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Committee On Community-Level Programs For Youth; Board On Children, Youth, And Families; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Na - Community Programs to Promote Youth Development - 9780309105903 - V9780309105903
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Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

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Description for Community Programs to Promote Youth Development Paperback. After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. This book offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to meet young people's developmental needs. Editor(s): Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Gootman, Jennifer Appleton. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKSB1; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. But what do we know about the role of such programs for today's adolescents? How can we ensure that programs are designed to successfully meet young people's developmental needs and help them become healthy, happy, and productive adults?

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development explores these questions, focusing on essential elements of adolescent well-being and healthy development. It offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed ... Read more

The book also discusses the features of programs that can contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. It examines what we know about the current landscape of youth development programs for America's youth, as well as how these programs are meeting their diverse needs.

Recognizing the importance of adolescence as a period of transition to adulthood, Community Programs to Promote Youth Development offers authoritative guidance to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and other key stakeholders on the role of youth development programs to promote the healthy development and well-being of the nation's youth.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Setting the Stage
  • 2 Adolescent Development
  • 3 Personal and Social Assets that Promote Well-Being
  • 4 Features of Positive Developmental Settings
  • 5 The Landscape of Community Programs for Youth
  • 6 Lessons from Experimental Evaluations
  • 7 Generating New Information
  • 8 Data and Technical Assistance Resources
  • 9 Funding and Support for Programs
  • 10 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Appendix A Fundamental Principles of Human Development
  • Appendix B Theoretical Frameworks for Conceptualizing Positive Developmental Processes
  • Appendix C Biographical Sketches
  • Appendix D Related Reports from the National Academies
  • References
  • Index
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
National Academies Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780309105903
SKU
V9780309105903
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Committee On Community-Level Programs For Youth; Board On Children, Youth, And Families; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Na
Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth, Jacquelynne Eccles and Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Editors, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

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