All posts tagged "Youth Development"

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Letters to the Editor

  Front-Line Youth WorkersLorenzo D. Harrison, AdministratorOffice of Youth ServicesU.S. Department of LaborWashington, DC Thanks for the honorable mention in your editorial [October]...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Children’s PACs Still in Infancy

  That sage of American life, Will Rogers, once observed, “I’m not a member of any organized party – I’m a Democrat.” Today...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for December 2002 – January 2003

  Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is an extensive tool to help readers advocate for children’s rights. Pardeck traces...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Bike Out

    Venice, Calif.(310) 452-7785www.bikeout.org Objective: To promote physical health and foster self esteem in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) youth and their...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for December 2002-January 2003

    Civic Engagement Child Slavery in Your Chocolatewww.radicalthought.orgexplores the horrific practice of child slavery in the cocoa fields of Ivory Coast. Developed...

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  Press Watch for November 2002

  Lost Children: A Look at Kids, Mental IllnessThe Spokesman-Review A weeklong series in the Spokane, Wash., daily looks at families struggling to...

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  Pubs and Videos for November 2002

  Education The Self-Directed Learning Handbook, by Maurice Gibbons, explains how to help middle and high school students practice self-directed learning, a process...

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  Pubs and Videos for October 2002

  At-Risk Kids No Disposable Kids, by Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin Ness and Martin Mitchell, suggests ways to reach children whom everybody else...

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  Community Youth Corps

    Baltimore, Md.(410) 396-5356dtaylor@epfl.net  Objective: Provide service-learning opportunities for youth and help them see libraries as valuable resources. In a Nutshell: The...

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  Pubs and Videos for July-August 2002

  Education Building a Community School, by The Children’s Aid Society, is a practical manual for school reform. The book provides innovative suggestions...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for May 2002

  Activities Art for the Heart: Creative Art Expression for You and Your Friends, by Mary Wallace, is a fun book for any...

• News

  Gimme a Grrrrrrr…

  Guys normally love to watch girl cheerleaders. But when members of the Girls Project in Manhattan perform their own cheers, any guys...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work

  The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  H.O.T. Salsa Project

    San Antonio, Texas (210)-335-1727gfaulk1960@yahoo.com Objective: To provide valuable workforce knowledge to at-risk youth in a residential setting with hands-on learning experience. In...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  No Beer, No War, and Now This…

  The federal government has moved to eradicate the potentially corrupting influence of youth on politics by banning them from contributing to national...

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  Press Watch for April 2002

    Child Welfare "Quotas alleged for child-abuse caseworkers"The Miami HeraldA company hired by the state of Florida to help administer child welfare...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Congress’s Anonymous “Healthy Youth Prevention Program” ($100,000)

  The names of actual groups or programs in the criminal justice, education and social service sectors directly funded by Congress amply illustrate...

• News

  Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs

  Back in 1998 a wonderful youth program in Brooklyn, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, came under the spotlight of critical...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Connecting With a Caring Adult

  A caring adult can make a huge difference in a teen’s life. Here, two young writers describe how this kind of relationship...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Go Global, Too

  Rosemary Tisch, FounderKids Are SpecialFamily Education FoundationSan Jose, CA I just finished reading your [February] article, “U.S. Youth Programs Go Global.” Because...