Facilitating Positive Youth Development through Residential Camp: Exploring Perceived Characteristics of Effective Camp Counsellors and Strategies for Youth Engagement

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Halsall ◽  
Kelsey Kendellen ◽  
Corliss Bean ◽  
Tanya Forneris
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Residential Camp

The Kids are Alright

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Almeda M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Spiritual Maturity ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Religious Lives

Discussions of adolescence and youth spirituality often focus primarily on the problems that need to be fixed in youth or their context. This essay draws upon positive youth development theory, which asserts that youth are much more than problems or at-risk. It affirms that all youth have resources that can be developed and contributions to make to their communities. This essay reviews the pervasiveness of problem-based approaches in the larger society and contemporary research on the religious lives of youth. It also calls theologians and youth workers to contribute to the shifting perspective of youth by re-imaging youth spiritual maturity as more than “adult like” and to offer a theology of adolescence which explicitly affirms youth engagement as partners with God, right now.

scholarly journals How the Rubik’s Cube Helps Explain the Evolving Approach to Effective Youth Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Michael McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Local System ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Youth Activities ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

There is increased recognition that effective youth programming requires a Positive Youth Development approach that is multi-dimensional and intentional in terms of utilizing interventions that take into account age-appropriateness; socio-ecological considerations for youth, their families, and the local system; and that address the integrated needs of young people, rather than single-sector solutions. Addressing the complexity of this 3-dimensional integrated approach is key to putting into practice the findings of the Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and helping develop thriving, resilient youth. The manuscript draws from recent USAID youth activities and research on the impact of youth engagement on development outcomes to provide a framework for new design considerations.

Meaningful Youth Engagement Through Media Usage

2019 ◽  
pp. 729-747
Author(s):  
Yoshitaka Iwasaki
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Central Argument

Guided by the literature on youth engagement and media studies globally, this conceptual article examines the key engagement-related notions involving youth and media usage. A central argument of the article is that meaningful youth engagement can be considered a key concept in describing youth's use of hybrid media that reflects the diversity of youth populations and their media usage. Specifically, such media-involved youth engagement can be seen as an important meaning-making activity within youth's lives that can potentially build social and cultural capital, including through social relationships and youth-led political activism. Aligned theoretically with positive youth development (PYD) and social justice youth development (SJYD) frameworks, this article suggests that youth's hybrid media usage can be seen as a meaningful youth-engagement activity that can provide opportunities to promote skills/competences leading to positive development, and to address human rights and other social justice issues in an empowered, meaningful way.

scholarly journals Measuring Impact of Positive Youth Development Initiatives on Youth in Lahore, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
Aliya Khalid ◽  
Syeda Mahnaz Hassan ◽  
Uzma Aashiq ◽  
Syed Salman Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Youth Services ◽  
Youth Service ◽  
Service Projects ◽  
Development Initiatives ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
The Impact

This paper examined the impact of positive youth development initiatives on youth in Lahore, Pakistan through the provision of youth services. Youth is considered as one of the most important segments of the population in a country as it has to take over future roles and responsibilities. Currently, Pakistan is one of those countries which has the highest percentage of youth in its population. A survey of the literature showed that due to multiple socio-economic factors, the potential of youth has not been adequately utilized for the development of the country. One of the effective strategies being practised at the global level is an engagement of youth in the mainstream course of development. Using the quantitative method, 357 respondents were studied through a survey questionnaire. The respondents were students studying in 6 Catholic schools in Lahore where youth service projects have been implemented by Youth Engagement Service (YES) Network Pakistan. The findings revealed that the provision of youth services put a positive impact on the personality of beneficiary adolescents. After the provision of youth services, the majority of beneficiary youth was more caring towards other fellows, feeling more worthwhile within themselves and proved to be more useful for family and community at large. Furthermore, engagement of youth in civic activities turned an adolescent into a productive and outcome-oriented citizen. The study concluded that through positive youth development approach, youth can prove itself as a changemaker asset whose potentialities can contribute immensely to the socio-economic development of the country.

scholarly journals Positive youth development programs for mental health promotion in Indian youth: an underutilized pathway

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 3488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noufal Hameed ◽  
Seema Mehrotra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Indian Literature ◽  
Google Search

There is an unprecedented growth in the young population worldwide and especially in India and mental health of youth is an area of growing concern. The scope of convergence of the fields of positive youth development and mental health promotion among youth is becoming evident in the recent times. The paper aims to provide a brief overview of the field of PYD research in India and come up with implications for utilizing this framework for youth mental health promotion. A rapid review was carried out to examine Indian research on positive youth development and its relevance for mental health promotion through youth engagement. Two sets of key words, ‘Positive youth development’ and ‘India’ were jointly used as search words. The search was carried out in the month of April 2017, using EBSCO and ProQuest and MedIND as the electronic databases, with no restriction in the time-period of the published studies. A supplementary search of titles using Google search engine was done with eight Indian journals and one database for the period from 2010 till date. The search indicated significant paucity of Indian literature on positive youth development. A total of 24 articles were identified. Nine studies were retained of which six were non-intervention and three were intervention studies. The review suggests that PYD programs and PYD based mental health promotion programs are in a nascent stage in India with a dearth of published literature on the same. Implications for youth mental health promotion are highlighted. 

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