1. Treat the other person with respect.  Words, tone of voice, the way you listen, how you look at them, type of reasoning. 2. Listen until you experience the other side.  Use paraphrasing or reflective listening to obtain 100% communication....

In 2014, May you have: enough happiness to keep you sweet; enough trials to keep you strong; enough sorrow to keep you human; enough hope to keep you happy; enough failures to keep you humble; enough success to keep you...

by: Patty Schaffner, YouthZone Pals Volunteer Mentoring Director “If you want more ice cream, use a smaller spoon.”  Extrapolating this quote has been a fun journey, and I am not done yet!  I dare you to ponder it as well. ...

Spectacular results from our 2013 evaluation completed by Dr. Jerome Evans, Ph.D. All YouthZone clients experienced very highly significant improvements based on their pre-post screening scores in the following 5 areas: Problem Solving and Optimism; Delinquency and Aggression; Self-Deprecation; School...

Recently, Sarah Kelly rejoined the YouthZone staff to provide bi-lingual parenting support. Sarah previously worked at YouthZone as a Pals Mentoring case manager and then as a court case manager. She took a break to raise her children and now we are thrilled...

by: Patty Schaffner, YouthZone Pals Volunteer Mentoring Director “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”  A proverb I saw this quote on the last page of a magazine recently...

Addiction Awareness Month – National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Child Safety and Prevention Month – National PTA Great American Smoke Out Month – American Cancer Society

by: Lori Mueller, YouthZone Executive Director There are some challenges to using a strength based approach in youth work. It is part of some of our systems to focus on risk and probability of re-offending or relapse of drug use. However,...

YouthZone has set its 2014 schedule for Teen Groups. Feel free to contact any YouthZone office if you have questions regarding a group. Groups 2014

By: Lori Mueller, YouthZone Executive Director I am writing to inform you about some changes in YouthZone’s fee for services for school referrals. For the past few years we have had the pleasure of using grant money that helped reduce...