WHAT IS THE YDI? The Youth Development Institute (YDI) was created to help youth-serving organizations improve their programs by incorporating evidence-based youth development practices. YDI provides teams a powerful and interactive learning and training experience as a way to launch organizational change with the goal of aligning practices with youth development principles, building staff and agency capacity and professionalizing the youth development field.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) eliminates barriers in the design of the learning environment and makes curriculum accessible to all students. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES: Understand the underlying principles of UDL, Understand the basic neuroscience to reach all learners, Explore & use UDL principles for designing instruction tomeet student needs, Engage in professional conversations around UDLapplications across classrooms