Find resources that define positive youth development and offer research on and models for positive youth development approaches.
Adolescent Health
Office of Adolescent Health (2017)
Provides resources designed to equip practitioners with the means to implement positive youth development principles. The resource offers learning modules and toolkits about general youth development as well as specific topic areas.
Finding Their Way: Perceptions of Risk, Resilience, and Positive Youth Development Among Adolescents and Young Adults From Public Housing Neighborhoods
Forrest-Bank, Nicotera, Anthony, & Jenson (2015)
Children and Youth Services Review, 55
Analyzes how risk, protection, resilience, and the principles of positive youth development interact to affect adolescent development and behavior.
Positive Parenting Tips
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017)
Offers age-specific tip sheets to enable parents to understand and facilitate appropriate developmental milestones.
Positive Youth Development
Family & Youth Services Bureau (2017)
Summarizes evidence that supports positive youth development as an effective conceptual model for understanding protective factors in childhood and adolescence.
Positive Youth Development
Youth.gov (2017)
Discusses the progression of understanding related to positive youth development. This resource also connects to several resources related to this subject, including Federal agencies, conferences, and programs.
What is Positive Youth Development?
Family and Youth Services Bureau (2012)
Defines positive youth development and its conceptual framework. This resource provides tips for engaging youth in five core areas of psychological, behavioral, and social development: competence, confidence, connection, character, and compassion.