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Groups, Troops, Clubs & Classrooms:
The essential handbook for working with youth
(This book is co-authored with Ann Saylor To see additional titles of Susan's books held by Waggoner library click here!
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"This practical handbook is for youth counselors, teachers, volunteers, group leaders, coaches, and anyone with works with young people. Readers will learn about how kids' brains are wired, how to create inviting classrooms and meeting spaces, and how to connect with them in meaningful, lasting ways. The authors share dozens of strategies for activating and sustaining young people's innate strengths and skills so they can become positive forces for self-realization and community betterment" - Provided by publisher |
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Susan Ragsdale is at heart a youth champion, a writer, and a creative soul. Professionally, she is a nationally-recognized positive youth development expert and best-selling author with over 22 years experience. Personally, she is adored by her dog and her husband ... in that order.
Determined to make the world a better place for – and with – youth, Susan and business partner, Ann Saylor, partner with schools, churches and after-school programs for professional development.
Primarily, Susan focuses on coaching educators and youth workers on how to engage and motivate young people. She specializes in positive youth development techniques and experiential education – teaching, challenging and motivating others through play, leadership development and service-learning. In the 12 years of her and Ann’s partnership, she has worked with over 12,000 people face-to-face and has reached thousands more via on-line connections and through her books.
Participants consistently comment that in her trainings her passion, energy and love of young people come alive; her practices reflect both research as well as innovative, fun and practical ideas that work; and that she consistently delivers creative strategies, tools and trends that inspire both positive personal and professional growth and emphasize the power of intention in working with youth.
Susan’s expertise as a trainer has earned her a place in several professional training groups, and it has earned her recognition in the field. In 2004, the Tennessee Chapter of the YMCA Association of Professional Directors named her Director of the Year for the Essence of Initiative in recognition of her work. Her pursuits has allowed her to work with many excellent agencies and programs including career favorites: the NAZA program in Nashville, the YMCA of USA, GenerationOn, 4-H and Volunteer Tennessee.
Read more from Susan Ragsdale at: TheAssetEdge.net/blog
Connect with her at susan@TheAssetEdge.net and follow her @TheAssetEdge
Find more about her workshops and books by visiting www.TheAssetEdge.net or e-mailing cad@TheAssetEdge.net.
Susan Ragsdale talked about her most recent book