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!Positive!Youth!Development:!State!Strategies!
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Author&Below&please&list&the&author(s)&of&this&resource ."
!Thaddeus!Ferber,!Elizabeth!Gaines!and!Christi!Goodman!
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Citation&Below&please&cite&this&resource&in&APA&style.&For&guidance&on&citation&format,&please&visit&http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/&
!Ferber!T.,!Gaines!E.,!&!Goodman!C.!(2005).! Positive"Youth"Development:"State"Strategies." Research!and!Policy!
Report,!National!Conference!of!State!Legislators,!October!2005.!!
Summary&Below&please&provide&a&brief&summary&of&this&resource.&If&an&abstract&is&available,&feel&free&to©&and&paste&it&here.&
!A!growing!body!of!research!shows!that!kids!who!feel!safe,!valued!and!connected!to!caring!adults!are!more!
likely!to!be!positive!about!life,!engaged!in!school!and!emotionally!healthy;!they!also!are!less!likely!to!
participate!in!destructive!or!delinquent!behavior.!This!research,!although!it!seems!based!upon!common!
sense,!has!led!to!a!dramatic!shift!in!thinking!about!youth!policyfrom!viewing!some!youth!based!on!their!risk!factors!or!deficits!versus!viewing!all!youth!as!having!certain!strengths,!assets!and!protective!factors!to!
build!upon.!Policymakers!across!the!country!are!responding!to!the!research!and!increasing!public!awareness!
of!what!is!necessary!to!change!the!odds!for!youth.!They!recognize!that,!too!often,!society!has!reacted!with!
fragmented!and!disjointed!responses!to!youth!problems!and!that!no!real!plan!exists!to!address!promotion!of!
youth!strengths.!Although!no!one!method!may!be!perfect!to!address!the!challenges!in!creating!effective!youth!
policies,!states!are!taking!steps!to!find!the!best!among!a!wide!range!of!possible!solutions.!This!issue!brief!
shares!supporting!research!and!examples!from!states!that!are!tackling!these!challenges!and!succeeding.!It!
also!includes!examples!of!what!can!be!done!to!align!and!coordinate!youth!policies!to!promote!youth!
development!in!any!state.!Categorization&Below,&please&select&the&key&words&that&describe&how&this&resource&applies&to&our&research&on&thriving&collegiate&
recovery.&If&the&keywords&below&do¬&apply,&please&select&other&and&list&the&appropriate&key&word.&
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"Success"in"Established"Collegiate"Recovery"Programs"
"Success"in"Established"Recovery>Oriented"Systems"of"Care"
X"Asset>Based"Research/Methodology"
"General"Recovery"Assets"
"Interpersonal"Assets"
"Intrapersonal"Assets"
"Community>Based"Assets"
"History"of"Recovery"
"Other:"______________________________________"
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