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SAVE THE DATE!
Training Opportunities:
Post Ike: Youth Services Respond to Crisis
Holly Bell, Amy Dunn, Jack Nowicki
December 16, 2008
Houston
Rethinking Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Frank J. Kros
January 16, 2009
Austin
and
Youth In Action
February 4, 2009
TNOYS & Texans Care for Children partner to hold Youth In Action/Children's
Advocacy Day
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Resources Library
The Texas Network of Youth Services offers a resource library of over 1,000 items filed according to subject matter on a computerized database. These items are available to TNOYS individual and agency members, STAR (Services to At Risk Youth) providers, RHY (Runaway and Homeless Youth) grantees and CYD (Community Youth Development) sites only. Please contact Jack Nowicki at (512) 328-6860 or jnowicki@tnoys.org for more information or to request a more detailed listing.
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| Below is a listing of subjects covered in the TNOYS Resource Library. To receive a full listing of items in categories that interest you contact jnowicki@tnoys.org at the TNOYS office. | |
| Cultural Competency/Diversity (45 items) | Out of Home Care (139 items) |
| Gay/Lesbian Youth | Child Care |
| Cultural Competency | Host Home Programming |
| Mentoring | Independent Living |
| Community Youth Development (120 items) | Shelter Programming/Residential Care |
| Community Action/Coordination | Street Outreach |
| Program Standards | Public Policy (58 items) |
| Youth Development | Advocacy |
| Youth Participation | At-Risk Youth |
| Fund Development/Fundraising (20 items) | Cultural Competency |
| Health Care (147 items) | Juvenile Justice |
| Child Care | Social Issues (140 items) |
| Health | Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Pregnancy | Cults |
| Substance Abuse | Drop Outs/Truancy |
| Suicide | Gangs |
| Journals (19 items) | Home Based Care |
| Advocacy | Parenting |
| Child Care | Pregnancy |
| Counseling Skills | Prostitution |
| Fundraising | Runaways/Missing Children |
| Gangs | Secular Work |
| Health | Single Parenting |
| Pregnancy | Violence |
| Youth Development | Youth and Family Practices (240 items) |
| Management (126 items) | Behavior Management |
| Board of Directors | Conflict Resolution |
| Evaluation and Assessment | Counseling Skills |
| Managed Care | Development |
| Management | Experiential Education |
| Personnel | Family Intervention |
| Program Standards | Home Based Care |
| Staff Development | Parenting |
| Supervision | Strength Based Counseling |
| Volunteers | Substance Abuse |
| Miscellaneous Reference (55 items) | |
| Texas Reports | |
| TNOYS/Local Interest | |
| U.S. Reports | |
A Few of Our Resources . . .
Community & Youth Development:
“Get Things Going! 50 Asset-Building Activities for Workshops, Presentations, and Meetings.” Search Institute, 2000. 72 Pages.
This handbook is a resource designed to give youth and adult presenters fun and practical asset-building activities and games that can be easily incorporated into presentations and meetings. The activities featured in this book are all target issues related to the developmental asset framework developed by the Search Institute.
“Life Lists For Teens: Tips, steps, hints, and how-tos for growing up, getting along, learning, and having fun.”
Pamela Espeland, Free Spirit Publishing, 2003, 260 pages.
Life Lists is a user’s guide to life for teens. More than 200 lists distill big topics like health and wellness, relationships, school, service, goal-setting, and safety into easy-to-follow tips, steps, and how-tos.
Cultural Competency/Diversity:
“Cultural Competence: A Guide for Human Service Agencies.”
Kimberleigh A. Nash, Child Welfare League of America, 1999, 48 pages.
One of the most critical challenges the child welfare field faces is the need to understand and respond effectively to changes in the multicultural nature of American society. Given the range of pressures that have an impact on agencies, executives of human service agencies face the dilemma of whether to include cultural competency as an organizational goal. This guide will help executives and their staffs learn to value difference.
Health Care – Video Resources:
“Scenarios USA: The Monster & Nightmare on AIDS Street.”
Scenarios USA, 2001, 16 minutes total.
Scenarios USA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping youth make smart decisions about their lives by offering them a creative forum to look at their behavior and express who they are and how they see the world. These two stories were written by incarcerated youth at Rikers Correctional Facility and by a 15-year old girl from Texas, respectively.
Management:
“Resolving Conflict in Nonprofit Organizations: The Leader’s Guide to Finding Constructive Solutions.”
Marion Peters Angelica, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1999.
Use this practical guide to: identify and address conflict before it turns into something destructive; resolve conflicts using the eight-step process; create a better work environment that will attract and retain employees; and empower the people within your organization to handle their own conflicts constructively.
Management – Evaluation & Assessment:
“Agency Readiness Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide to Gauge Agency Readiness to Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth.”
Healthy Futures Project, National Network for Youth, 2003, 60 pages.
This guide is a tool designed to help community-based youth serving agencies gauge their capacity to provide support and opportunities for LGBT youth. It includes self-assessment modules, score sheets, and planning guides that help compile the information and make a plan for change.
Out of Home Care – Independent Living
“It’s My Life: A Framework for Youth Transitioning from Foster Care to Successful Adulthood.”
Casey Family Programs, 2001, Report: 75 pages, Summary: 25 pages.
This Report and Report Summary include Guiding Principles for Success, Policy Background, Recommendations for Practice, and Outcome Indicators for Youth in Transition.
Youth & Family Practices – Counseling Skills:
“Even From a Broken Web: Brief, Respectful Solution-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse and Trauma.”
Bill O’Hanlon and Bob Bertolino, W.W. Norton & Co., 1998, 190 pages.
Survivors of sexual abuse often feel at war with certain aspects of themselves or their feelings – anger, fear, sexuality, memory, even physical sensations – the web of self is broken. Here the authors provide clinicians with a forward-looking, respectful therapy that taps into and honors people’s inherent healing abilities. Their treatment model is a major departure from most addressing sexual abuse victims: It is less traumatic, less painful, and less disruptive to people’s lives.
Youth & Family Practices – Experiential Education:
“50 Ways to Use Your Noodle: Loads of Land Games with Foam Noodle Toys.”
Chris Cavert and Sam Sikes, Learning Unlimited, 1997, 200 pages.
This book is filled with land (or room) activities, for all ages, that can enhance the gaming potential of teachers, activity directors, program directors, experiential facilitators, parents and gatherings of all sorts. The two sections of the book include Games and Problem-Solving Activities.