This toolkit therefore focusses on self-management abilities. That means finding and maintaining effective, positive coping methods in relation to our health. We included many common and frequently discussed topics such as drinking, eating, physical exercise, believing in the future, resilience, preventing loneliness and social participation. Besides some concise background information, we offer you a great diversity of exercises per theme which can help you discuss, assess, change or strengthen your personal state of health. In case you are mentoring or coaching a group of seniors with regards to living a healthy and active life, this toolkit also offers explanations on how to lead a team of peers
All Stars CATch; Walk of life is een beschrijving van het All Stars CATch traject dat door Stedelijk Jongerenwerk Amsterdam (SJA) is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Click F1 en is geschreven met toestemming van Dienst Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling Amsterdam. De beschrijving van de CATchmethode (H1) is gebaseerd op fragmenten uit: “Hart voor jongeren”, een publicatie over de unieke CATchmethode en hoe deze in de praktijk werkt. De beschrijving van het specifieke All Stars traject, de rol van SJA en de visie over hoe All Stars zich verhoudt t.o.v. CATch is realiseerd door Youth Spot, een samenwerkingsverband tussen de SJA en de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Deze publicatie is mede financieel tot stand gekomen door het fonds Steunfonds Buurt en Jongerenwerk Amsterdam. CATch is één van de projecten uit het programma Bijzondere Trajecten Risicojongeren dat wordt gefinancierd door DMO (Dienst Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling) van de gemeente Amsterdam. CATch is in 2003 opgezet en is in korte tijd uitgegroeid tot één van de grootste cultuureducatieprojecten voor risicojongeren op stedelijke schaal. Een project dat de binding van jongeren met school en arbeid versterkt door middel van actief leren en competentie-ontwikkeling vanuit culturele disciplines.
The present study evaluates the Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) approach in which families and youth care professionals collaborate with an informal mentor, who is someone adolescents (aged twelve to twenty-three) nominate from their own social network. The informal mentor can be a relative, neighbour or friend, who is a confidant and spokesman for the youth and a co-operation partner for parents and professionals. This approach fits with the international tendency in social work to make use of the strengths of families’ social networks and to stimulate client participation. The current study examined through case-file analysis of 200 adolescents (YIM group n ¼ 96, residential comparison group n ¼ 104) whether the YIM approach would be a promising alternative for out-of-home placement of youth with complex needs. A total of 83 per cent of the juveniles in the YIM group were able to nominate a mentor after an average of thirty-three days. Ninety per cent of the adolescents in the YIM group received ambulatory treatment as an alternative for indicated out-of-homeplacement, while their problems were largely comparable with those of juveniles in Dutch semi-secure residential care. Results suggest that the involvement of important non-parental adults may help to prevent out-of-home placement of adolescents with complex needs.
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