9780309105903: Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309105900 ISBN 13: 9780309105903
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309105900
ISBN 13 
9780309105903
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
432
Editor
Gootman Jennifer Appleton, Eccles Jacquelynne
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  • 4.25 out of 5 stars
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