Facilitate This! Group Leadership Skills for Youth Workers January 29, 2010

Youth workers! Brush up on your group facilitation and youth engagement skills. You will pick up new (and really fun) methods and activities for leading youth groups, exchange knowledge with your peers, and learn the theory and value of peer support amongst youth. Specifically, this course will focus on creating and fostering truly inclusive groups with a peer support model; the roles, responsibilities and methods of a group facilitator; and the stages of group development and how to work effectively within each stage. Participants will practice their new skills so they can work confidently with youth groups. Call the Justice Institute to register at 604.528.5590 or 1.877.528.5591.

Course Goal(s): Participants currently working with youth will gain deeper insight into the power of youth engagement and peer support. Youth workers will go back to their jobs with new tools for leading groups of youth and ensuring their groups are truly inclusive.

Course Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

- explain theory, benefits and limits of peer support amongst youth
- lead groups of youth in engaging and meaningful activities


Course Topics/Content: peer support; youth voice; youth engagement; ice breakers, team builders and energizers; inclusivity (anti-oppression education); stages of group development

Facilitators: Elsie Kipp and Romi Chandra

Official Website: http://learning.jibc.ca/TPOnline/TPOnline.dll/Public%20Course/COURSENO=COUR2009032615380404701722