How many of us remember what it was like to be a teen?Probably many of us do. It sometimes felt that we thought and acted very differently than adults. And of course, we did. Researchers have found that human beings go through many developmental stages during our lives.
In cognitive development we change the way we think dramatically from infancy through our toddlerhood to the teen years and beyond. In other words children don't think like an adult does (or at least most adults!)
When working with youth as a mentor it's important to understand these stages and to work with them so that young people can develop and thrive.
The Teen Institute, a state-wide, nationally celebrated organization that works with youth, will be hosted by the North Country Coalitions to provide a FREE workshop on September 17th at the Mt. View Grand Hotel and Spa in Whitefield, NH to present on how we can "Celebrate Youth and Their Powere to Create Change!" While here the Teen Institute will review these stages of development as well as how to engage youth in activiites.
By the way, the youth in the photot above are in a team of Whitefield students called the "Wilderness Explorers" who climb Mt. Washington to the very top of the mountain and carried a banner on smoking prevention. Way to go kids! Not only can you create change but so can those adults who work with you as mentors.
For more information on the FREE workshop contact me, Valerie Herres at vherres@nchcnh.org or give me a call at 837-2519.
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