FREE Youth Participant Recruitment and Retention Training

YOUTH PARTICIPANT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

When: Friday, June 17, 2011

Time: 9:00am-1:00pm

Where: McGuane Park 2901 S Poplar Chicago, IL 60608

Facilitated by: Girls in the Game

Contact: Dpeterson@centralstatesser.org RSVP ***Space is limited***

This professional development workshop will cover best practices for recruiting and retaining youth participants. The following topics, in addition to others, will be covered:

Leading the Program

· Creating a welcoming environment, developing routines and norms

· Understanding and managing challenging behavior

· Engaging resistant youth & minimizing exclusion

· Utilizing retention strategies

Recruiting Participants

· Selecting target age/population

· Establishing enrollment and recruitment process

· Making the first contact with youth and parents/guardians

Involving Parents and Guardians

· Establishing Communication

· Engaging Parents and Guardians