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Participation in Youth Programs as a Catalyst for Negotiation of Family Autonomy with Connection

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Available at http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/youthdev/Documents/LarsonPearceSullivanJarrett2006.pdf For decades, researchers believed that conflict was a necessary ingredient for teens to establish...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Opening Our Arms: Helping Troubled Kids Do Well

Kathy Regan Bull Publishing 344 pages. $16.95. A personal narrative of the author’s experience as the nurse manager of a locked child...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Afterschool Training Tookit

http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits From math to art, this online toolkit helps after-school programs create high-quality and fun enrichment activities with academic content. Each of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Youth on Board

http://www.youthonboard.org Youth on Board is a consulting and coaching firm that helps strengthen relationships between young people and adults working to meet...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The National Mentoring Center

http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring The center recently launched a redesigned website that improves access to its services and information and adds content focused on improving...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

New Group for Professionals

A group of consultants has started what it calls the “first and only trade association for mentoring professionals.” The mission of the...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

$5 Million to Train Future Workers

American Humanics has received a $5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund a new competitive internship program, called the...

Guest Opinion Essay

Promoting Developmental Supports: A Nation at Risk

For all of us who work in youth development, it’s good to keep our eyes on the ball. The ball is providing...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Awards for March 2007

Laura Bush presents Alicia Guadalupe Montero Perez, center left, and Ingrid Janet Noh Canto, center right, both of La Chacara Children’s Cultural...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Understanding Youth: Adolescent Development for Educators

Michael Nakkula and Eric ToshalisHarvard Education Press304 pages. $29.95. A broad compilation of practical, theoretical and empirical information about youth development. The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

National Young Worker Safety Resource Center

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~safejobs/nation/index.html The center provides training, technical assistance and resource materials to states and community groups interested in the health and safety of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide

http://tonisant.com/aitg The site supports the work of theatre professionals who use their skills to help change behaviors and build awareness of various...

News

The Study that Ignited (or Diluted) Mentoring

You’d think an organization that was serving tens of thousands of kids and had become a household name wouldn’t feel “vulnerable.” But...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Youth Find Treasure in Mapping

Back in 1992, Richard Murphy guided 2,100 youth in plotting some 7,000 resources in their New York City neighborhoods – everything from...

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Report Roundup for December 2006 – January 2007

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

High Hopes Stored in a Children’s Cabinet

In a rare Capitol Hill victory for youth advocates, President Bush last month signed legislation to create the nation’s first youth development...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Hugo Classes for Kids

Seattle, Wash.(206) 322-7030www.hugohouse.org Objective: Give young writers opportunities to develop their writing skills and expand their imaginations. In a Nutshell: Hugo...

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