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Program design is critical to addressing program goals. This section includes research, resources and practical techniques to plan and create effective development opportunities for youth in your programs.
By design: A new approach to programs for 10-15 year olds.
Work/Family Directions, Inc. and American Business Collaboration for Quality Dependent Care.
Curriculum kit featuring two manuals and a video that work together to help the user design and create an after-school program for 10- to 15-year olds. 1998
Community programs to promote youth development
J. Eccles & J.A.Gootman
This book offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. 2002
Learning by doing and the youth-driven model
(230 K PDF)
Stephan Carlson
Article that demonstrates how giving youth responsibility for their own learning fosters lifelong interests that will help youth gain the skills necessary to become literate, intelligent beings. 1998
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