Waterford Youth Services Bureau     200 Boston Post Road     Waterford, CT  06385      (860) 444-5848
Susan A. Radway EdD, Director

 

Who We Are

 

Youth Registration
Form


Waterford Youth Services Bureau was established by the Town Ordinance in 1991 to:
  • Increase the number of diversity of positive youth development programs

  • Provide a coordinated means for the prevention of delinquency

  • Reduce the amount of chemical abuse among youth

 

WYSB Trip
Permission Form

Dial-A-Teen
Guidelines

Dial-A-Teen
Registration Form

 

The Positive Youth Development Model

The Positive Youth Development Model (PYD), developed by Hawkins and Catalino, provides a framework for WYSB programming.  PYD involves building competencies and enhancing environments that promote the positive development of children and youth in their families, schools, among peers, and within their communities.

This building block model looks to ensure that support and development occurs sequentially with skills being developed with families, followed by schools, then peers, and lastly, the community.

A strong attachment to each step is necessary to ensure that successful connections begin at the next level.  Positive, healthy development occurs when young people bond with each of these units.

WYSB works to help families and youth make and keep strong attachments and commitments to each system.  We do this by providing:

  • Opportunities for youth and families to become positively involved in each step of the system
  • Appropriate skill development
  • Adequate rewards to reinforce utilization of skills and opportunities
  • To carry out the theory of the PYD model, WYSB offers programming that supports the following areas:

    Youth Resources
    Directory

    Safety, Security
    & Behaviors

    Contact
    Director

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    Family Connections

    Peer Relationships
    School Commitments Community Connections
    Staff

    Susan A. Radway, EdD, Director
    sradway@waterfordyouth.org

    Gigi Rhodes, LCSW
    Counselor

    Cristina Connell, LCSW
    Counselor

    Mallory Hannaford
    Playgroup Facilitator

    Lori Blinderman
    W.A.D.E. Coalition Project Coordinator


    Maureen DeLauro
    Office Administrator

    Robin Hennessey, MSW
    Counselor

    Rebecca Bibart
    Birth-Three Playgroup Facilitator

    Kate Stephenson
    Program Coordinator

     

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