Youth Development Guide Blog #1

 What did I already know?
   To be honest I’ve only ever heard of the deficit approach. I’ve never been explained what it was and how it works. So this article was all knew to me cause I only had a small general concept about what and how the deficit approach is used. 

What did I learn?
I learned about what the  deficit approach was more in depth. I've learned that they focus in on programs targeted for specific problem behaviors. Some of the included focusing on preventing drug abuse, preventing teen pregnancy and reducing violence with adolescents. I learned that usually single-issued programs are very rare in being successful and/or reducing the problem behaviors overtime unfortunately. I also learned why deficit approaches often fail. Which is because we often have to focus so much on that one problem behavior that we forget about the person/people's basic developmental needs. The word resiliency I have also heard of before but never have I truly understood the meaning of it. I also learned about resiliency research and that it focuses on younger people who succeed becoming healthy adults despite the risk. It also asks about what helps these young people face obstacles. Some of the biggest influences of these young people include family, school and community based programs. 

What do I want to know more of?

I would really like to learn more about resiliency research and the deficit approach. I would like to learn more about how the deficit approach is used and how it helps or doesn't help in the school setting as well as outside the school setting. To be honest to me this article was a bit confusing maybe having another article go in depth. 

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