Lizzy and Nat welcome Dr. E Chico (they/them) to discuss the goals of, obstacles to, and strategies for collecting Youth Feedback and evaluating programs in a meaningful way.

Lizzy & Nat discuss the "Storming" stage of Group Development and important considerations to hold before, during, and after.

Lizzy & Nat discuss the meaning of "buy-in" in youth programming and how group leaders can increase engagement and participation.

Lizzy shares her experience running summer programming for high school youth and Nat & Lizzy discuss the particular challenges and joys of youth programming during the summer season.

Lizzy and Nat welcome Jess Levine (she/her) to share best practices and considerations when working with youth participants with various social abilities.

Our very first guest, William Collier (he/him), joins Lizzy & Nat to talk about setting boundaries with young folks - especially as a new youth development professional.

Lizzy shares one of her favorite tools in thinking through expectation-setting with young people.

Social Discipline Window resource

In this shorter ep, Lizzy and Nat discuss what has changed for them in the last 4 years and name their hopes for the new season