For some, belonging to a group is not as important as making their own unique contributions and helping to set direction. This sets the stage for training in governance, which provides skills they will use in the workforce, as well as potential opportunities to meet and work with adults who could be mentors or even business contacts. Continued exercise of their habits of giving and serving will encourage them to use their more developed empathy skills. This is also the time to revisit their personal missions to confirm their sense of direction and identity. Of course, these are general guidelines.
Every child is different, and every group and program is even more diverse.
However, we hope that these ideas will help you better craft your role as a concerned, caring adult making an impact in the lives of young people. In addition to the public relations responsibilities, David will serve as a CPY trainer in trusteeship, governance, and philanthropy and with our other training offerings. He will administer CPY s Indianapolis office and work closely with Janet Wakefield in the Habits Phase II project. He began his career in Evansville with Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana, worked with the National Crime Prevention Council in Washington, DC, and eventually landed in Indianapolis on the Center for Youth as Resources staff. David served as a representative for YAR in the Habits of the Heart project and, in that capacity, served as a writer for the upper grades curriculum and assisted in the field test of the material.