We regret to announce we are cancelling our Winter Holiday Party. Our community has pulled through Friday's earthquake largely unharmed, and we want to ensure everyone remains safe with the icy roads and impending snow as Anchorage continues rebuild. We will reschedule and celebrate with you all soon, so stay tuned for another date to […]
A Quality Coach is a youth program professional who helps someone improve their program or the way they work with youth. This workshop focuses on helping staff improve through one-on-one consultation. The Quality Coaching method is based on the three main concepts of respect, observe, and support. The idea is to maximize productivity in the […]
AYDC Full Coalition Gathering Join us for our monthly Full Coalition meeting for AYDC members and supporters. All are welcome to join Spotlight: AYDC planning for 2019 This gathering will take a deep dive into how AYDC can best serve you, our coalition, in 2019. We will be discussing where AYDC can get involved in advocacy […]
What are the strategies and methods that help practitioners build empathy and emotion management skills in youth? This workshop will focus on ways to encourage relating to others with acceptance and sensitivity to diverse perspectives and experiences, as well as staff practices that support the ability to constructively handle both positive and challenging emotions. This […]
AYDC Leadership Team Meeting AYDC’s Leadership Team meets the last Wednesday of each month. For more information on the leadership within the coalition, please reach out to Lindsey@safealaskans.org.
The ability to sustain motivation and persevere through challenge toward an identified goal, as well as the ability to plan, strategize, and implement complex tasks are both key social and emotional learning skills. Come learn strategies and methods to support these key skills in your program. This workshop is offered as part of the Weikart […]
This training gives participants practice using the SEL PQA and increases their accuracy in observing and scoring. The bulk of the workshop consists of practice video scoring. Participants who successfully achieve acceptable levels of reliability (70% at the item level) through a video reliability check become “Endorsed Assessors” and are able to collect research quality data.WHO SHOULD […]
Opportunities to fulfill appropriate roles and responsibilities on a team is a key pathway to foster social emotional learning in young people. In this workshop, staff will learn strategies to support youth as they grow skills to collaborate and coordinate action with others & reliably meet commitments and fulfill obligations of challenging roles. This workshop […]
Do you know the difference between active learning and “hands-on” learning? Giving youth materials is just the beginning. This interactive workshop introduces the “ingredients” of active learning, explains the role that active learning plays in the experiential learning cycle, and helps participants create more powerful learning opportunities for youth. This workshop is offered as part […]
Do you communicate with youth in a way that makes them feel supported and heard? This interactive workshop introduces various communication techniques that help you build more supportive, youth-centered relationships. Participants will learn how to ask more effective questions, to listen actively to youth, and offer youth encouragement rather than praise. This workshop is offered […]