What are the types of environments in which youth thrive? How do we cultivate such environments to promote optimal development and positive behavior in youth? The Youth Development Handbook: Coming of Age in American Communities provides youth and development practitioners access to current theory and research in the field of youth development, including illustrations of good practice, original case studies, and a contextual approach to such topics as youth participation and diversity. The Youth Development ...
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What are the types of environments in which youth thrive? How do we cultivate such environments to promote optimal development and positive behavior in youth? The Youth Development Handbook: Coming of Age in American Communities provides youth and development practitioners access to current theory and research in the field of youth development, including illustrations of good practice, original case studies, and a contextual approach to such topics as youth participation and diversity. The Youth Development Handbook is designed for scholars and researchers in applied developmental science as well as practitioners and policy makers who implement youth development initiatives. The book is also recommended for use in graduate courses on youth development in the fields of Psychology, Human Development & Family Studies, and Education.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 408 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2003013110 Type of material Book Main title The youth development handbook: coming of age in American communities / editors Stephen F. Hamilton, Mary Agnes Hamilton. Published/Created Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2004. Description xiv, 408 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0761926348 (alk. paper) 0761988726 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification HV1431. Y6876 2004 Related names Hamilton, Stephen F. Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Contents Introduction: what is youth development? --Principles for youth development / Stephen F. Hamilton, Mary Agnes Hamilton, and Karen Pittman--Processes and practices in youth development contexts--Youth organizations: from principles to practice / Sarah Deschenes, Morva McDonald, and Milbrey McLaughlin--Organizations serving all ages / Geoffrey L. Ream and Peter A. Witt--Bridging juvenile justice and positive youth development / William H. Barton--Youth development and health / Richard E. Kreipe, Sheryl Ryan, and Susan Seibold Simpson--Can high schools foster youth development? / Jerome M. Ziegler--Designing work and service for learning / Mary Agnes Hamilton and Stephen F. Hamilton--Using and building family strengths to promote youth development / Catherine P. Bradshaw and James Garbarino--Enlisting peers in developmental interventions: principles and practices / Michael J. Karcher, B. Radford Brown, and Douglas W. Elliott--How neighborhoods matter for youth development / Ray Swisher and Janis Whitlock--Popular media culture and the promise of critical media literacy / Jane D. Brown, Rebecca Schaffer, Lucila Vargas, and Lahoma S. Romocki--Action steps--Success factors in community-wide initiatives for youth development / Kathleen A. Dorgan and Ronald F. Ferguson--Understanding and improving youth development initiatives through evaluation / Charles V. Izzo, James P. Connell, Michelle A. Gambone, and Catherine P. Bradshaw--Understanding the lay of the land: strategies for funding youth development programs / Glenda L. Partee--Implications for youth development practices / Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes Hamilton--Index. Subjects Youth--Services for--United States. Social work with youth--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Dewey class no. 362.71 Geographic area code n-us--
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