Thanks for being part of a Youth Change seminar. Remember: you can always return free or at half-price as a past participant to any workshop we sponsor. That means you return free when you sign up with someone else who registers normally, or return alone for half-price. That courtesy means you can come to any of our general session seminars that we host around the country. This "warranty" of our past workshop participants is good indefinitely. Look at our seminar schedule by clicking here.

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Click here to view the posters; once on the page you can choose to view posters by topic or number.

The titles on the left column refer to lessons in Pro Ed's Personal Power: Becoming an Effective Student (8474) book authored by your instructor, Ruth Herman Wells, M.S. Click here to view book information or to order it. The green sheet you received at class also has information on this item. The curriculum makes far more sense and works best when used in conjunction with this volume. You have to order the volume from Pro Ed, not Youth Change, as it is produced by a different publisher.

The document posted here is the entire curriculum, but it is shown in 6 pages (instead of the 3 pages you saw at the inservice). This modification was made so this curriculum that was created on 8 1/2" x 14" paper, will print properly on most printers using regular 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Re-sizing required us to split each page in half. You will need to print the document to properly view it as it is not meant to be viewed online. Note that you can rotate, enlarge and shrink the curriculum as you need.

Click here to view the curriculum.

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For your list of strategies, use interventions covered in class, as illustrated in the poster shown here. Click here if you want to see the poster enlarged for clearer viewing. Each strategy can be described briefly. Typing up your list is not required. You may number your notes from class if you wish.

If you can not have your assignment in within 2 weeks, mail a note to us and you will get a six month extension. We do not accept requests for extensions by any other method, just regular mail. If you request an extension, your grade will show as "I" for Incomplete.

You get your grade and transcript directly from the university. You were given a pink sheet at the seminar that explained how to view your grade online. You also received a sheet explaining how to contact PSU for help getting a transcript. PSU provides excellent "customer service" and will work hard to resolve any issues or needs you have. To reach PSU for help, visit their web site by clicking here, or call 800-547-8887 and ask for Continuing Ed. Please do not contact Youth Change for questions about receiving grades or transcripts as those items are completely managed by the university. We can only help with issues that relate to the seminar homework and the course grade you are given.

The PSU credit should work well for teachers and special educators who need to earn college credit hours to gain a salary increase, or counselors, social workers, juvenile court workers, justice workers, therapists and others who are working on a degree. To see if your governing body or university will accept PSU credit, consult your contact at your governing board or university. PSU is a regionally accredited university, which is the designation that most entities want. We usually have special hours available for teachers, special educators, social workers, LPCs, counselors, MFTs, and family therapists in states where special hours are required. The college credit may also be substituted for those hours in some states, but check with your governing body or supervisor. A list of available hours for each discipline was posted on the wall at the seminar you attended, and was included in the course flyer for the professional development seminar you attended. Click here for our current seminar flyer. We do not archive copies of old flyers online, and regret that old seminar flyers are unavailable once the sessions have finished.

Youth Change adheres to PSU policies. Our professional development seminar syllabus and detailed information on our policies are available in Word form by clicking here. Please refer to the seminar flyer for inservice time lines, content, and instructor information. Access the seminar flyer by clicking here. A new window will open.

9.) I Need an Agenda with Times for the Seminar

The Breakthrough Strategies seminar flyer This is the flyer for the seminar. It opens in a new window.

The Breakthrough Strategies Workshop Agenda with time lines (click here) This link opens in a new window.

The Breakthrough Strategies Workshop Information Page with comprehensive data on the professional development seminar (click here). Note this is a very long page, and has a tremendous amount of data. Be sure to click on every section of the page as there are many sections. This link opens in a new window.

College Credit and CEU Information with detailed credit, clock hours, and CEU information; click here; new window opens. Also, please read the section above on college credit.

10.) I Need Another Copy of My Certificate of Completion for Clock Hours/CEUs

As noted on the large yellow sign behind the registration table, we can only provide you your clock hours/CEU certificate in person at the workshop. The rules that govern the awarding of hours are very specific, and require that we know you are present at the time the certificate is awarded, and that the number of hours shown on the certificate are accurate. We can not mail you the certificate after class because by then we have no way of knowing if you were present when class concluded. Therefore, we regret that we can't replace lost, damaged or forgotten certificates no matter how much we might like to help. Please note that this policy is not ours to make. We simply follow the rules placed on all organizations who are granted the authority to award professional development certificates for hours and units. We are unaware of any way that we can help you and comply with this standard.

The only options we can suggest are: 1.) We can email you a note indicating that you did arrive and attend the start of class. 2.) We can provide you with an emailed duplicate receipt for your payment. 3.) You can attend the workshop again. As a past participant, you may come back for free if you register with someone else; or return alone for half-price. Click here to view our next seminar dates. 4.) You can purchase the workshop on DVD and receive a certificate of completion for the recorded version of the seminar. That option does require that you submit a pre- and post-test even though that was not a requirement for the certificate in the live class. Click here to purchase the recorded course.

The "big" books you saw during the seminar (that had spiral binding) are published by Pro Ed of Austin, Texas. The four volumes make up The Personal Power Series. You can buy the set, or buy individual volumes. You can find these books listed on the green order sheet that was in your folder. You can also go to Pro Ed's web site and order the books by clicking here. Call Pro Ed at 800-897-3202 or 512-451-3246. The Personal Power: Developing Appropriate Teacher Interaction Skills (#8473) book is the volume that matches the Mt. Adams School to Life Curriculum that was passed around in class. You can find that curriculum here, or scroll up the page.

Here are the other titles mentioned in class:

Most, but not all Youth Change books are also available on amazon, and also here on our site (click). Posters (click) ebooks (click), and the seminar on DVD (click) are sold only by Youth Change.

All our handouts can be purchased as instant download ebooks by clicking here. There are dozens and dozens of free handouts scattered throughout the site so people can view and try some of the worksheets before purchasing. There is not one place on the site that contains all of those free handouts so you really have to surf around our site to see them all because they are literally all over the site, including this girls' body image worksheet right here (click to get it, a new window opens).