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Download full textMcLearn, Kathryn T.; Hughart, Nancy; Minkovitz, Cynthia; Strobino, Donna; Scharfstein, Daniel; Genevro, Janice; Benedict, Mary; Guyer, Bernard – 2000
The Healthy Steps for Young Children program is a national initiative developed by pediatricians from Boston University in collaboration with professionals from the Commonwealth Fund. This program for families with young children (birth to 3 years of age) provides developmentally--oriented services within pediatric primary care through addition of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Child Health, Family Programs
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Direct linkQuinn, Jane – New Directions for Youth Development, 2004
Youth work is a field that has moved from a sole focus on the treatment of youth problems to their prevention, and more recently, the promotion of normal, healthy development. Concurrent with this trend to a more comprehensive approach to youth services (one that serves a continuum from promotion to prevention to short- and long-term treatment)…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Youth Programs, Professional Development, Trend Analysis
Barbosa, Moacir; Gannett, Ellen S.; Goldman, Jude; Wechsler, Samantha; Noam, Gil G. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2004
Several years ago intermediaries in Boston were challenged to build a continuum of training around a shared set of competencies for those who work with young people ages five to twenty-two during the out-of-school-time hours. After receiving a few small planning grants, local intermediaries teamed up with large youth-serving organizations to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Professional Development, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
Johnson, Elaine; Rothstein, Fran; Gajdosik, Jennifer – New Directions for Youth Development, 2004
This chapter examines the role of a national network of local and regional intermediary organizations in initiating and sustaining community-based youth worker professional development systems. This approach is instructive for other intermediaries in establishing training standards, assessing impact, providing organizational supports for youth…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Professional Development, Role Perception, Child Development
