Doors Wide Open 2008 - Outdoor & Youth at Risk

 

This Training Course was organised by Jint (the Flemish Belgian National Agency of the Youth in Action programme) in cooperation with Nature (a Flemish youth & outdoor organisation) and the SALTO Inclusion Resource Centre.

 

Dates & Venue

 

• This training course took place in Olloy-sur-Viroin in South Belgium from 10 till 16 March 2008.

Aims & Objectives

 

• To explore and analyse how outdoor methods can be used to work with "young people at risk of exclusion"

More concretely:

 

• to explore the benefits of outdoor activities for youth at risk
• To improve the skills of youth workers working with youth at risk in experiential learning and outdoor methods
• to get more insight in the theory of experiential learning, reflection techniques and group dynamics
• to share best practices on outdoor methods for youth at risk and how this contributes to the personal and social skills of your youngsters
• to link the experiences of the TC to the daily work situation at home by working out future action plans
• to explore how each of the participants works with youth at risk in his/her own working environment
• to explore how the Youth in Action Programme can be a tool for social inclusion for youth at risk

Participants

 

There were 24 participants at the course.

 

Team of Trainers

 

• Henk Persyn
• Nele Steeno
• Inez Adriaensen & Liezelot Simoens (coordinating team)
• Tony Geudens (coordinating team)

 

 

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