Adolescence projects related to this topic: Best Practices in Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Peer Training Institute (PTI) Adolescence is a time of extraordinary physical and psycho-social development impacted on by factors such as family dynamics, peer influences, substance use, environmental issues, violence, and abuse. During the past 20 years, CAI has worked closely with family planning agencies, youth serving agencies, and the New York State Division for Youth to develop programs that assist providers to effectively reach adolescents. Programs include outreach as well as trainings and conferences on adolescent health issues. A large proportion of the programs CAI has developed for adolescents utilize train-the-trainer or peer educator approaches because of their particular effectiveness in disseminating health related information to young people. The Peer Training Institute (PTI) at CAI has a job bank that assists young people in finding positions as peer educators. Trainings Examples of recent training programs include: Adolescent Females: Empowering Strategies Adolescents: Mental Health issues & impact on Reproductive Health AIDS and Drugs Changing Bodies: Adolescent Development Communication Cultural Diversity Developing Self-Efficacy Skills in Adolescents Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss and Grief HIV Prevention Education Living with HIV/AIDS Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescents Mental Health Assessment Skills for Adolescents Older Men/Younger Women: Strategies for Intervention Peer Education Strategies Peer Training Institute Prevention for Adolescents Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Spheres of Influence: Youth Culture Strategies for Involving Young Men Substance Abuse Violence and Youth Working with Adolescent Parents Working with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth Working with Street Youth Cicatelli Associates Incorporated, 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1600, New York, NY  10018 phone: (212) 594-7741 / fax: (212) 629-3321 http://www.cicatelli.org If you experience problems browsing this page, please send e-mail to webmaster © Copyright 2004, Cicatelli Associates Inc. site map