing how to step into the challenges some young people encounter can feel overwhelming. Most Youth Workers aren’t trained counsellors, but seeing the waters rising around our youth compels us to move into their complicated worlds and help them navigate the way through. So what do we need to know to step in with support that is useful to the youth and fits our role in their life?

This course will provide a foundation for engagement with youth that includes understanding and skills for truly helpful support. It will not equip you to become a counsellor but instead will supply you with what you need to walk with confidence, competence and compassion into the challenges young people face. 

The content will “bend” to the felt needs of the participants but topics we plan to explore over the span of the course include:

• Supporting vs Rescuing – Considering a Philosophy of Care
• Trauma and Resilience
• Mental Health (with a focus on stress, anxiety and depression)
• Self-Harm
• Online Sexual Exploitation
• Sexual Minority Youth
• Neurodivergence (with a focus on ADHD and Autism)
• Addictions
• Crisis Intervention and Suicide
• Being in Care/Understanding the Child Welfare System

The once-per-month class will include teaching, resource connections, skill development and guided interaction time. We will meet online on the last Wednesday of October, November, January, February, March, and April from 9:00-11:30 Pacific Time. The cost is $180 for the entire 15 hours of course time and is available to YFC/YU staff and volunteers across the country. 

Dates

October 30
November 27
January 29 (to be confirmed)
February 26
March 26
April 30

TIMES

8:30am – 11:00am Pacific Time // 11:30pm – 2:00pm Eastern Time

COST

$180 per person

Location

Online – you will receive a link before the course starts

For more information contact iona@youthunlimited.com

to Register

Step 1: Registration
Fill out the Registration Form here

Step 2: Payment
Once you have filled out the Registration Form, go to the Lifeteams website using the “Pay for Registration” button below, add the course to your cart, and proceed to checkout

REGISTRATION CLOSES OCTOBER 23, 2024