Smart Moves That Successful Youth Workers Make

For teachers, guidance counselors, caseworkers, counselors, youth ministers and anyone else who works with tweens and teens, here is a resource that will show you eactly what to do and what not to do to excell as a front-line youth worker and build assets daily in the young people who cross your path. "Smart Moves That Successful Youth Workers Make," is not a book about theories. It's a straightforward professional development guide that provides you with the lowdown and the know how for reaching today's youth. In this book you'll learn: 8 key principles of youth development, 12 core competencies for effective youth work, how to manage the 7 roles of the front-line youth worker, 10 common mistakes smart youth workers make and how to avoid them, how to help teens build healthy self-esteem, positive values, set goals and make choices that are consistent with where they want to end up in life. Also included is a special section for parents raising teenagers.