Communities That Care

Posted on December 30, 2011

How the Five Town community got started with CTC…

This week’s blog installment begins to tell the story of our local CTC efforts.  Here is an excerpt:

Based on feedback received via email over the last couple of weeks, we decided it might be a good idea to provide a brief summary of how Five Town CTC got started.  SO, here goes:

Back in 1997 researchers at the University of Washington’s Social Development Research Group (SDRG) began a study called Diffusion of State Risk/Protective-Focused Prevention—The Diffusion Project for short.  Dr. Richard Catalano and Dr. J. David Hawkins were interested to learn how communities made decisions about the strategies they use to prevent youth problem behaviors such as substance abuse, violence, delinquency, school drop-out, and teen pregnancy. READ MORE

We welcome suggestions for topics for our blog, and encourage you to join the conversation by commenting on our entries!  If you have questions, contact Dalene Dutton by calling 207-236-9800 or emailing dalene@fivetownctc.org.

Posted on December 23, 2011

Why “Good Job” isn’t necessarily good enough

This week’s addition to the weekly blog, “Fostering A Community That Cares About Youth” is available for viewing.  This post delves a bit deeper into the kind of recognition we provide to young people.  Here is an excerpt:

If students feel that positive feedback is generalized or—even worse—not accurate, they may become skeptical and alienated…and actually less likely to become bonded to those delivering what they feel is false or empty praise.  They may discount future statements meant to be positive and hear only the criticisms. READ MORE

We welcome suggestions for topics for our blog, and encourage you to join the conversation by commenting on our entries!  If you have questions, contact Dalene Dutton by calling 207-236-9800 or emailing dalene@fivetownctc.org.

Posted on December 19, 2011

Holiday office schedule

The offices of Five Town CTC in Rockport will be closed from Monday, December 26th through Monday, January 2.  We will reopen on Tuesday morning, January 3rd, at 9AM.

Posted on December 15, 2011

Newest blog entry: “Skills+Opportunities+Recognition=Bonding”

This week’s Fostering A Community That Cares About Youth entry is about how important having opportunities where young people can learn new skills and be recognized for their learning is.  Here is an excerpt:

Praise, recognition, positive attention…we all crave it.  Even people who don’t like to be in the spotlight want to know that they and their contributions are appreciated—it is a basic human desire.  Coaches and teachers have long known that recognition plays a major role as young people develop new skills.  We also now know that recognition plays a role as young people develop standards for their own behaviors. READ MORE

We welcome suggestions for topics for our blog, and encourage you to join the conversation by commenting on our entries!  If you have questions, contact Dalene Dutton by calling 207-236-9800 or emailing dalene@fivetownctc.org.

Posted on December 1, 2011

Have you checked out our blog yet?

The Five Town CTC Blog is called, “Fostering A Community That Cares About Youth.” New content goes up weekly!  This week’s installment is entitled, “Bullying: Not Just Playground Scuffles.”

You can read this and other posts by going to http://www.fivetownctc.blogspot.com/.  To make sure that you don’t miss any content, be sure to subscribe to the blog while you are there!