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Podcasts & Multimedia
January 31, 2013
Bill Martin is executive director of Waterford Country School, a Connecticut youth shelter that will soon finish the three-year implementation of the CARE Model. He talks about how this evidence-based practice enables Waterford to better serve youth.
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January 22, 2013
Dr. Carl Lejuez of the University of Maryland has spent years researching why and when people take risks. He talks with NCFY about the balloon-popping video game he uses to study risk taking, and about the implications of his findings for traumatized youth.
Time: 11:33 | Size: 10.5 MB | Transcript
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December 12, 2012
Dr. Sandra Bloom is one of the creators of the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-based practice that helps youth-serving programs address trauma experienced by their clients and their staff. Dr. Bloom spoke with NCFY about her program's origins and the importance of trauma-informed practice.
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November 02, 2012
Researcher Melanie Barwick and trainer Scott Skinner discuss their year-long collaboration with four youth programs, which centered around finding the best way to implement an evidence-based practice called motivational interviewing.
Time: 4:29 | Size: 4.1 MB | Transcript
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September 24, 2012
Gina Odom is a youth leader who has represented the Rural Colorado Collaborative at state meetings and national conferences. She explains what it takes to be a successful youth advocate, and how adults can help youth get there.
Time: 4:00 | Size: 3.7 MB | Transcript
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September 17, 2012
As program coordinator at the Bristol HUB Youth Center in Vermont, Ryan Krushenick leads a popular teen pregnancy prevention curriculum tailored to be welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. He talks to NCFY how to practice inclusive teen pregnancy prevention work.
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September 07, 2012
Jordan Ryan and Alon Coleman both participate in Youth Farm and Market Project in Minneapolis, MN. They spoke with NCFY about Youth Farm's approach to youth empowerment, and how it helps youth become leaders, step-by-step.
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June 28, 2012
Jennifer Cowles, who goes by Yeah Yeah, first encountered the Homeless Youth Alliance in San Francisco when she ran away from home as a teenager. Now employed at the alliance as an outreach counselor, she spoke to NCFY about how her past experiences help her connect with the young people she works with.
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May 25, 2012
Bryan Samuels, commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, and Andrew Barnett, executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League, talk to NCFY about the need to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth in teen pregnancy prevention efforts.
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May 18, 2012
Sandy Skelaney is a Miami street outreach worker who specializes in helping victims of sex trafficking. She talks to NCFY about how to approach sexually exploited youth and how to begin to help them.
Time: 5:22 | Size: 4.9 MB | Transcript
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