Research Catalog

Title

Community programs to promote youth development / Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth ; Jacquelynne Eccles and Jennifer Appleton Gootman, editors ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Eccles, Jacquelynne S.
• Gootman, Jennifer Appleton
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth
• National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Description

xvii, 411 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• United States
• Adolescent
• Youth > Services for > United States
• Teenagers > Services for > United States
• Child Development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Setting the Stage -- I. Promoting Adolescent Development. 2. Adolescent Development. 3. Personal and Social Assets that Promote Well-Being. 4. Features of Positive Developmental Settings -- II. The Role of Community Programs for Youth. 5. The Landscape of Community Programs for Youth. 6. Lessons from Experimental Evaluations -- III. Evaluation and Social Indicator Data. 7. Generating New Information. 8. Data and Technical Assistance Resources -- IV. The Intersection of Practice, Policy, and Research. 9. Funding and Support for Programs. 10. Conclusions and Recommendations. App. A. Fundamental Principles of Human Development -- App. B. Theoretical Frameworks for Conceptualizing Positive Developmental Processes -- App. C. Biographical Sketches -- App. D. Related Reports from the National Academies.

ISBN

0309072751 (hardcover)

LCCN

2001006226

OCLC

• ocm48144330
• SCSB-4794612

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries