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The following resources are available
as a framework to help in developing and implementing strategies
and programs best suited for your community.
Fact
Sheet on Youth Development:
Youth development is a life process that everyone goes through.
The goal of the positive youth development approach is to ensure
that all adolescents experience this life stage positively. This
resource provides additional information about youth development.
www.ncfy.com/ydfactsh.htm
Institute
for Youth Development (IYD):
This web site is designed for both professionals in the field of
youth development and for mothers, fathers, and teens looking for
current information and advice. IYD is a non-partisan, non-profit
organization that promotes a comprehensive risk avoidance message
to youth for five harmful risk behaviors that are inextricably linked:
alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco and violence.
www.youthdevelopment.org
 National
Youth Development Information Center:
This website focuses on the need to view this country's young people
as resources and present day leaders while acknowledging that all
young people need certain resources to fulfill their potential.
Provides a wealth of research and information on defining youth
development.
www.nydic.org/nydic/programming/whatis/index.htm
Public
Education Network -- "Community Counts: How Youth Organizations
Matter for Youth Development":
From a dozen years of conversations with youth in challenging urban
and rural settings, Milbrey W. McLaughlin and colleagues have learned
what motivates youth to participate in community-based organizations
that serve them. From her study, we have a better understanding
of what effective youth-based organizations look like and what youth
gain by participating.
www.publiceducation.org/pdf/publications/support_services/communitycounts.pdf
Search
Institute:
A nonprofit, that has identified 40 concrete, positive experiences
and qualities--developmental assets--that have a tremendous influence
on young people's lives and choices. Research shows that the 40
developmental assets help young people make wise decisions, choose
positive paths, and grow up competent, caring, and responsible.
www.search-institute.org/
MORE ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
[Youth Development: What Is It?]
Strategies for Youth Development
Brain Development & Brain Research
Resource Organizations
Training and Professional Development Services
Youth Development Links
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