This Study Guide is a professional development tool created to help individuals, organizations, and systems build the competencies of youth service professionals -- those professionals who work directly with youth in the workforce development arena. The Study Guide is organized by the 10 KSA Competency Areas for youth service professionals. The competencies listed within each competency area include the KSAs needed to serve all youth effectively, as well as the additional KSAs needed to serve youth with disabilities effectively (identified with a â?Dâ?). The guide includes competency-specific learning objectives, selected activities, demonstrations of learning, and resources for each of the competencies identified in all 10 Competency Areas. The KSA Study Guide can be used to: (a) assess youth service professionalsâ? competencies; (b) plan a professional development program or system; and (c) discover new professional development strategies and resources. (The NCWD for Youth, a project of the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington DC, is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Laborâ?s Office of Disability Employment Policy).
This Study Guide is a professional development tool created to help individuals, organizations, and systems build the competencies of youth service professionals -- those professionals who work directly with youth in the workforce development arena. The Study Guide is organized by the 10 KSA Competency Areas for youth service professionals. The competencies listed within each competency area include the KSAs needed to serve all youth effectively, as well as the additional KSAs needed to serve youth with disabilities effectively (identified with a â?Dâ?). The guide includes competency-specific learning objectives, selected activities, demonstrations of learning, and resources for each of the competencies identified in all 10 Competency Areas. The KSA Study Guide can be used to: (a) assess youth service professionalsâ? competencies; (b) plan a professional development program or system; and (c) discover new professional development strategies and resources. (The NCWD for Youth, a project of the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington DC, is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Laborâ?s Office of Disability Employment Policy).