YDEV

My YDEV Story             When I was a kid I went to the Audubon Society Camp for a week a two for one summer. We learned about ecosystem and marine life and we learned about marshes and rivers. We learned many things about wild life and it was in an educational setting. Most summers I would spend the day with my mother. She was a teacher so in the summer she had off, we would go to the beach, hang out with friends, and go visit my grandparents in Westerly. When I got to high school I started to look for a summer job and the first one was at a small camp. It was in Bristol and I was an aide for the art instructor at this camp. I would help kids with arts and crafts stuff and I would clean up. Then the year after I applied to work at the YMCA and I started working as a counselor that summer. I would play games with the group I was assigned with and that group was the youngest group kindergarten to second grade. It was recreational activities and games like soccer and kickball, we

When I was a kid the only summer camp that I went to was the Audubon Society and that was for two years. It was an educational setting where we learned about different marine life and different ecosystems where you can find many species of animals. Then I also played a few sports, basketball being my favorite. I was never really the best basketball player on the court but I enjoyed learning and playing with friends. I started working at the YMCA as a Camp Counselor and we would do activities that were more recreational and for fun. In the readings it gives us examples of role playing activities that would have a teaching structure to it and have a purpose. Have I ever done any role playing activities in camp or while I work camp, no I have not. Play and games have a social aspect to it as well and it helps kids make friends. They are free to use their imagination in some of the games and activities as well. For summer camp the activities and games are meant to be pleasurable and f

Lesley Bogad and Shirley Steinberg writes about some stereotypes about youth that the world sees. Lesley writes that adults see youth as incomplete, in-transition, inexperienced, finding themselves, hormone driven, and always opposed to adults. These stereotypes come from history and what adults have seen in the past. Kids are younger and have not lived as long as adults have and that is why adults have this misconceptions about youth. In the other reading Steinberg tells us a story about a father calling about the school’s theater program that she was running. At one point in the conversation he says that he does not like that she was giving the students decisions. It sounds like this father thinks that kids should always follow the adult’s rules and shouldn’t have any say in what they do. I think the father wants to control his son’s life because he thinks that his son is not old enough to make the right decision. A lot of parents tell their kids what they should do in life or what

Hello my name is Jacob Steadman and I am 22 years old. I graduated high school in 2013 from Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth Massachusetts. While at Stang I played football and track. After I graduated I went to Community College of Rhode Island where I received my Associates in general studies. This is my second full year at RIC and I am in youth development because I have always wanted to work in a Non-profit organization like the YMCA. I work at the Newport County YMCA as a summer camp director and I work in the Adapted After School program. I also work for my dad washing cars at his Funeral home. Some of my favorite things to do is playing basketball and hanging out with my friends. I also love watching the New England Patriots and the Boston Celtics.

What is youth work, youth work does not have one definition that everyone goes by it has many different definitions and way individuals describe it. Everyone has an opinion what youth work is. There are 7 basic characteristics of youth work and the first one is that youth work is an educational practice. Youth workers use informal education to teach youth and the ways the teach youth could be through purposeful play, art activities, and other forms of learning. They are not usually teachers in a class room. The youth workers want the youth to open up and think about different things. Another characteristic is that youth work is a social practice, meaning that youth workers give the young kids skills and time to talk with their peers and create friendships. I work in an afterschool program that works with kids with disabilities and the main purpose of the program is for the kids to be social with each other and work on some of those skills. Youth workers actively challenge inequality a