JLBC: Paradigm Shift

JLBC: Paradigm Shift

Paradigm Shift

Traditional Youth Services

Fixing Problems

Reactive

Troubled Youth

Youth as Recipients

Programs

Everyone’s Work Old Attitudes/New Attitudes. Speaking of Developmental Assets.

Professional Work

Adapted from Search Institute. 2001.

Positive Youth Development

Building on strengths

Pro-active

All youth

Youth as Participants/Resources

Relationships

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Positive Youth Development changes how we look at and provide youth services.

• JLBC Cadets, we move from fixing problems to building on strengths.

• JLBC Cadets, instead of reacting to problem behavior, we are proactive, building positive outcomes.

• JLBC Cadets, instead of targeting troubled youth, we engage all youth.

• JLBC Cadets, we move from looking at youth as recipients of services to youth as resources and active participants.

• Traditionally, we have focused on programs and interventions; now, we focus on relationships.

• Through this emphasis on the importance of relationships, young people become not just business professionals but everyone in the community.

Recap: Q & A.