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. In some organizations, the primary focus tends to be on meeting goals.
. Nine times out of 10, deficit based programs will never be successful. The problem here is, the basic needs of the youth are not being addressed. For example, if a 13 year old is experimenting with marijuana, people who tend to adopt the deficit based model/approach will often not look at other factors in the youth's life. Factors such as, whether or not the child in question is being neglected? have they gone through trauma? The deficit model often ignores the physiological needs such as food, water, shelter, clothing, etc). The image below is a theory composed by Abarham Maslow. He believed there was 5 tier hierarchy and in order to move up the pyramid, needs from the lower levels need to be satisfied. 
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. From reading the article entitled, Understanding Youth, I learned that the
youth development model illustrates a collaborative relationship between schools and after school programs. As youth workers, there is only so much we can do to help our youth on our own. What I am trying to say is, we are not licensed social workers, counselors, or resource specialists. If we work with the schools, we have more of a chance of helping our youth with the problems they may be having.
. We have too many people/programs in our country that look at issues facing our youth today such as;Drug Abuse and think an informative presentation on the danger of Drug Abuse is the solution. This makes me think of the band aid effect.We are not focused on resolving the underlying reasons at to why youth may turn to drugs. Instead we say, drugs are bad for your body, you could be arrested.
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. I would like to gain more of an understanding behind the youth incarceration of 1999. According to Dana Fusco, author of, Some Conceptions of Youth and Youthwork in the United States, youth incarceration hit an all time high. 2.5 million juveniles were arrested. I am curious to know what charges were being brought up upon these youth.
