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Understanding Youth DevelopmentPrinciples and Practicesby Janis WhitlockSeptember 2004 Continued on page 2 Youth Development (YD) is a strategic approach with a focuson practices for engaging entire communities in helping allyouth thrive. It builds on traditional Youth service approachesby emphasizing long term, systemic strategies for cultivatingqualities and traits desirable in young people through thecreation of environments that support their developmentalneeds and capacities. The YD approach is founded on thebelief that young people thrive when they are developmentallysupported across all sectors of the community school, youthserving agencies, faith organizations, community governance,business, juvenile justice system and YD framework is a descendant of resilience studies inthe early 1980 s when scholars began to explore why s
Understanding Youth Development Principles and Practices by Janis Whitlock September 2004 Continued on page 2 Youth Development …
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