Foundations & Self-Awareness of Cognitive Development
As programs work to facilitate SEL skill building for youth, youth workers must strengthen their understanding of cognitive development.
Date and time
Location
CoLab18 in Nova Place
100 South Commons Suite 100 Pittsburgh, PA 15212About this event
- Event lasts 3 hours
New!
This training is a new APOST offering, as it's part of the Social & Emotional Learning Youth Work Methods Workshops recently developed by The Forum for Youth Investment | The Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality (https://forumfyi.org/weikartcenter/workshops/).
This workshop is a pre-requisite for two other workshops:
- Engaging Youth in Supported Struggle workshop (which is being offered on June 11)
- and Facilitating Problem Solving.
Workshop Description
As programs work to facilitate social-emotional (SEL) skill building for young people, youth workers must think about their readiness to facilitate cognitive skill building with young people. Cognitive skills are the core skills the brain uses to think, learn, remember, problem-solve and pay attention. Cognitive development is the continuing development of those skills from birth through adulthood.
In this introspective workshop, youth workers will take time to identify their own strengths, needs, interests, and constraints related to learning and cognitive development. Additionally, participants will strengthen their understanding of how their background, experiences, privilege, bias, and/or discrimination have affected their attitudes toward learning and their expectation about other’s learning.
Participants will leave this session with practical skills that can be implemented immediately to support youth initiative and problem-solving.
Workshop Facilitator
Diane Ford, Executive Director
Melting Pot Ministries
Registration Details
Registration is open for this event until it fills up or until two days before the workshop.
This workshop is limited to 15 participants. We will have a waiting list that we'll use to both fill spots that open up and also help plan our future workshop topic schedule.
Each participant will be provided with a guidebook to use during the training and keep and will also receive a certificate of completion via email afterwards.
Location & Accessibility
This workshop will take place at CoLab18, inside Nova Place at 100 South Commons, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (on the Northside).
There is an entrance to the Nova Place Concourse at the corner of South Commons and Federal Street, across from the Post Office. There is an accessible ramp at this entrance.
If you come by car and park in the garage, there are elevators in the garage.
More details about this location, including a map, and transportation are in the FAQ below.
Frequently asked questions
The Foundations of Self-Awareness (FASA) workshops are pre-requisites for the two workshops above them. If SEL is new to you, consider taking Essentials of an SEL Framework first. View the set of 10 workshops here: https://forumfyi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SEL-Methods-Description.pdf
https://novaplace.com/getting-here/maps/
We are centrally located on the main floor of Nova Place (the old Allegheny Center Mall). From the parking garage, take the Central elevator to the (P) Plaza level across from the guard’s desk. CoLab18 is the first door on the left after you exit the elevator.
There are several buses that will bring you to or near Nova Place. You can take Port Authority transit via the 13, 15, 16, 18, 54, or the T (trolley). Learn more about navigating to Nova Place here: https://www.colab18.org/use-the-space/directions/
There is an entrance to the Nova Place Concourse at the corner of South Commons and Federal Street, across from the Post Office. When you enter you'll see the guard’s desk and the elevator. CoLab18 is the first door on the left if you are facing the guard desk.
Parking is available in the Nova Place building garage and rates range from $6.00 – $12.00 depending on the duration of your stay. Enter through Gate 3 or 4. Note: APOST plans to provide parking garage vouchers to attendees for free parking. Metered street parking is available outside the building.
Yes. Learn more about the Bike Room and how to reserve space in it here: https://novaplace.com/amenity/bike-room/