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Promoting Positive Youth Development: The Miami Youth Development Project (YDP)
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Kurtines, William M.; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Berman, Steven L.; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Briones, Ervin; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Albrecht, Richard; Garcia, Arlen J.; Arrufat, Ondina – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
The Miami Youth Development Project (YDP) had its beginnings in the early 1990s as a grassroots response to the needs of troubled (multiproblem) young people in the community (Arnett, Kurtines, & Montgomery, 2008, this issue). YDP is an important outcome of efforts to create positive youth development interventions that draw on the strengths…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Community Needs, Intervention, Young Adults
A Developmental Intervention Science (DIS) Outreach Research Approach to Promoting Youth Development: Theoretical, Methodological, and Meta-Theoretical Challenges
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Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Kurtines, William M.; Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Berman, Steven L.; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Briones, Ervin; Silverman, Wendy; Ritchie, Rachel; Eichas, Kyle – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
This paper describes work directed toward creating community-supported positive youth development interventions that draw on a developmental intervention science outreach research approach. With respect to developmental interventions, this approach focuses on creating evidence-based longitudinal change intervention strategies for promoting…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Intervention, Outreach Programs, Youth Programs
Drug Abuse Treatment and Comprehensive Services for Adolescents.
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Etheridge, Rose M.; Smith, Jeff C.; Rounds-Bryant, Jennifer L.; Hubbard, Robert L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2001
Compared treatment needs and services received in six areas based on the Treatment Outcome Prospective Study and the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies for Adolescents (DATOS-A). Found a general decline in services received that was only partially offset by significant decreases in some self-reported service needs in DATOS-A. Unmet needs…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation