Youth Agent’s Job: Critical Components

Loren G. Goyen, Federal City College

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Goyen studied five critical-task areas for youth agents: program development and execution, individual help and counseling, organization, interpersonal relationships, and public relations. His findings suggest that competence in areas of agriculture or home economics wasn't critical for youth agents to be effective. He concludes that youth agents need additional training in the behavioral sciences and in adult or extension education. The study also provides a way of looking at the "proper role" of youth programs.