Avon Scouts Adult Training

Module 14
Young People Today  - Section Leaders and Supporters

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Description Identifying and meeting the needs of young people in the Section.

 

 

Required by

Section Leader

Section Supporters

 

 

Relevant to

Section Leaders

Assistant Leaders

Section Supporters

Section Assistants

 

 

 

Learning methods available

Course

Small groups

 

 

Aim  To enable adults working with Sections to identify the needs of young people.

 

 

Topics that this module covers are

Characteristics and needs of young people of varying ages

Influences on young people

The role of leaders

 

 

 

This means

Understanding your role in supporting young people as they develop through the Sections.

Understanding the changes in young people as they get older and move between the Sections.

Knowing the characteristics and needs of young people in the age range for your Section.

Being aware of the social influences on young people in your Section.

 

 

 

Questions

Do you know the characteristics and needs of young people of the age range for your Section?

How does the programme try to meet their needs?

Do you know what influences society has on them?

Can you describe the effects of peer group pressure?

 

 

 

To validate this module the learner will need to complete two of the following

Outline the change characteristics and needs of young people in the age range with which you are working and of those who are older and younger.

Plan and run a game or activity to help your Section members identify their own needs.

Plan and lead an activity involving three characteristics, needs and/or influences you have listed and review the activity with young people in your Section.

Plan and run a game or activity to meet a specific need you have identified.

Collect and review information from information from outside The Scout Association on the needs of young people in your Section’s age range.

Any other ideas, subject to agreement with Training Adviser.

and

Produce evidence of how you are responding to the needs of young people you are involved with in your role.

 

 

 

 

Note :-  The information on this page has been copied from the new Adult Training publications, the Adult’s Personal File and the Training Adviser’s guide.  The suggestion list of questions that a Training Advisers may use to Validate a module has not been include from the training adviser’s guide.

 

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Module 14
Young People Today  - Section Leaders and Supporters

 

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