Fall Road Map Series - Week Two: Young people are constantly taking in the world around them — reading cues, testing connections, figuring out where they fit and what they're becoming. Underneath the surface, their brains are doing complex work: balancing the pull toward independence with the need for belonging, the urge to act with the need to reflect. In the second session of our Fall Road Map Series, we'll introduce the PEAR Institute's Clover Model, a framework for understanding four core developmental needs: Active Engagement, Assertiveness, Belonging, and Reflection, and how they shift as young people move from early childhood through adolescence. This one-hour development primer is designed as an accessible entry point for anyone who supports youth. You'll leave with a clearer picture of what's going on inside the minds of the young people you work with, and a simple lens you can carry into your own setting.
OUR PRESENTER
Jamaal Williams grew up in Queens, NY, and has spent his career on a simple bet: that young people rise to the level of belief invested in them. After graduating from Cornell, he put that bet to work, first as an AmeriCorps member with City Year, then across higher education, local politics, and nonprofit leadership, before landing at PEAR, where he now serves as Director of Training.
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