The Third Space
The Third Space is a podcast for youth workers by youth workers. Each episode includes strategies for youth engagement, discussion on a pressing topic, and answers to listener questions.
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- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
S3E5: Early Childhood Approaches
Lizzy & Nat welcome aj (they/them) to discuss early childhood approaches and how they can be used across various developmental stages.
S3E4: Loss
Lizzy and Nat welcome Lindsay (she/her) to discuss one of the hardest parts of being a youth worker - death and loss in the professional realm.
Pardon our Break
Nat stops by to explain the show's hiatus and share some resources for having difficult political conversations with youth.
How Should Staff and Mentors Discuss the Recent U.S. Election with Youth:…
S3E3: Youth Feedback
Lizzy and Nat welcome Dr. E Chico (they/them) to discuss the goals of, obstacles to, and strategies for collecting Youth Feedback and evaluating programs in a meaningful way.
S3E2: Group Development Stages - Storming
Lizzy & Nat discuss the "Storming" stage of Group Development and important considerations to hold before, during, and after.
S3E1: Building Buy-In
Lizzy & Nat discuss the meaning of "buy-in" in youth programming and how group leaders can increase engagement and participation.
Summer Programming
Lizzy shares her experience running summer programming for high school youth and Nat & Lizzy discuss the particular challenges and joys of youth programming during the summer season.
Diverse Social Abilities
Lizzy and Nat welcome Jess Levine (she/her) to share best practices and considerations when working with youth participants with various social abilities.
Setting Boundaries
Our very first guest, William Collier (he/him), joins Lizzy & Nat to talk about setting boundaries with young folks - especially as a new youth development professional.
Love Stories
Social Discipline Window
Lizzy shares one of her favorite tools in thinking through expectation-setting with young people.
Middle Schoolers!
Aaaand we're back!
In this shorter ep, Lizzy and Nat discuss what has changed for them in the last 4 years and name their hopes for the new season
13: Parent Engagement
How do we engage parents and adult family members in our work with youth? In this work, sometimes it can be hard to know how to engage with parents to support our work with their children. In this ep…
12: Group Dynamics During Forming
In this episode, we'll discuss some of the challenges that come with group dynamics during their early stages and ways we've handled them as facilitators. .
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11: Onboarding
In this episode, we discuss onboarding youth to a new space and some of the tools and strategies we are using this fall to get groups going!
10: Hospitality in Youth Programming
In this episode, we'll discuss how to bring more hospitality into our youth spaces. We define different characteristics of hospitality through examples and stories from our own experiences.
9: Exit Interviews
In this episode, we explore the value and purpose of exit interviews, and discuss some of our favorite exit interview questions and strategies.
8: Adultism
In this episode, we define adultism and provide examples and strategies for being anti-adultist in our work with youth.
7: Work/Life Balance
In this episode, we explore the ever-elusive ideal of work/life balance, including strategies to help us move towards it.
Ideas/Creators/Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Laura van Dernoot Lipsk…