Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

doi:10.17226/10022

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Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

(2002)

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 to meet young people's developmental needs.

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.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Institute of Medicine; Board on Children, Youth, and Families; Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth; Jacquelynne Eccles and Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Editors

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National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 2002. Community Programs to Promote Youth Development. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10022.

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432 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-10590-3
Ebook: 978-0-309-13403-3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/10022

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xx
Executive Summary	1-18
1 Setting the Stage	19-40
2 Adolescent Development	41-65
3 Personal and Social Assets that Promote Well-Being	66-85
4 Features of Positive Developmental Settings	86-118
5 The Landscape of Community Programs for Youth	119-146
6 Lessons from Experimental Evaluations	147-196
7 Generating New Information	197-227
8 Data and Technical Assistance Resources	228-264
9 Funding and Support for Programs	265-296
10 Conclusions and Recommendations	297-314
Appendix A Fundamental Principles of Human Development	315-319
Appendix B Theoretical Frameworks for Conceptualizing Positive Developmental Processes	320-327
Appendix C Biographical Sketches	328-334
Appendix D Related Reports from the National Academies	335-341
References	342-392
Index	393-411

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