Who We Are
- - INTRODUCTION
    
    After two decades of working to prevent injuries across Alaska, the Alaska Injury Prevention Center has launched our new name: Center for Safe Alaskans. At Safe Alaskans, we work to prevent injuries, promote wellbeing, and improve safety for all Alaskans.
Our Services
- - CAR SEATS
  - Correctly using the appropriate car seat or booster seat significantly reduces the risk of serious or fatal injury to children.
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- - CARFIT
  - CarFit is an educational program that offers older adults the opportunity to check how well their personal vehicles "fit" them.
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- - AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  - Research and Evaluation
  - Training and Professional Development
Our Work
- - IDEAS IN ACTION
  - Injury Prevention
  - Positive Youth Development
  - Shared Risk and Protective Factors
- - PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
  - Anchorage Youth Development Coalition
  - Transportation Safety
- - TOOLS AND RESOURCES
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- - PARTNERSHIPS
  - Our Partners
  - Advisory Groups
  - AYDC Coalition Members
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Anchorage Youth
Development Coalition

AYDC Second Order Change

AYDC is pleased to host youth-serving organizations for a sixth year of the AYDC Second Order Change professional development series in Anchorage. Applications are currently closed for the 2022 year. Check back this fall for information on the next round!

Questions? Contact julie@safealaskans.org.

AYDC Second Order Change is a leadership development series and a professional learning community. It is designed to support staff in delivering high quality youth development programs. AYDC Second Order Change was developed with leadership funding from Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.

Impact

Research shows that youths’ environments, relationships and experiences impact their short- and long-term outcomes—from health, to civic engagement, to economic self-sufficiency. Second Order Change is an initiative to support staff capacity to maximize positive outcomes for youth.

Second Order Change is a leadership development series and a professional learning community. It supports staff at all levels in youth serving organizations to strengthen social and emotional intelligence, which is responsible for over 50% of effectiveness in all professions and is critical to support youth development.

"My role... requires a strong role of assurance and confidence in what I provide and present. This course gave me lots of opportunity to reflect on my role and obtain feedback from other professionals that was valuable... Our jobs create a lens in which we see much of our work through and I felt very challenged through various forms of feedback to step back and look at my interactions with clients, coworkers, those I supervise and those along side me with new perspective."

"I found [Second Order Change] helpful personally in that I was able to recognize my strengths / weaknesses and challenged me to make progress. I see this affecting my personal and work life in a positive way."

"[Taking part in the SOC series] ...has given me strategies to have more meaningful connections and interactions with people."

"I was very thankful to participate in this [SOC series], met wonderful community professionals and especially delighted to gain a close connection with others within a short window of mutual training."

Learning Experience

The series takes place over the course of six weekly sessions, providing the opportunity to build relationships with cohort members, explore a new approach between sessions, and reflect and integrate learning.

We use the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) social and emotional learning competency framework to support staff development in each of five Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) domains. Each session in the series sparks personal reflection and peer learning through inviting exploration of critical topics in youth development, including: resilience, healing-centered engagement, embracing resistance, cultural responsiveness, mindfulness, coaching and communication.

All participants will meet in a virtual learning space and connect with peers in similar roles at other Anchorage youth-serving organizations.

Benefits of Participating

Be part of a growing network of Anchorage youth-serving organization professionals working to provide environments, relationships, and experiences that help youth thrive now and in the future. You will have access to:

High quality professional development in leading practices based on research in the fields of youth development and SEL.
A supportive environment to energize, rejuvenate, and learn through reflective practice and peer support.
A cohort of peers to forge meaningful new, collaborative relationships.
Become familiar with SEL practices that support SEL skill development for staff.
6 weekly sessions, plus a pre-session, to provide participants time to incorporate new perspectives and approaches into their work.
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Contact Us

Center for Safe Alaskans

4241 B Street, Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99503

Phone: (907) 929-3939
E-mail: info@safealaskans.org

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INTRODUCTION