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Positive Youth Development
Origins, Research and Concepts
Prevention Research:
What predicts and prevents
poor health outcomes?
Risk Factors: Community
Availability of Drugs
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Availability of Firearms
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Community Laws and Norms Favorable
Toward Drug Use, Firearms, and Crime
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Media Portrayals of Violence
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Transitions and Mobility
Low Neighborhood Attachment and
Community Disorganization
Extreme Economic Deprivation
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Resiliency Research:
What explains success
despite the odds?
Results of Resiliency Research
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INDIVIDUAL TRAITS
Social Competence
Problem Solving Skills
Autonomy
Sense of Purpose, Belief
in a Bright Future
ENVIRONMENTAL TRAITS
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Caring Relationships
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High Expectations
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Opportunities for
Participation
Youth Development Research:
What predicts
and promotes thriving?
Search Institute’s
The Origin of “Assets”
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External Assets
Support
Empowerment
Boundaries and
Expectations
Constructive Use of
Time
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Internal Assets
Commitment to
Learning
Positive Values
Social Competencies
Positive Identity
Relationship of Assets to
Negative Outcomes
70%
61
60%
Alcohol Use
Violence
49
50%
38
40%
27
Percent of
30%
Teens
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20%
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10%
3
7
0%
0-10 Assets
11-20 Assets
21-30 Assets
31-40 Assets
Number of assets
Copyright © 2001 by Search Institute
Thriving Indicators by Asset Level
Succeeds in School
100%
90%
Maintains Good
Health
80%
93%
75%
70%
59%
60%
52%
50%
43%
40%
30%
30%
25%
20%
10%
8%
0%
0-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
Risk and Protective
Factors at Work
Risk
Factors
Protective
Factors
Positive
Outcomes
National Research Council (2002)
Features of Positive Developmental Settings
Physical and Psychological Safety
Appropriate Structures
Supportive Relationships
Opportunities to Belong
Positive Social Norms
Support for Efficacy and Mattering
Opportunities for Skill Building
Integration of Family, School and Community Efforts
“Problem free is not fully prepared.
Fully prepared is not fully engaged.”
Karen Pittman
What is Positive Youth
Development?
A philosophy or approach
that guides communities in the
way they organize programs
and supports so that young people
can develop to their full potential!
Key Principles of
Youth Development
• Positive Outcomes
• Youth Voice
• Strategies Aim To Involve All Youth
• Long Term Involvement
• Community Involvement
• Focus On Collaboration
Shared
Leadership
Participation
Positive Youth
Development
Preparation
Prevention
Intervention
Traditional
Approach
Crisis
Adapted from Karen Pittman