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Youth Development and Abstinence
A youth development approach to abstinence education for 9 to 13 year olds: Support from the literature
Integrating Positive Youth Development and Pregnancy Prevention (Powerpoint)
View a Powerpoint presentation designed to show the relationship between a youth development approach and pregnancy prevention.
Resources Used in the Development of the Building Partnerships for Youth Approach
View a bibliography of key reference materials relating to positive youth development
How Materials are Added to This Site
Discover how the youth development framework informs how materials are added
to this site
Strategies for Promoting Positive Youth Development
- Youth-Adult Partnerships
Discover what happens when young people and adults become engaged together in their communities - Cross-age Teaching
Describes a strategy of positive youth development that engages older youth in working with younger youth resulting in great benefits for everyone. - Stakeholder Involvement
Learn why stakeholders offer important insight into each phase of program planning, implementation and evaluation - Target Age: Nine to Thirteen Year Olds
Justification of youth development as an approach for working with nine to thirteen year olds
Elements of Positive Youth Development
What are the
21 elements of positive youth development?
Discover the research-based elements of youth development.
Fact sheets
Detailed reports related to each of the 21 elements of youth development. The following elements have factsheets available:
- Academic
Success
Find out the characteristics of a successful student and why today's youth need to know a great deal more than reading, writing, and arithmetic in order to succeed. - Citizenship and Contribution
Citizenship and contribution are important because of the benefits provided for both the youth and the communities in which they live.
- Creativity
Discover why the cultivation of creativity is a key component of programs and strategies to produce positive outcomes for youth. - Decision-making
/ reasoning skills
The issue of decision-making becomes increasingly important during adolescence because teens are developing greater autonomy and encountering more choices independent of adults. - Facing
Challenges / Taking Initiative
Youth development programs must help young people develop initiative and learn to face challenges in order to prepare them to succeed in today's rapidly changing world. - Take an Active Role
with Adults
Youth can be involved with adults in numerous ways, with differing levels of responsibility and decision-making power. In general, as young people age they develop the capacity to take on increasingly greater responsibility.
Locate a Program Model
The Building Partnerships for Youth website includes a database of youth development programs. Each program has met our criteria for inclusion on this website. To locate the program that is right for you select from one of the three ways to search below or browse them all
Search by element of youth development
Select programs using the 21 elements of youth development
Search by program activity
Select programs according to the types of activities the programs offer youth. Activities include: arts, community development, environmental education, health education, life skills, mentoring, parent education, recreation, service learning, sports, tutoring, and vocational preparation.
Search by keyword
Find programs by entering descriptive keywords
Browse all programs
Not sure which criteria to use? Then feel free to browse all of the programs in our database
Archives and Resources
E-bulletins
E-bulletins are the Building Partnerships for Youth periodic electronic newsletter. Each e-bulletin focuses on a topic related to our approach and mission. Each e-bulletin contains valuable links, trainings, teleconferences and more. If you would like to receive the e-bulletin please contact Building Partnerships for Youth. E-bulletin sign up page
Factsheets
Fact sheets are detailed reports related to both strategies of youth development and each of the 21 elements of youth development.
Trainings
Building Partnerships for Youth, CYFERnet and Healthy People, Healthy Communities
is pleased to present the following opportunities to learn more about positive
youth development.
Useful Links
A listing of useful links related to youth development.
News and events
Read upcoming and recent news and events
