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1.
How is Alternatives organized?
Alternatives
is a nonprofit organization that provides research based youth development
programs and training to organizations and communities that build
on the strengths of young people in order for them to become healthy,
principled and creative young people fully engaged in the life of
the community.
We are
governed by a volunteer board
of directors in Hampton Virginia. Our executive team
is led by the executive director, Katherine Johnson, and includes
three centers: Training,
Creativity,
and Civic
Engagement.
2.
What is Youth Development?
Youth Development is defined as a natural process all youth undergo
as they strive to meet their basic needs and build the necessary
competencies for a productive and healthy life. This model approaches
youth work from the perspective of focusing on the requirements
for successful development, rather than the elimination of pathology
(McLaughlin, Irby and Langman, 1993).
3.
What are some other theories on which your work is based?
Resiliency, Healthy Child/Healthy Environment, Developmental Assets,
Creativity, Youth and Adult Partnerships, Risk and Protective Factors,
Prevention Technology/Community Development, Learning Organizations,
and Experiential Learning.
4.
Where does Alternatives work?
Alternatives currently is involved in over 45 local projects in
the cities of Hampton, and Newport News that recruit young people
and adults, train them to work effectively and efficiently with
each other, and provides them with opportunities for these partnerships
to set and accomplish meaningful results. These projects are located
within elementary and secondary schools and within the school system’s
central administration, in city government, within neighborhoods,
and on projects that impact entire communities. Alternatives also
provides training the early childhood development curriculum, Al
Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices, across the nation, as well as
youth worker training in youth development to youth serving organizations
in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia.
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