Amid the beautiful Oregon landscape, leaders of the CDC's four STRYVE sites, the CDC Foundation adaptation team, and advisors from the UM School of Public Health Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES) program met to discuss STRYVE’s use of and adaptations to the YES curriculum. This was a time of great … [Read more...]
Building on Assets
In the Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES) program, we pride ourselves on teaching young people how to build on assets. We do this by teaching them about assets and liabilities through teacher instruction, exercises and activities. We then lead them on windshield tours and photovoice projects, … [Read more...]
A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Have you ever wondered what a young person is thinking when they walk into an after school program? Putting myself in their shoes, I imagine getting out of 6-7 hours of school, where other than lunch, I have had little exercise or chance to move around and now I am about to begin your after school … [Read more...]
From White Board to Practice
Being a visual learner, using a white board or a scratch pad has become second nature to me. However, it seems as if most of my efforts or the efforts of my colleagues on the white board get erased a few meetings later, never to be seen again. It is because of this that the fact that I got to see … [Read more...]
Bullying Prevention: You Make the Call
While checking my Twitter account the other day, I came upon this interactive video from the United Kingdom. http://youtu.be/eyn022bDplw What I found unique about this video is the ability for the viewer to determine the direction the video took. It's like a "Choose Your Own Adventure" video … [Read more...]
