"Having once been an educator within the private correctional
system, I know how desperately many youth in our country need the
information that Youth Advocacy Center's program offers."
-Barb Terry
JIST Publishing
"On Your Own as a Young Adult provides a set of tools
that every youth needs, especially those from challenged backgrounds.
The book's "Socratic" method patiently teaches—in
a "non-teachy" method—a disciplined but fun approach
to engaging the world, for a job, for a career, for a successful
life. Every youth agency should be using this approach. We do."
-David Johnston ,
Senior Program Associate for Life Skills
Casey Family Services, New Haven, CT
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Youth Advocacy Center's proven model for
uncovering self-advocacy skills has been solidified in the curriculum
On Your Own as a Young Adult.
On Your Own as a Young Adult is an outstanding educational program
that empowers youth by offering the skills and creating the desire
to find a better path through life by employing self-advocacy. Several
critical components of self-advocacy include setting goals, exhibiting
strengths, analyzing the setup of organizations, depersonalizing
issues, finding and using allies and mentors, and understanding
others’ needs.
The curriculum achieves its mission through creating an understanding
of the self-advocacy process and how essential it is for reaching
one’s goals. Features of this book include:
* Easy-to-use format that enables young adults to read, discuss,
and then practice skills such as setting goals, exhibiting strengths,
and depersonalizing situations.
* Real-life scenarios that illustrate young adults fully engaged
in work or education environments, providing models that reinforce
the readers’ awareness that they too can fit in.
* Interesting topics and approaches that keep both young adults
and facilitators involved in active discussion and critical thinking.
* Relevant case studies that use narratives to further establish
understanding of the self-advocacy process.
* Engaging projects that enable young adults to make connections
and collect advice on achieving long-term career goals.
Components of the Curriculum
| On Your Own as a Young
Adult Casebook |
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The heart of the Getting
Beyond the System curriculum, the Casebook provides 23
cases divided into 8 chapters. The curriculum asks the student
to engage with the cases, as a law student would, to determine
the options of the characters involved. |
$14.95 |
On your Own as a Young
Adult
Facilitator's Manual |
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Designed to accompany the facilitation of
a Getting Beyond the System seminar, the Facilitator's
Manual provides week-by-week instructions, analysis and suggestions. |
$24.95 |
On Your Own as a Young
Adult
Video (or DVD) and discussion guide |
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This piece is a fifteen minute video for teenagers
transitioning to adulthood. This docu-drama shows that with
the right support and preparation, teens in challenging situations,
such as foster care, can reach their goals and dreams. |
$49.95 |
Curriculum
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Information about Curriculum
Please contact Susan Ross at sross@youthadvocacycenter.org
or 212-675-6181 for more information.
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