| Description |
x, 352 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-327) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Practice of Youth Development -- Setting the Context for the Practice of Youth Development -- Social Perspectives on Youth -- Youth Development in New Frontier Settings -- Challenges and Rewards for Youth in the Twenty-First Century -- Youth Cultures -- Demographic Profile and Trends -- Youth Development: Origins and Definitions -- The Origins of Youth Development -- A Journey in Search of a Definition -- What Is Youth Development? -- Definitions of Youth Development -- Common Themes and Threads -- An Encompassing and Contextualized Definition -- Youth Development: Approaches and Considerations -- A Review of Approaches -- Cultural Diversity -- The Age Factor -- Gender and Sexual Orientation -- Youth Development and Disabilities -- Participation: Involving Youth in Decisions -- The Place of Prevention in Youth Development -- Youth Development: Principles and Core Elements -- The Importance of Principles -- The Core Elements--from the Physical to the Spiritual -- Youth-Development Domains: Families, Peer Groups, Schools, and Community -- Youth Development and Families -- Youth Development and Schools -- Peer Groups--an Important Domain -- It Takes a Community -- Youth Development: Activities, Settings, Marginalized Youth, and Frameworks -- The Orchestration of Activities -- The Setting--a Border Zone -- Youth Development and the Marginalized -- Frameworks for Practice -- Youth Development: Program Evaluation -- Key Evaluation Questions -- Evaluation Challenges -- Community-based Evaluations -- Results from the Field. |
| Subject |
Social work with youth -- United States.
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Social work with youth. (OCoLC)fst01123565
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
0231122802 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780231122801 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0231122810 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780231122818 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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