tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870492126959061342.post905066596054276267..comments2024-03-26T11:50:32.354-05:00Comments on Youth Development Insight: Youth voice -- how much and when?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870492126959061342.post-49810890592206116822015-10-08T13:45:28.325-05:002015-10-08T13:45:28.325-05:00Getting adults involved in facilitating the proces...Getting adults involved in facilitating the process is a great way for adults to help support youth voice. And you are right on, Darcy, that helping adults feel comfortable and supportive of the level of youth voice the organization is incorporating into the planning process is a vital and often difficult part of incorporating youth voice. <br />Beyond getting adults involved in facilitation, another way to encourage them to get on board is to highlight the benefits. Over time the value to youth, value to the organization itself and the amount of growth in the leadership capacity of the group helps to bring adults along. In the meantime, I have found it is useful to address adult concerns head on. Encouraging adults to talk about their concerns and responding to those concerns by helping adults understand the benefits and positive youth outcomes is an important way to encourage them to support the incorporation of youth voice into group decisions. <br />What other strategies have you used to combat adult reluctance? <br />Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718273165210561964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870492126959061342.post-36932802624975607782015-10-07T12:17:46.307-05:002015-10-07T12:17:46.307-05:00Great article about the importance of youth voice ...Great article about the importance of youth voice in youth development program analysis! I love the idea of doing a SWOT analysis. I just did this with my ambassador group about a week and a half ago and have their big post its on my office wall right now. I find this method to be a great, non-threatening, and somewhat anonymous way to share in future direction of a program. The biggest obstacle that I have found with this method is that it can some times take a little time for peoples' thoughts to start flowing, but once they do, they often come pouring out. I have also witnessed some adults struggle with the idea of turning decision making and strategic planning over to youth. This is probably because they are nervous about what the youth may come up with or that they feel their role with the program is lessened due to giving over some of the control. That's why I believe it is so important for adults to help with facilitation of this process. Darcy Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246888428682265614noreply@blogger.com