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Promoting Participation of Older Youth
Rebecca N. Saito
Youth Work institute
James Howard
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WHO IS HERE?
 Type of Organization
 Your Role—Staff or Volunteer or?
 Why you signed up for this workshop?
What do you want to know/discuss?
 Who am I?
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AGENDA
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Introductions & Background
What is “Normal” Adolescent Development?
Engaging Older Youth: Theory and Practice
Discussion, Q & A
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BASIC YOUTH NEEDS
 Feel a sense of safety and structure.
 Experience active participation, group membership and
belonging.
 Develop self-worth through meaningful contribution.
 Experiment to discover self, gain independence and gain control
over one’s life.
 Develop significant quality relationships with peers and adults.
 Discuss conflicting values and form their own.
 Feel pride of competence and mastery.
 Expand capacity to enjoy life and know that success is possible.
Adapted from Konopka, G. (1973). Requirements for healthy development of adolescent youth. Adolescence 8(31), 2-25. Pittman, K.J. and Wright,
M. (1991). A rationale for enhancing the role of the non-school voluntary sector in youth development. (Commissioned for the Carnegie Council on
Adolescent Development) Washington, DC: Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
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ENGAGING OLDER YOUTH
 2 Studies of Youth Engagement
 Rings of Engagement (Sullivan & Saito,
2010)
 Engaging Older Youth (HFRP, 2010)
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Rings of Engagement
PEOPLE
RELATIONSHIPS
PLACES & PROGRAMS
Theresa K. Sullivan, Rebecca N. Saito, August 2008, University of Minnesota, Center for Youth Development
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EFFECTIVE OST PROGRAMS…
 Provide opportunities for leadership
 Meet the developmental needs of older
youth
 Promote supportive relationship
 Exhibit effective group management
Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-ofSchool Time, Sarah N. Deschenes, Amy Arbreton, Priscilla M. Little, Carla Herrera, Jean Baldwin Grossman,
Heather B. Weiss, with Diana Lee, Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
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UNDERSTAND WHAT ADOLESCENTS NEED AND WANT
 Tier 1: Novelty and exploration:
– New ideas, new challenges, new people
 Tier 2: Social comfort
– Safety, respect, feeling valued
 Tier 3: Leadership responsibilities
– Providing opinions and idea
Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-ofSchool Time, Sarah N. Deschenes, Amy Arbreton, Priscilla M. Little, Carla Herrera, Jean Baldwin Grossman,
Heather B. Weiss, with Diana Lee, Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
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UNDERSTAND WHAT ADOLESCENTS NEED AND WANT
 Youth report they want a program that is
sensitive to developmental differences
– balance structure and freedom
– learning and recreation
– safety and opportunity
Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-ofSchool Time, Sarah N. Deschenes, Amy Arbreton, Priscilla M. Little, Carla Herrera, Jean Baldwin Grossman,
Heather B. Weiss, with Diana Lee, Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
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SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
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Learning about youth culture
Making time to talk
Informal socialization
Keeping informed of youth outside of the
program
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RESOURCES
 Resources
– http://www.mentorri.org/for-mentors.htm
rhode Island
– http://www.youthengagement.umn.edu
– http://www.mpmn.org/ToolsforMentoringAdole
scents.aspx with Search Institute
– http://mentoringworks.wordpress.com/2011/0
4/27/making-mentoring-work-for-older-youth/
Mentoring Partnership of MN blog
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DISCUSSION
 How do “healthy adolescent development”
and engagement research relate to
mentoring older youth?
 What questions do you have?
 What has worked well for you in working
with older youth?
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