Session Title: (162) Hot Topic! Make the MOST (Mentoring in Out of School Time) of your Youth Development Programs

Session Type: Education Session Sandbox
Topic(s): Health and Wellness, Programming
Youth

Day/Time: Wednesday - Block 5
10/11/2023 04:00 PM (Central Time (US & Canada)) - 10/11/2023 05:00 PM (Central Time (US & Canada))

Room: D Ballroom Section 4 (Clinics)

Audience Experience Level: Any level
Audience Familiarity with DEI: Any Level
CEU: 0.1

Description:
Youth development happens every day in parks and recreation programs and spaces. In fact, parks and recreation agencies are one of the largest providers of youth development services to nationwide. Incorporating group and 1:1 mentoring into existing programs is a tool more and more agencies are using to formalize youth development within these spaces and develop social skills, build confidence, and increase positive outcomes in young people. Join this interactive session to learn about the benefits of mentoring for youth development, opportunities to build mentoring principles in your existing programs for children and teens, and resources and partnership ideas to help you along the way. This session will also feature a group activity from NRPA’s Youth Mentoring Framework.

Learning Objectives:
1. After attending this session, attendees should be able to identify opportunities to formalize youth development into agency programming.
2. After attending this session, attendees should be able to implement best practices and identify potential challenges to promoting youth development in their programs.
3. Attendees will become familiar with NRPA's Youth Mentoring Framework and strategies to incorporate it into youth programing.

Speaker(s):

Kent Hunt
Olivia Peterson