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bullet1 Principles of Youth Development, Risk and Resiliency

bullet2 Bibliography for Risk and Development

Benson, P.L., & Saito, R.N. (2000). The Scientific Foundations of Youth Development. In G. Walker & N. Jafee (Eds.), Youth Development: Issues, Challenges and Directions, 125-148. Philadelphia:  Public/Private Ventures.


Eccles, J. S. (1999). The Development of Children Ages 6 to 14. The Future of Children:  When School Is Out, 9, 30-44.


Eccles, J. and Appleton Gootman, J. (Eds.).  (2002). Community Programs to Promote Youth Development . Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 1-18. Available online.


Larson, R.W. (2000). Toward a Psychology of Positive Youth Development. American Psychologist, 55 (1), 170- 183.


Luthar, S.S. & Latendresse, S.J. (2002).  Adolescent Risk: The Costs of Affluence. New Directions for Youth Development, 95, 101-121, Fall 2002.


Noam, G. (1999). The Psychology of Belonging:  Reformulating Adolescent Development. In A.H.  Esman, L.T. Flaherty, H.A Horowitz (Eds.), Annals of the American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry (Adolescent Psychiatry Developmental and Clinical Studies, Volume 24). Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.


Noam, G., Biancarosa, G., & Dechausay, N.  (2003). Afterschool Education: Approaches to an Emerging Field. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.


Roth, J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2000). What Do Adolescents Need for Healthy Development?  Implications for Youth Policy. Social Policy Report, XIV (1), 3-19. Available online at: http://www.srcd.org/sprv14n1.pdf  


Ryan, R. and E. Deci. (2000) Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being.”  American Psychologist, January, 68-78.


Seligman, M. (2000). Positive Psychology: An Introduction. American Psychologist, 55 (1), 5-14.


Werner, E. (1990). Protective Factors and Individual Resilience. In Meisels, D.J. & Shonkoff,  J.P. (Eds.). Handbook of Early Childhood Education. New York: Cambridge University Press.


Yohalem, N. & Pittman, K. (October, 2001).   Powerful Pathways: Framing Options and Opportunities for Vulnerable Youth . Discussion paper of the Youth Transition Funders Group,  1-30. Takoma Park, MD: The Forum for Youth Investment, International Youth Foundation.  Available online.