Youth Services in SA

Youth work resources!

2010-02-11T21:45:00.004+10:30

Hey guys,Just a brief post about a couple of resources I think are great.Newsletter of the NSW Youth Workers Associationhttp://www.yapa.org.au/yapa/yaprap/yaprap2010jan.pdfIncludes an looking at ethics, eco-centre planning, impact of commonwealth rule changes. Worth a lookAlso great is the ethics blog which poses periodic scenarios - makes you think.www.youthworketics.blogspot.com Cheers

Youth Privacy vs Community Safety

2010-01-10T14:30:00.003+10:30

DNA records - DNA testing youth in Queensland.Article below raises major questions about youth privacy vs community safety and crime prevention.Both sides of the story are easy to see however if the only use of the DNA file is to solve future offences its hard to make a argument against it.Unlike a police record which shows up on a national police check (which is now used for all sorts of things

Aerosol Art - Legal art vs illegal encouragement

2009-12-05T21:38:00.008+10:30

Friday night at Twelve25 in Salisbury I attended the launch of the next (and last for this year) art exhibition of 9 young guys art on canvas. Whilst the guys are no angels the program (SACE accredited) is helping them realise the commercial potential of their talent.If you are after some modern contemporary art to youth us some space give the centre a call on (08) 82539928.The challenge of he

Omega 3 link to youth educational achievement

2009-11-28T20:12:00.005+10:30

Recently I co-hosted a event for youth workers within the City of Salisbury as part of the councils support of the sector.The guest speaker was Dr Natalie Sinn from the UniSA and she spoke about the research occuring in this state (and indeed across the world).It was a fantastic presentation that really made everyone think about youth disengagement, diet and the link to omega-3 fatty acids.The

RYDA Rotary Youth Driver Awareness Program

2009-11-28T17:49:00.007+10:30

Just reflecting on a program we run last week for 100 Year 10's from Parafield Gardens High School in SA, it was great. Reading the feedback forms it worked really well.The 6 sessions are very hard hitting and include sessions on stopping distance (physical demo), session from SA Police, session with accident victims, sessions on hazard perception, safe partying and finance and insurance

Self-harm an often overlooked factor in youth car crashes

2009-11-26T17:18:00.002+10:30

Self-harm an often overlooked factor in youth car crashesRicks commentHave a look at this article - perhaps we need to think more carefully about the source of risky behaviour choices full stop to find part of the solution to reducing the road toll. It would be interesting to overlay Omega-3 and diet (which contributes to frontal lobe development - where risk decisions are made).Source

Survey of youth violence. Please complete.

2009-11-21T16:10:00.000+10:30

Hi everyone,If you are aged between between 12 and 24 years could you click on the Govt Ad to the left of this post and complete a survey.The link takes you to a federal govt parliment page and the survey link is on the LHS.CheersRick

Youth truancy fines

2009-11-20T12:52:00.000+10:30

Source Adelaide Advertiser Nov 17th

Targeted Youth Grants Now Open

2009-11-20T10:35:00.000+10:30

Targeted Youth GrantsNovember 2009 RoundNOW OPEN The Office for Youth has opened a new round of Targeted Youth Grants which are designed to support community organisations to develop and deliver targeted initiatives to support vulnerable young people to provide them with strength based opportunities and positive life outcomes. Organisations have the opportunity to apply for one-off grants between

New Youth Resource

2009-11-19T22:58:00.000+10:30

Welcome to day 1 of the new blog about youth services, youth programs, research around key youth issues. with time the blog will become a ready resource pool of youth articles which people working with youth can draw on.Based in South Australia there are many youth issues which I have an interest at the moment including :-The success of community based learning opportunities as an addition to