Promoting youth voice in Indian country

摘要: Abstract In social work, our focus is often on “helping” youth. However, practice experience filled with examples of how can silence youth voice, albeit the best intentions. The value, power, and importance voice cannot be understated. lack inclusion voices those children we work troubling may very well a contributing factor to success many programs aimed at improving lives with. To illustrate I will use my in Alaska Native Communities set stage for examining place, possibility Further, through examination community based participatory research project funded by Office Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, joined colleagues from Institute Educational Research Service (IERS) National Children's Trauma Center (NNCTC), describe also promote potentially Indian Country. My offer description process, design, preliminary results, critical process both promotes silences