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mental health

Mental state exam for youth workers: Thought process and content

So we are a little over half way in this series. We have been developing an understanding of the core components of a...
May 9, 2013
Career

Youth work in the education system: where theory and practice collide.

Last week we spoke about the need for youth workers in the education system to have good relationships. This week we ...
May 9, 2013
Professional

A new paradigm for world wide youth work

For a long time now there has been a conversation going on in youth work. A professional/ para-professional dichotomy...
May 7, 2013

First step of faith for Ultimate Youth Worker’s

Welcome to another Monday Ultimate Youth Workers. I was recently read about the amazing work of Dr. Martin Luther Kin...
May 6, 2013
mental health

Mental state exam for youth workers: Mood and Affect.

So far in this series we have been developing an understanding of the core components of a mental state exam. So far ...
May 2, 2013
Career

Youth work in the education system

In the early days of my career I had the privileged of being a youth worker that went into our local high s...
May 1, 2013

Why youth ministers need to embrace youth work practices: Youth ministry in the 21st century.

A while back I was reading a blog post by Mark Oestreicher, A youth pastor from the USA. In it he states th...
April 30, 2013
Motivation

Motivation Monday: Ideas for the Ultimate Youth Worker

American composer John Milton Cage is quoted as saying “I can’t understand why people are frightened by new ide...
April 29, 2013

What can youth worker’s learn from ANZAC day?

Today Australians throughout the world stop to pay tribute and remember those who lost their lives in World War One a...
April 25, 2013
mental health

Mental State Exam for youth workers: Speech and language.

Over the past few weeks we have been developing an understanding of the components of a mental state exam. So far we ...
April 18, 2013