CYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Peer Group, Proverb

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 101
• Professor: Lisa Pena- Sabanal

Document Summary

Includes the cyc"s ability to integrate current knowledge about human development with the skill, expertise, objectivity & self-awareness that are essential for developing, implementing & evaluating effective intervention programs. Goal of intervention is to further development &/or correct socially challenging behaviour. It is culturally bound & require relationships with children, youth &/or their families. Work in milieu & make use of it to promote change & development. Looks at the elements of the therapeutic milieu & uses this to determine what types of interventions should occur to enhance optimal development (physical, emotional, social, cultural & ideological safety, inclusiveness & affirmation) This concept empowers children, youth &/or their families deal directly with their own issues & those of the group(s) that they identify with. The primary goal of child advocacy is to elevate the voice of youth. This means more than empowering youth to speak out on their own behalf. It means more than faithfully replaying their words.