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The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth explains positive youth development in this way:
“…Positive Youth Development approach suggests that helping young people to achieve their full potential is the best way to prevent them from engaging in risky behaviors. Organizations and communities that promote Positive Youth Development give youth the chance to exercise leadership, build skills and get involved. The self-confidence, trust, and practical knowledge that young people gain from these opportunities help them grow into healthy, happy, self-sufficient adults.”
The Positive Youth Development approach has shown positive results across our country in the past decade. Communities that provide caring adults, safe places, a healthy start, effective education and opportunities for its youth have found that their young people:
- do better in school;
- are more likely to pursue a higher education;
- enjoy better relationships with peers and family;
- are less likely to engage in risky behaviors;
- and, are 5 to 10 times more likely to become productive citizens in their communities.
That is a formula for success that we want for the future leaders in our state and region!
Meet the Make-a-Sound-Choice-Team &
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New Educator Training
Bismarck, ND – Kelly Inn
June 10 – 11, 2010
Space is limited…CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Graduate Credit APPROVED from NDSU ($50 fee to be paid by attendees)
Meals and materials provide free of charge.
Booster Training
Fargo, ND – Oak Grove High School
June 7 – 8, 2010
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Today’s (12/1/09) New York Times article by John Tierney, “E-Mail Fracas Shows Peril of Trying to Spin Science,” points to the self-serving efforts of British climate scientists to block perfectly legitimate requests by other scientists to see the raw climate data on which their public proclamations about man-made global warming were based as well as [...]
A.C. Green is known for two things: He is the NBA’s “Iron Man,” playing in a record 1,192 consecutive games over the course of his distinguished career. And is the league’s most famous virgin. It’s hard to even imagine who might be the runner-up in that category. CLICK HERE for the entire article. Be sure [...]
Recent news stories have focused on the tremendous advances women have made in society. But there’s bad news too: The Parents Television Council reports that women and girls are victimized more often and more brutally in television programming than ever before. CLICK HERE to read the entire article at Townhall.com
- Rebecca Hagelin (www.Townhall.com, Tuesday, [...]
Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze’s wife of 34 years, told a women’s conference Tuesday that the loss of her husband just six weeks ago “is like an animal all of its own” and the sadness could be felt “on a cellular level.” PEOPLE reports that Niemi spoke in a roundtable on Grief, Healing and Resilience at [...]
