Youth Offending Team

I am really interested in participating in the Peer Ministry course at Ursuline Academy because I would enjoy the opportunity to lead retreats for the younger girls at UA, and help to guide them into leading righteous lives. My older brother has lead many retreats for his school in past years which have helped to not only guide the younger students into leading faithful lives, but it has also helped to shape him as a person. I really want to grow strong, like him, in my faith, and help to guide…

To all coaches and parents of youth athletes, Sports are one of the most popular activities to participate in. A total of 45 million kids participate in youth sports. Parents claim that these extracurricular activities are getting way too out of hand. But really, the athletes are having a lot of fun and only 38.5% of kids don’t fancy what sports they are perform in. Therefore, youth sports are not getting too intense. First of all, the kids are claiming they are relishing their…

Children are manipulated into the consumption of religion. A child born into a family with a strong religion is expected to blindly follow through with the same beliefs. Expectations placed on the youth in religion may create fear of rejection from such a distinct society. Langston Hughes experiences this fear after going to a church revival in Salvation. Hughes lies to his entire church when the pressure to see Jesus become too much to bear for him…

locking them up and throwing away the key so quickly America’s youth crime system has come a long way, but we have a lot to go before calling our method to approaching juvenile criminals successfully, we need more studies on what prevents/cause youth crime, more intervention for youth crime and better methods…

the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health,”Recent reports indicate 97% of youth are connected to the Internet. As more young people have access to online communication, it is integrally important to identify youth who may be more vulnerable to negative experiences. Based upon accounts of traditional bullying, youth with depressive symptomatology may be especially likely to be the target of Internet…

or non-permanent situation. The causes of adolescent homelessness are due to family problems, economic problems and residential instability. Many youths run away from home do to physical and sexual abuse or strained relationships and…

confusion. During this stage, teenagers have little responsibility as well as the luxury of discovering who they are and who they want to be. Youth who successfully maneuver this stage come out of it with a solid sense of who they are. Youth who do not are likely to suffer from identity confusion which causes either withdrawal and isolation or the youth losing their identity in a peer group (Santrock, 2015). This is important information to consider as a Family Life Educator (FLE). Most…

again. Holden, while engaging in adult behavior, has an even more intense conviction to be not as mature. He also wants to protect children from becoming tainted by the societal pressure to mature. Caulfield’s beliefs attract him to people that exude youth and immaturity. Holden believes that children do best when maturing at their own pace. When they are forced to assume adult roles, as seen in Sunny the prostitute, children are not given the chance to dream. Through the characterization…

Research involves systematically investigating and studying sources as well as materials to reach new conclusions and establish facts. For this reason, research is very crucial, especially when it relates to children and young people. It requires that various concerns relating to consent, ethics as well as the methodology of dissemination be in the best interest of children and the young people. There is a significant impact originating from the influence and nature of variations in the…

Prisons have been around for many decades. The American people have normally thought that prisons are a good place to send criminals away. However, many people have proven that this might not be the case. In Wilbert Rideau’s “Why Prisons Don’t Work” he talks about how prisons aren’t as good as they might seem. They don’t help out the criminal to become a better person. I agree Rideau in this case. Prisons need to be a place where criminals can be helped to become a better individual.…