Youth Development Program

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Staffing:

Amanda Verba

Youth Development Director

(607) 257-1551 ext. 217

Email: averba@tstboces.org  

Jennifer Astles

Service Specialist

(607) 257-1551 ext. 332

Email: jastles@tstboces.org  

Amy Cullen

Service Specialist

(607) 257-1551 ext. 254

Email: acullen@tstboces.org

 

Meredith DePol

Service Specialist

(607) 257-1551 ext. 265

(607) 274-6844

Email: mdepol@tstboces.org

Alicia Grey

Service Specialist

(607) 257-1551 ext. 264

Email: agrey@tstboces.org

 

Jennifer Hillman

Community Health Educator, SToPP

(607) 257-1551 ext. 363

Email: jhillman@tstboces.org

What is Youth Development?

Youth Development noun. A process that prepares young people to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences that help them become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and cognitively competent. Positive youth development addresses the broader developmental needs of youth, in contrast to deficit-based models, which focus solely on youth problems. (This definition was approved by the executives of National Collaboration for Youth Members, March 1998)

 

Youth Development Services at TST BOCES include classroom presentations pertaining to substance abuse prevention and wellness, facilitation of support/skill-building groups for children, one-to-one student support and a resource library with videos and books about drugs and social issues available for loan to school staff and parents.

 

Strategies:

>  Information Dissemination: To provide accurate, age appropriate alcohol, tobacco, and other drug information in a culturally sensitive manner

>  Education: To promote social competencies and life skills, such as decision-making, problem solving, communication and resistance skills, and stress management  techniques

>  Positive Alternatives: To support activities that focus on fun rather than alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use

>  Community & Professional Mobilization: To provide training in prevention techniques for parents, educators, professionals and community members

>  Early Intervention:  To identify youth at risk as early as possible, providing intervention services and linkages to appropriate community resources

Sample Offerings for Youth Grades K-12:

>Classroom Presentations

 

>Social Skill Development/Talk Groups

 

>Second Step Violence Prevention

 

>Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show

 

>Botvin's Life Skills Curriculum

 

>Substance Abuse Assessments 

 

>One to One Support Services

 

>Crisis Response Teams





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