Youth Development Workshops

We offer a range of short (1-2 days) youth development workshops, which can be tailored to the needs of your organisation or youth worker network.

Please get in touch for more details about an upcoming workshop or if you’re interested in hosting one.

Two days
RAP is an application of the Circle of Mana, a model of youth development that places the mana of a young person at its centre. We recognise that meeting a young person’s needs to belong, to become competent, to exercise autonomy and act generously form a foundation that parenting, education, health and youth support are built on.
RAP participants learn skills to disengage from adversarial encounters, connect with adult-wary youngsters, restore bonds of respect, and create climates where young people can thrive. This interactive workshop has become a standard for youth workers, educators, parents and youth mentors in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Praxis Community Educator programme is taught over two days. Participants then need to complete the requirements for unit standard 4098 back in their own youth work context.
The Praxis Community Educator workshop enables experienced youth workers to incorporate the teaching and assessment of unit standards (towards NCEA) into their existing youth programmes and activities.
The programme is designed for those who currently work alongside young people in: AE (alternative education), mentoring, youth transition/pre-employment, health, learning support in schools, and general youth programmes.
Once 4098 is achieved participants can become a recognised Praxis Assessor, enabling them to teach and assess generic Level 1 and 2 standards (towards NCEA) as part of their ongoing activities with young people.

Working with groups to achieve collective goals is an essential muscle to grow for anyone working rangatahi today. Leading and facilitating groups in youth work encourages rangatahi to be conscious of others, achieve tasks as a group and become generous.
Michael Smith, MEdLd, Co-leader of Praxis, has over twenty years of experience facilitating and leading groups of rangatahi to achieve collective goals and develop confidence and agency.
Participate in the most interactive and workshop catered to your group’s needs. Built on the foundational frameworks of gurus such as Karl Rohnke and Mark Collard then contextualised to working with rangatahi in Aotearoa.