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  1. Promoting Youth Development Through School-Based Group Mentoring

    Khan, Christina TaraUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … is a popular preventive intervention for youth. Research in the last decade has illuminated a number of best practices in one-on-one mentoring, including several program factors associated with positive youth outcomes in academic, behavioral, and social domains. What remains less clear are …

    uiuc Repository record

  2. Participation in SOS Outreach: a positive youth development program

    Keigley, Meghan Ann, author, Coatsworth, J. Douglas, advisor, Riggs, Nathaniel, committee member, Eakman, Aaron, committee memberColorado State University. Libraries2015

    … time burdened by physical, emotional and social developmental challenges. However, many extracurricular programs now focus on fostering Positive Youth Development (PYD) with a primary goal of helping youth develop positive life skills and positive trajectories. Many of these programs emphasize …

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  3. A Rubric for Assessing High School Youth Development Programs

    Archer, Marylynn R.

    <p>This study establishes what the standards of a youth development program are and evaluates three youth development programs at a rural high school using these standards. The study sample includes the advisors and students from the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Mathematics, Engineering, and …

    dominican Repository record

  4. An evaluation of a youth-development-through-sport programme

    Mendoza, CynthiaInstitute for Monitoring and Evaluation2017

    This evaluation was based on a youth-development-through-sport programme in Africa. In the present study the Success Case Method was used to demonstrate initial changes experienced by participants in the training and to inform the Youth Empowerment through Sport (YES) programme about quick and …

    cape-town Repository record

  5. An outcome evaluation of Mamelani Projects' Youth Development Programme

    Maposa, James FungaiInstitute for Monitoring and Evaluation2010

    Youths living in foster care homes within South Africa are required by law to leave these places of care when they reach the age of majority (18). To assist the successful integration of these youths into society, services that include mentorship, daily life skills training, housing support, job …

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  6. A programme theory and process evaluation of a youth development programme

    Swingler, SusanOrganisational Psychology2020

    Background The CoolPlay youth development programme (CYDP) is an after-school sport-for development (SFD) programme with an integrated social-emotional learning (SEL) component delivered to schools in low-income communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The CYDP is implemented by CoolPlay, an SFD …

    cape-town Repository record

  7. Challenges experienced by women fashion entrepreneurs of Botswana’s Youth Development Fund project

    Paya, Kegomoditswe Matshediso2022

    Submitted in fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree: Master of Applied Arts in Fashion, Durban University of Technology, 2022.

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  8. Positive Youth Development in Tanzanian Youth: Utility of the Developmental Assets Approach

    Drescher, Christopher Fox2020

    … are increasingly interested in positive youth development (PYD), an approach that emphasizes the competencies, strengths, and responsibilities of youth from all backgrounds. This paradigm may be especially useful in research with international youth given the paucity of research on …

    mississippi Repository record

  9. Positive Youth Development Among Latino/a Youth in a Service Learning Program

    Drescher, Christopher Fox2019

    … a service-learning program to cultivate positive developmental strengths among Latino/a youth participating in a school-based program in Los Angles County. Youth (N=112) in grades 5–12, who were primarily from low SES backgrounds, participated in an environmental and humanitarian education …

    mississippi Repository record

  10. Pathways to Positive Youth Development in African Contexts: The Role of Contribution

    Patel, Prina2025

    … considered an emergent outcome of positive youth development (PYD) in the Lerner and Lerner Five Cs model of PYD is described as a commitment by youth to give back to the world around them in personally meaningful ways following sufficient development of the five Cs - competence, confidence, …

    claremont Repository record

  11. Teamwork and leadership : competitive youth soccer as a context for positive youth development

    Kingsley, Bethan.Brock University2008

    … and interactions that characterized positive developmental experiences in sport. A highly competitive and reputable U-17 girls' soccer team was chosen for the study through purposeful sampling, providing an information rich case from which data could be derived (Patton, 2002). Seventeen …

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  12. Youth Development Agencies: A Case Study of Young People's Experiences in Ekurhuleni Municipality

    Nkosi, MduduziDepartment of Sociology2023

    ‘Youth unemployment' and ‘youth development' are topical issues in post-democratic South Africa. The country sees an ever-increasing number of predominately working class young people struggling to find ways to ‘enter the economy' over time because of a variety of reasons. South African government …

    cape-town Repository record

  13. An evaluation of the Qhubeka! Youth Development programme: Using a generic qualitative approach

    Majola, SibahleOrganisational Psychology2022

    The Qhubeka! Youth Development Programme is the first programme launched by the NonProfit Company (NPC), Just Grace, in 2012. The organisation is implementing five community programmes: (1) School strengthening; (2) Community development; (3) Business support; Community projects; and (5) Youth …

    cape-town Repository record

  14. The Formation, Nature, and Utilization of Youth-Adult Contacts Made in Youth Development Programs

    Sullivan, Patrick J.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … their implications on theory and practice in the youth development field, and their potential impact on future research.

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  15. Cultivating Resilience in Adolescence: How Educational Environments Can Support Positive Youth Development During Identity Exploration

    Arndt, Heather I., Larin, Genesis G., Munguia, Gladis Abigail, Perez, Henry WIlliam, Preciado, Dianne

    lmu Repository record

  16. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STAFF AND YOUTH IN A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY-BASED POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

    McDavid, Martha Lindley

    Positive youth development (PYD) programs offer enriching experiences that help young people discover and develop skills that will help them become productive, successful, and healthy adults (Damon, 2004; Lerner, von Eye, Lerner, & Lewin-Bizan, 2009). The social context within PYD programs serves …

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  17. The Potential of Green Care Interventions to Promote Positive Youth Development with a One Health Lens

    Brandes, Hagit2017

    … bodies of knowledge: Green Care, Positive Youth Development (PYD), and One Health. Green Care is an organizing construct for various interventions that use nature as a framework. I suggest that a nature-based program which incorporates Animal-assisted and horticulture interventions have the …

    denver Repository record

  18. Going Mobile in Rural America: The Community Effect Rural Trailer Parks on Child and Youth Development

    MacTavish, Katherine AnneUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … dissertation answers whether, for children and youth of working-poor rural families, a rural trailer park produces a community effect that supports social mobility as does a small-town, or narrows life chances, as does an urban ghetto. A controlled-comparison design focuses on the major poor …

    uiuc Repository record

  19. Increasing latino engagement in sustainability and philanthropic efforts of mainstream youth development organizations in the United States

    Gonzales, Lynda2010

    … that increasing Latino engagement in mainstream youth development organizations first requires historical and contemporary analysis of related practices in order to create attractive, relevant and successful strategies. Both historical and contemporary literature is reviewed in this study. New …

    depaul Repository record

  20. Changing afterschool settings for positive youth development: An examination of a setting level capacity-building intervention in afterschool programs

    Gregory, Tara D.2007

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