Connected Youth: Understanding and Supporting Them

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How can we understand changes in young people’s behavior in the digital age? Irritability, withdrawal, sleep difficulties, conflicts over phone use, cyberbullying or peer pressure: how can we recognize signs of distress and know how to respond? This interactive, experiential course-workshop invites parents and adults who support young people to explore these questions through concrete situations inspired by everyday life. Through role-playing and scenarios inspired by forum theatre, participants will be able to observe, try out different responses, replay certain scenes and collectively reflect on other ways of communicating with young people. Insights from psychology will enrich the experiences in order to better understand certain behaviors, gain perspective on difficult situations and identify concrete courses of action. The aim is to learn to identify situations requiring particular attention, encourage dialogue with young people and establish a reassuring framework while preserving a relationship of trust. Everyone will be able to participate at their own pace, as an actor or observer, in a caring environment that encourages discussion and collective reflection. A workshop for learning through experience, sharing thoughts and leaving with new tools to support young people in everyday life.