[Ailist] Inquiry--working with First Nations youth

[rah48 at comcast.net]

Hello all, this is my first posting. I will be certified by the COrporation for Positive CHange this November after I attend the Summit workshop. 
I have been consulting with several organizations, one of them the Department of Education for the State of Utah. While we are not in direct contact with students, we have been considering developing a one-day workshop entitled "Appreciative Families". 
I am interested in hearing more about how you plan to work with these young people. I am also developing this program as part of a non=profit mentoring program for at-risk youth. In this case, the family would be the youth, his or her mentor, any other adults (extended family, house parent at a half-way house, teachers, etc). Most of our youth have at least one parent in prison. I would like to include this parent as well as the other parent. In many of our cases, one parent is in jail and the other is on drugs. 

I plan to use a very simply process  for this group. I will begin with the one-on-one discovery phase and move to the dream phase the first day.
I, too, welcome thoughts and ideas.

Thank you 

Rebecca Heckman

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: punya at laplaza.org
> Hi Warren
> 
> I worked with a great team from ICDC - from Canada - on a youth leadership 
> program. I also have lots of relations in this world. A few tips:
> 
> Take it slow - skill levels with the linearity of most Anglo thought systems are 
> very limited. 
> 
> Aspiration levels are very different in level and quality from middle class 
> folk.
> 
> There is little clear link to the new prosperity in some communities - it will 
> take a concrete plan.
> 
> I'm in the US next week and be happy to chat if it will help.
> 
> Cheers
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Linds <w.linds at sasktel.net>
> 
> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:57:14 
> To:ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
> Subject: [Ailist] Inquiry--working with First Nations youth
> 
> 
> Hi. I am a new member of this list and have a question. I am involved in 
> a project that entails working with First Nations youth (12-16 yr. old) 
> in reserve high schools around developing healthy relationships, healthy 
> communities, etc. We are planning a 3 day workshop and I am wondering if 
> anyone out there has any experience with this population and this goal? 
> Any resources, stories, most appreciated.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Warren Linds
> PS. "First Nations" means aboriginal. "Reserve high school" means a high 
> school on an Indian reserve that is controlled by a tribal council. 
> Teachers could be First Nations, white, or other. In some of the schools 
> we will be working in (this workshop will involve about 25 students 
> together from several schools) the school population is homogenous; in 
> some it is white and First Nations students, and in some it is a 
> heterogeneous population.
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