Let’s Get Trained

Our interactive training experiences are designed to build capacity and boost your program quality. Each two-hour training combines engaging activities, meaningful discussion, and practical application—all grounded in adult learning theory.

The Youth Work Methods trainings are a research-based curriculum developed by The Forum for Youth Investment. As certified trainers, we deliver these proven practices that strengthen youth programs and develop staff skills.
Our Leadership Development trainings, developed in-house by our team of experts, drive organizational excellence through quality improvement, capacity building, and employee engagement and retention.

While ideal for teams of 8-20 participants, we can customize any training for smaller or larger groups.

Browse our training menu below to explore topics and build your custom package.

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$950

The Half-Day Workshop

We come to you and deliver a 2-hour training session for your team.

We recommend:

Training from 10:00am - 12:00pm followed by lunch.

Lunch followed by a 1:00pm-3:00pm training.

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$1,800

The Full-Day Workshop

We come to you and deliver two 2-hour training sessions for your team.

We recommend:

Training from 10:00am - 12:00pm

Lunch from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Training from 1:00pm - 3:00pm

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$6,000

The 2-Day Retreat

Dive deeper with this 2-day retreat, featuring four separate 2-hour training sessions. This immersive experience gives your team time to explore leadership and youth work methods in greater depth.

We also help you make the most of your time and add additional team-building, planning, and fun into the schedule.

Youth Voice

This workshop guides staff to support young people by providing opportunities for voice and choice. With proper support and scaffolding over time, young people grow in responsible decision-making and leadership.

Planning and Reflection

This workshop provides practical and fun tools for engaging young people in the Plan-Do-Reflect learning process. It focuses on establishing clear, comprehensive plans at the beginning of an activity and reflecting on the results and process after the activity has been completed.

Building Community

This workshop introduces methods for building supportive, youth-centered relationships and prepares participants to ask effective questions, listen actively to youth, and encourage young people by tapping their intrinsic motivation.

Cooperative Learning

This workshop gives strategies for successfully incorporating interactive, interdependent, goal-oriented group work into youth programs. Working in pairs or groups supports young people in being active, self-directing, and expressive.

Homework Help

This workshop explores staff practices to effectively support young people with academic efforts at any time by framing academic support as an opportunity to build relationships and nurture positive growth, beyond getting the work done.

Active Learning

This workshop provides practical strategies for actively engaging young people in their own learning process by providing meaningful, challenging content with strong adult support.

Ask-Listen-Encourage

This workshop provides strategies for carrying out positive, purposeful interactions with young people through asking effective questions, letting young people speak, and making specific observations about their decisions that encourage them to succeed.

Reframing Conflict

This workshop provides a six-step, youth-centered, nonthreatening way of resolving conflicts that occur in youth settings. It is a problem-solving approach that seeks to turn conflicts into learning opportunities.

Structure and Clear Limits

This workshop helps staff establish appropriate structure (routines and rituals) and clear limits (norms and behavior guidelines), fostering a feeling of fairness and predictability that supports young people to explore and express themselves in a conducive learning environment.

Introduction to Active-Participatory Approach

This workshop introduces the "active-participatory approach," which is the foundational philosophy for all other Youth Work Methods workshops. In this approach, adults engage young people socially, emotionally, cognitively, and physically as active participants in their own learning and development.

Strategic Decision Making

This workshop equips leaders with frameworks for making complex decisions that align with organizational mission and values. Through practical exercises, leaders learn to analyze situations, evaluate options, and implement decisions while building buy-in from diverse stakeholders.

Communication & Influence

This workshop develops leaders' ability to communicate vision, build trust, and inspire action across all levels of the organization. It focuses on crafting clear messages, active listening techniques, and adapting communication styles to different audiences and situations.

Change Management & Adaptive Leadership

This workshop prepares leaders to guide their organizations through periods of change and uncertainty. Leaders learn to identify resistance patterns, build resilient teams, and maintain organizational effectiveness while implementing new initiatives and managing transitions.

Data-Driven Leadership

This workshop guides leaders in creating and sustaining a data-informed culture. Through practical applications, leaders learn to collect meaningful data, interpret results, and translate insights into actionable strategies that drive program improvement and organizational growth.

DEI-Informed Leadership

This workshop provides frameworks for building and leading inclusive organizations. Leaders explore practices for fostering belonging, making equitable decisions, and developing culturally responsive programs and policies that serve diverse communities.

Emotional Intelligence & Team Dynamics

This workshop helps leaders understand and leverage emotional intelligence to build high-performing teams. It focuses on developing self-awareness, managing relationships effectively, and creating psychologically safe environments that promote innovation and collaboration.

Crisis Management & Resilience

This workshop equips leaders with tools for navigating crises while maintaining team wellbeing and organizational stability. Leaders learn risk assessment strategies, emergency response protocols, and methods for building organizational resilience.

Resource Optimization

This workshop guides leaders in maximizing impact through strategic resource allocation. Leaders learn to assess organizational capacity, align resources with priorities, and develop sustainable practices that support long-term organizational health.

Stakeholder Engagement

This workshop develops leaders' ability to build and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders. It focuses on board engagement, community partnership development, and creating sustainable networks that advance organizational mission.

Innovation & Growth Mindset

This workshop introduces leaders to practices that foster organizational learning and innovation. Through hands-on activities, leaders learn to create environments that encourage experimentation, learning from failure, and continuous improvement.

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