Table 1.

Components of the BCLT Program.

Overview
The BCLT program trains youth to interview older adults (ages 65 and over) about their life wisdom, including overcoming adversity, dealing with crises, and facing life’s uncertainties, as well as specific questions of particular interest to the youth. The program exposes the youth to social science methods such as interviewing skills and techniques to interpret, analyze, and present interview data.
Component	Description
a.Youth training	Training is provided in preparation for the interviews with older adults.
b.Interviews with older adults	Each youth participant conducts a life wisdom interview with an older adult lasting approximately 1 h and recorded.
c.Summarizing individual and group findings	Youth participants create individual interview summaries that include identifying the lessons offered. The group then compiles the interview data and prioritizes the lessons.
d.Community presentation	Youth participants create and lead a public presentation of the findings from their interviews, focusing on the life lessons of older adults in their community.