Youth Education

If you long to reach kids and see their lives changed by God, this updated, comprehensive guide shows you how. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry will do for youth ministry what Rick Warren's Gold Medallion award–winning The Purpose Driven Church is doing for pastoral ministry. It's an...

When parents send their children off to college, Mom and Dad hope they'll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute - able to see issues from all points of view. But, according to Ben Shapiro, there's only one view allowed on most college campuses: a rabid brand of liberalism that must be swallowed hook, line, and sinker.

Youth ministry isn't just meeting with students and teaching them God's truth. It also involves a myriad of administrative and operational details. Youth Ministry Management Tools 2.0 provides youth ministers and volunteers with helpful insights, advice, and practical resources to successfully...

How to Teach Kids Theology by Sam Luce and Hunter Williams takes the deep truths of the Christian faith and gives practical, actionable direction for sharing them with children.

Meditation And Geometry For The Youth explores geometry and meditation together. Geometry assists our understanding of the physical world, meditation assists our understanding of our inner world. Learn how to meditate while learning about the four dimensions of geometry. And learn how to teach meditation in non-denominational manner through geometry. Great discussion material and direction for meditation. Meditation and Geometry For The Youth is an educational enlightening non-secular meditation learning experience. Meditation and Geometry together in a simple format to enable everyone and ...

Discover the transformative world of juvenile justice with this compelling and comprehensive eBook, "Juvenile Justice." Designed for anyone looking to deeply understand rehabilitation programs for youthful offenders, this resource dives into the heart of what makes these programs successful. Begin your journey with an exploration of the history and evolution of juvenile rehabilitation programs. Understand the varied types of rehabilitation and the significant role community-based alternatives play in shaping futures. Learn about the psychological aspects affecting youth offenders, including...

How to Reach Consensus Making decisions in a group is often challenging. All too often the more dominating members tend to impose their ideas, or the discussion bogs down and no decision is made. The practice of consultation provides a solution to this dilemma, by focusing on the decision-making process as a joint search for truth, in which each person’s perceptions and ideas contribute to a fuller understanding of the reality of a given situation, and consequently to better decisions. The practice of consultation is based on certain guidelines that encourage all participants to share ...

The truth is that youth anxiety, stress, burnout, comparison, injuries, perfectionism, and identity disturbance are at all-time highs. Our shortsightedness as leaders is killing the confidence and long-term success of our youth. In the book The Youth Truth, Andrew starts by sharing the shocking and scary realities facing our student-athletes today. He then dives deep into solutions: love-powered leadership and mind-set performance coaching.

From a pioneering advocate for LGBTQ youth, a gripping, impassioned account of how an unhoused queer youth’s murder compelled him to create the nation’s largest housing program for homeless LGBTQ teens. “A gut-wrenchingly poignant real-life saga . . . Carl Siciliano has written an...

Stress is a killer: How to overcome stress and enjoy my life: Have you every felt overwhelmed, like you just cannot go anymore? You are at a point in your life where everything is falling to pieces? then this book is for you. If you are experiencing stress, stress will send your blood pressure over the brink, stress will kill you! yes, you heard me correctly. Just stop, click and find a quiet place, breathe, then find a comfy chair, sit and read this book, then practice these easy ways to make your life better and positive so you can live happier and longer. Do not allow stress to manage ...

The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide puts at parents' fingertips the developmentally appropriate prevention science they need to set children up for success from elementary school to college. Filled with tools, activities, contracts, and scripted talks for 18 high-risk behavior topics, such as alcohol, marijuana, technology overuse, vaping, pornography, body image issues, self-injury, suicide, dating violence, risky sexual behavior, and more.

Are you ready to increase learning opportunities, reduce negative behaviors, and improve staff and student morale? Then it's time to become a brain builder! We all are aware of an alarming increase in reported behavioral disruptions in school settings. Often less understood is the critical role that the brain plays in shaping all behavior, including the challenges we face in our classrooms and beyond.

When numbers and neighborhood stories meet, something powerful wakes up. Parish Stories: Data-to-Story Labs is a field guide for cultural creatives who want to work with data without losing their voice, their humor, or their community in the process. This book was built in and for places like New Orleans—and for every parish, county, borough, and neighborhood that knows it is more than a statistic. It treats “cultural creative” broadly: not just artists and writers, but anyone who carries culture into their work and connects it back to the people they serve—teaching artists and ...

Youth unemployment is a pitiable global challenge. In 2012, International Labor Organization, one of the organizations that take statistics of both the employed and unemployed in the world, stated that about 6% of the world population is unemployed and the most unemployed were the youths. In December 2013, an estimate of 6.7 percent of Americans were unemployed. This book involves research work on the statistics of youths being affected by unemployment. It covers mainly European countries and little part of Africa. The book also explains the number of youths affected by the challenge based ...

Through stories, research, and strategies, Dr. John W. Hodge shows how children can be successful despite the risk factors that typically hold them back. Children who overcome usually have one thing in common: the presence of educators, counselors, social workers, community advocates, and family members - people just like you - who can see beyond demographic and social limitations to the unlimited potential that lies within the hearts and minds of all children.

For many young people, physical education is more a source of stress than enjoyment—often marked by anxiety, frustration, and disengagement. When PE becomes overly focused on sport performance or rigid teaching methods, it can alienate students and create lasting negative associations with physical activity. From PE Dread to Delight challenges this narrative. This practical and inspiring guide explores how PE can be transformed into an inclusive, engaging, and meaningful experience for every student. Drawing on the expertise of leading practitioners as well as renowned PE researchers, the...

Smoking Is Dangerous to Health is a powerful, eye-opening guide written by Wing Commander M K Devidasan, who draws upon personal experience, scientific insight, and decades of observation to expose the devastating impact of smoking. Beginning with his own journey into addiction as a young Air Force officer, the author explores how nicotine traps the body and mind, how smoking destroys families, careers, finances, and health, and how the tobacco industry manipulates society. Through detailed chapters, real-life stories, medical explanations, and global research, the book equips readers with ...

A framework for building adolescents’ identities as scribes—writers from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and interests who write from their lived experiences. How to transform reluctant writers into students who want to write as translators and interpreters of their culture.

CIVIC EDUCATION FOR YOUTH IN KENYA Introduction By Gichunge WA M’Thirua and Joel Kirema When many communities in a country are all well-informed and knowledgeable about what goes on in their good country and as there is peace, concord and harmony, the country is proud of its leaders. The leaders are the source of its legacy of tranquility and quietude, while citizens are free to criticize and get away with it. Nevertheless, many people ignore and take it for granted. Though, peace is a worthy legacy in a country. Peace fosters development in a country. In calmness and serenity, the ...

A Rifle. A Choice. A Transformation. The Boy with a Rifle and the fairy of salvation is a powerful ecological and moral fable that will move hearts, inspire minds, and ignite conversations across generations. Blending the charm of a fairy tale with the urgency of environmental awareness, this beautifully written story follows young Patricio—a seemingly ordinary boy—on an extraordinary journey from guilt to redemption. Gifted a rifle by his well-meaning father, Patricio joins his friends in a game that turns deadly for the innocent birds of the countryside. But when the weight of his ...