Youth Change is based in Woodburn, Oregon, near Portland,
Oregon, but we serve all of North America. Our Director is veteran trainer/author
Ruth Herman Wells, M.S. Ruth's work has been featured in the Portland Oregonian,
Orlando Sentinel, Child Welfare Report, Adolescence Magazine and in countless
other publications.
Ruth is the author of more than 20 books for several publishers (click to view),
and has written dozens of articles on problem and troubled youth and children. Ruth has trained
thousands of teachers, counselors, mental health therapists, special ed teachers,
and youth professionals throughout North America for approximately two decades. Ruth has helped create and manage
many model youth programs including independent living, day treatment, mental health, juvenile justice and secure programs.
She is a popular keynote and featured speaker at national conferences and counseling/education
association events, but is probably best known
for her surprising, information-packed workshops that are often standing-room-only.
Ruth has trained youth professionals from all parts of the United States. Teachers and
other youth professionals routinely brave snow storms, cancelled flights, and even winter power outages to
attend her workshops and events. Participants routinely travel
from as far away as Australia, Japan and Africa to attend Ruth's
practical, one-of-a-kind workshops. This picture of Ruth in her office, is taken from a newspaper cover story
on
Ruth and Youth Change that ran in October, 2006. (Click for article.)
Photo:
Michelle Te,
Woodburn Independent,
used with permission
Youth Change was created in the
late 1980's to respond to the demand for training and resource materials
as more and more youth professionals discovered that their college training
had not sufficiently prepared them for the ever-more-serious problems they
were seeing in their schools and agencies. Our methods were not developed
in an office far away from actual children, but in schools, day treatment
programs, special ed classes, juvenile corrections sites, and residential
treatment settings. We provide real-world answers for real-world problems,
not more theory, but ready-to-use solutions that can prevent or manage
the problems that contemporary youth present. Youth Change is a socially
responsible company. We make a special effort to give back to our community
and annually donate a percentage of book sales to non-profit, youth-serving
agencies. We also provide work-study scholarships for all workshops that
we sponsor. Let us know how we can help you. Let us show you that
working with difficult kids doesn't have to be so difficult.
Listen to Marjan Glavac's interview with Ruth Herman Wells, M.S., director
of Youth Change. This interview was first posted on Marjan's popular web site,
www.thebusyeducator.com, click here to visit Marjan's
web site. To view the article accompanying the audio interview,
click here.
Click twice below to hear the interview.
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