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Friendship and Other Weapons
Signe Whitson
Long before most school programs begin anti-bullying campaigns, young girls are getting a full education in social aggression. Girls as young as age five are experiencing acts of bullying, disguised as friendship, that shake the carefully laid foundations of their self-image, personal values, and beliefs about peer relationships. Based on thought-provoking discussions, engaging games, strength-discovering exercises, and confidence-boosting fun, the hands-on activities in Friendship and Other Weapons build critical knowledge and friendship survival skills.
How to Be Angry
Signe Whitson
Children often struggle to cope with anger, and angry feelings can boil over into aggression and destructive behavior. This resource takes a different approach to anger, teaching children how to be angry effectively, rather than telling them not to be angry at all. Suitable for use with children and teenagers ages 5-18, this engaging resource will help children to overcome self-destructive patterns of passive, aggressive, and passive aggressive behavior. It will be of great use to educators, counselors, social workers, youth care professionals, psychologists, and parents.
Small Stories: Reflections on the Practice of Youth Development
Lloyd and Anthea Martin
This collection of stories and reflections links the theory of youth development to "what actually happens." Lloyd and Anthea are teachers and youth workers in their multicultural community of Porirua in New Zealand. For thirty years they have welcomed young people into their home, provided alternative education, and taken them on adventures in the outdoors. This is their story about how to engage with our most vulnerable young people and keep everyone sane in the process.
The Hopeful Brain: Relational Repair for Disconnected Children and Youth
Paul Baker & Meredith White-McMahon
The Hopeful Brain explores the importance of using strength-based interventions and creating structured opportunities to “reimburse” troubled children and youth with positive experiences that teach and transform. A comprehensive brain-compatible approach to therapeutic transformation is presented that incorporates critical aspects that impact brain development.
First Nations 101
Lynda Gray
First Nations 101 is an informative and opinionated guide to First Nations issues. Written in an accessible style and with a wry sense of humor, Lynda Gray provides readers with a broad overview of the diverse and complex day-to-day realities of First Nations people. Jam-packed with information on more than 70 subjects including urbanization, veterans, feminism, appropriate questions to ask First Nations person, child welfare, the medicine wheel, food access, Two-spirit (LGBT), residential schools, the land bridge theory, National Aboriginal History Month, and language preservation, First Nations 101 endeavors to leave readers with a better understanding of the shared history of First Nations and non-First Nations people. Ultimately, the author calls upon all of us - individuals, communities, and governments - to play active roles in bringing about true reconciliation between First Nations and non-First Nations people.
You won't want to miss this! Now, each new issue of the journal Reclaiming Children and Youth includes a section of discussion questions for professional development, staff training or personal reflection.
Reclaiming Youth International is pleased to announce that co-founder Steve Van Bockern will receive the esteemed Spirit of Crazy Horse Award at the 2011 Reclaiming Youth Black Hills Conference (June 25-28). 
Become a Response Ability Pathways Trainer!
Several months ago the decision was made to condense Response Ability Pathways (RAP) from a three day training to a two day training. This was not an easy decision, but we believe it is a good one. The primary benefit of streamlining the training program is to make it more accessible and affordable to those who want to attend or bring it to their organizations. While the cost of the training will remain essentially the same, the cost saving comes from having people off-line one less day, and also will result in savings on travel and lodging costs.
RYI is pleased to present a new one-day training!
Over the past decade, Reclaiming Youth International has provided training to hundreds of public and private organizations in education, social services, mental health and corrections in various parts of the world. We have resources to provide Response Ability Pathways (RAP), Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI), Developmental Audit and PersonBrain training programs. In many instances, while providing training services, we are asked to observe programs, consider challenges regarding individual young people and engage in discussions about organizational responses to problems or opportunities. These informal interventions, which have occurred in the context of training contracts, have resulted in growing interest among those who engage us in their work to request formal consultation as the primary focus of our work with them.
Dr. Inge Bolin, 2009 recipient of the Circle of Courage Award at the Victoria Seminars, is back from another trip to Peru where she lives and works with the people of Chillihuani who live high in the Andes. Dr. Bolin is a Research Associate in Anthropology at Malaspina University - College in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award Recipients