Sentences with phrase «providing youth participants»

This animal - assisted initiative promotes the human - animal bond and providing youth participants the opportunity to forge a healthy friendship with their canine partner while learning about skills and strengths that they didn't know they possessed, while developing personal responsibility, empathy, and self - esteem.

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The Excellence Awards, created by Athletic Business magazine and the National Alliance for Youth Sports, recognize programs doing superior jobs of conducting diverse activities that focus on providing safe and positive experiences for all participants.

Developed by the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) and Athletic Business magazine, the award recognizes programs that are doing superior jobs of conducting diverse activities with a focus on providing safe and positive experiences for all participants, including children, parents and coaches.

«Providing a safe and fun environment for our players, proper training for coaches and parents, and open lines of communication between staff and league participants has created a successful youth sports program in Henderson for over two decades,» DiNicola says.

The Excellence Awards, created by Athletic Business Magazine and the National Alliance for Youth Sports, recognize programs doing superior jobs of conducting diverse activities that focus on providing safe and positive experiences for all participants.

Youth sports coaches, many of which are volunteers, are the foundation of youth sports in the U.S. Those who are trained and educated on the many different aspects involved with coaching kids are best prepared to provide participants with a fun - filled, safe and rewarding experiYouth sports coaches, many of which are volunteers, are the foundation of youth sports in the U.S. Those who are trained and educated on the many different aspects involved with coaching kids are best prepared to provide participants with a fun - filled, safe and rewarding experiyouth sports in the U.S. Those who are trained and educated on the many different aspects involved with coaching kids are best prepared to provide participants with a fun - filled, safe and rewarding experience.

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

Salt Lake City, UT About Blog The mission of Youth Making a Difference is to provide leadership training and practical experiences that make a difference in the world, transforming the lives of the participants and those they serve.

State and local youth - corps programs have provided jobless youths with valuable employment experience, but have done little to remedy participants» educational deficiencies, a new study concludes.

Bonnie was joined by Bob Cabeza, Executive Director for the YMCA of greater long beach and 26 year youth development professional, as well as Trisha Beverly, veteran classroom teacher and current after school site program coordinator providing enrichment to youth participants and youth tutors in a rural Mendocino County District.

Session participants will learn how to leverage resources in their community to provide this kind of program for the youth they serve to help them become college and career ready.

As proposed, the bill requires that youth athletic groups begin by Jan. 1, 2016 to provide parents and guardians of participants under the age of 18 notice of whether the program obtains criminal background checks for hired or volunteer coaches, or both.

In 2016 — 2017, NAZA provided 1,683 hours of trainings to 394 participants from NAZA - funded and non-NAZA-funded partners on how to deliver high - quality programs, including fostering positive youth development.

Participants of the this training will understand the youth mentoring role within the Student Assistance Program (SAP) process or as part of the services provided through the school districts counseling department.

A mobile tech unit will provide mobile internet technology to Rogers Youth Fund participants who wouldn't otherwise have internet access outside of school, giving them the ability to access information and get help with school work outside of the classroom.

Youth participants are tasked with providing basic obedience training to homeless shelter dogs, making the canine candidates more adoptable.

The Courtyard by Marriott Kingston, Jamaica currently works with the Citizen Security and Justice Program (Youth At Risk) and to date have provided employment for five of its participants.

To provide youth with gallery coordination experience, each participant is assigned a task before and during each exhibit opening: create an artist statement; price, label and install artwork and signage; photograph artwork; assist with gallery sales; conduct tours and workshops; package sold artwork.

Salt Lake City, UT About Blog The mission of Youth Making a Difference is to provide leadership training and practical experiences that make a difference in the world, transforming the lives of the participants and those they serve.

• Assisted in creating and implementing youth programs to meet the individual requirements of each participant • Engaged participants in conversation to determine what their specific needs are and provided feedback to youth worker • Provided support in determining the need for intervention in issues such as drug and alcohol abuse • Assisted participants in determining the type of services and resources they needed, and arranged for them to be made available • Acted as participants» advocate in front of social services and government depprovided feedback to youth worker • Provided support in determining the need for intervention in issues such as drug and alcohol abuse • Assisted participants in determining the type of services and resources they needed, and arranged for them to be made available • Acted as participants» advocate in front of social services and government depProvided support in determining the need for intervention in issues such as drug and alcohol abuse • Assisted participants in determining the type of services and resources they needed, and arranged for them to be made available • Acted as participants» advocate in front of social services and government departments

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Directed daily operations of multiple mental, emotional, and medical care facilities for at risk youth Recruited, trained, and supervised administrative, counseling, and development personnel Oversaw strategic planning, development of company goals, and implementation of action plan Designed and implemented staff development and recognition programs Built and strengthened relationships with industry figures, community leaders, and board members Managed marketing and fundraising activities enhancing community awareness and income Led individual and group therapy sessions resulting in significant personal development of participants Developed customized treatment plans for each patient ensuring the highest standard of care Responsible for patient charts, medication administration, overall health, and personal safety Established and executed daily living routine for residential therapy patients Provided transportation to school, medical appointments, and other activities as needed Built a therapeutic environment which fostered maximum growth and development of youth

In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to explore this important content and identify strategies for providing welcoming and affirming services appropriate for LGBTQ youth.

It may be appropriate for mentoring opportunities to be provided to youth participants in a national body to nurture and support good leadership into the future.

There is a capacity building element to this process, with support and mentoring for youth participants, as well as an expert focus with participants supported who can provide expertise on the thematic issue under discussion in the Forum.

Studying detained youth requires special procedures because they are minors, they are detained, and many do not have a parent or guardian who can provide appropriate consent.38 Project staff approached participants on their units, explained the project, and assured them that anything they told us (except comments implying imminent danger to self or others) would be confidential.

Salt Lake City, UT About Blog The mission of Youth Making a Difference is to provide leadership training and practical experiences that make a difference in the world, transforming the lives of the participants and those they serve.

This one day workshop will provide participants with an overview of a creative and comprehensive four - phase model for the treatment of traumatized children and youth using trauma - informed expressive arts.

The other studies had a nonequivalent group design: 2 studies compared e-therapy data with data from previously published studies and 1 study used naturalistic independent samples of participants provided by a youth counseling service.

In collaboration with county - based Extension offices and a local fatherhood organization, this project seeks to help fathers increase their parenting abilities and motivations to provide guidance and nurturing to their children, to increase participant's knowledge of nutritional health, and to introduce youth to 4 - H programming and to provide opportunities for youth to develop life and workforce preparation skills (e.g., leadership, mastery, and self - determination).

We addressed some of the prior criticisms of EBT research by ensuring that (1) participants and study context were clinically representative, (2) there were no systematic differences in clinician competence across conditions (ie, all clinicians were randomly assigned), and (3) the sample would include the ethnic diversity that critics have found insufficient in the randomized controlled trial literature.17 - 20 Accordingly, we obtained samples from outpatient treatment programs that served the general public across a broad demographic and income range, we included only youths whose families sought treatment (ie, no recruiting or advertising), all treatment was provided by professional clinicians employed in the participating programs, and all treatment was provided in those programs (ie, not in university laboratory clinics).