{"product_id":"positive-youth-development-principles-in-practice-1","title":"Positive Youth Development Principles in Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis open access book tells the story of eight youth service organizations in the USA, using the voices of the impacted youth and the staff who accompanied them.\u003c\/b\u003e Drawing on a series of structured interviews with young people and staff and informed by positive youth development (PYD), ideas the author proposes nine universal principles for working with youth from under-resourced neighborhoods that can be applied to any youth organization. The principles include orienting youth towards a purposeful future, providing an opportunity to build academic and critical thinking abilities, and developing individual’s identity and sense of agency. The book contributes to the emerging methodology of principles-focused evaluation and draws on range of disciplines including psychology, education and youth studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Thrive Foundation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56408756978008,"sku":"9781350451445","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350451445.jpg?v=1780428626","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/positive-youth-development-principles-in-practice-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}