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Positive Youth Development - Research Resources
 
Brown, D. et al. Barriers and Promising Approaches to Workforce and Youth Development for Young Offenders. Available at: www.aecf.org.
 
Leffert, N. et al. 1996. Making the Case: Measuring the Impact of Youth Development Programs. Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute.
 
Minnesota Alliance for Youth (MAY). 2000. My Voice. A videotape is available from MAY, 117 University Avenue #320, St. Paul, MN, 55155-2200.
 
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2002, Community Programs to Promote Youth Development, Committee on Community-Level Programs for Youth. Jacquelynne Eccles, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, Editors. Board on Children, Youth and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. National Academy Press www.nap.edu.
 
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. 1999. Risks and Opportunities: Synthesis of Studies on Adolescence. Forum on Adolescence. Michele D. Kipke, Editor. Board on Children, Youth and Families. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
 
New York State Division for Youth. February 1997. New York Youth, The Key to our Economic and Social Future: A Blueprint for State and Local Action. New York, NY.
 
Peter C. Scales, et al. “The Effects of Service Learning on Middle School Students’ Social Responsibility and Academic Success” Journal of Early Adolescence 20, 3 (August 2000): 332.
 
Pittman, K., Irby, M., and Ferber, T. Unfinished Business: Further Reflections on a Decade of Promoting Youth Development. Tacoma Park, MD: The Forum for Youth Investment.
 
Promoting Positive Youth Development in New York State: Moving From Dialogue to Action. August 2000. Partners for Children.
 
Public/Private Ventures. Youth Development: Issues, Challenges and Directions. Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures.
 
Roehlkepartain, J and Leffert, N. Ph.D. 2000. What Young Children Need to Succeed: Working Together to Build Assets from Birth to Age 11. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit.
 
US Department of Health and Human Services. July 1996. Reconnecting Youth and Community: A Youth Development Approach. Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth.
 
US Department of Health and Human Services. January 1997. Understanding Youth Development: Promoting Positive Pathways of Growth. Washington DC: CSR, Incorporated.
 
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