This section features
research, publications and program materials related to youth ages
12 to 18 years old and their families. Topics include adolescents
development, physical and mental health, violence prevention, parent-adolescent
relationships, peer relationships, formal and informal education,
transition from school to work, opportunities for civic engagement,
and community supports for youth.
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY) was established by the Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as a free information service for communities, organizations, and individuals interested in developing effective strategies for supporting young people and their families.
TEEN
LINK
Teen-Link
was developed as a means for educators and other professionals,
parents, teachers, youth and anyone working with adolescents
or interested in adolescent development to obtain quick access
to variety of resources, both academic and practical, addressing
teen issues. This database might be used to learn more about
an issue or answer questions, to provide guidance in negotiating
issues, or to help guide program development. Abstracts are
included with most of the materials. The resources included
in this database have all been reviewed and are constantly
being updated in order to represent the best of what's out
there.
American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
This site is designed
to serve both AACAP Members, and Parents and Families. Information
is provided as a public service to aid in the understanding and treatment
of the developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders which affect
an estimated 7 to 12 million children and adolescents at any given
time in the United States.
Board
on Children, Youth, and Families
The Board on Childen,
Youth, and Families (BOCYF) provides a national focal point for authoritative,
nonpartisan analysis of child and family issues in the policy arena.
Committee on Adolescent Health and Development
(A
committee of the Board on Children, Youth and Families)
In 1996, the Board
on Children, Youth, and Families established the Forum on Adolescence
to sustain and extend the work begun by the Carnegie Council on Adolescent
Development a decade earlier. With core support from Carnegie Corporation
of New York, the Forum has become a national focal point for authoritative,
nonpartisan analysis of research and policy issues that relate to
adolescents and their families.
The Forum’s
success has provided impetus for its evolution into a standing committee
within the NRC and IOM — the Committee on Adolescent Health and
Development. As a standing committee, this group will have greater
authority and flexibility. Unlike the Forum, the committee will be
able to establish ad-hoc committees, convene workshops, and author
reports.
Consortium
on Child and Adolescent Research
The mission of
the Consortium is to stimulate research on mental health and mental
illness to benefit youngsters with emotional, developmental, and brain
disorders.
Adolescence
Directory On-Line
Adolescence Directory
On-Line (ADOL) is an electronic guide to information on adolescent
issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana
University. Educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners,
and teens can use ADOL to find Web resources for youth related topics.
Policy
Information and Analysis Center for Middle Childhood and Adolescence
The overall goal
of the Policy Center is to assist MCHB in identifying, developing
and analyzing information to assist practitioners and policymakers
at the national, state and local levels to enhance the health status
of the middle childhood and adolescent populations.
Search
Institute
Search Institute
is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission
is to advance the well-being of adolescents and children by generating
knowledge and promoting its application. To accomplish this mission,
the institute generates, synthesizes, and communicates new knowledge,
convenes organizational and community leaders, and works with state
and national organizations.
Television
and Children: Towards the Millennium
Communication
Research Trends A Quarterly Information Service from the Centre for
the Study of Communication and Culture
The
Youth Engagement Initiative
“Young Americans
are disengaging from public life at alarming and record-setting numbers.
This paper describes a proposed six-year effort to reverse this trend
and increase the civic engagement of Americans between the ages of
15 and 22. Our strategy is designed to increase their motivation,
opportunity and ability to participate by building on interest in
a select set of issues (to be identified by young people themselves)
and connecting this interest to specific opportunities to address
social problems and affect public policy.”
In
Search of The Ideal Family: The Use of Television Family Portrayals
during Early Adolescence
Considering the
amount of time minority adolescents watch television (Nielsen, 1993),
it is imperative that we revisit the earlier proposals suggesting
that idealistic portrayals of family functioning may influence how
the minority viewer feels about his or her actual family life.
Youth
and Reading: A Survey of Leisure Reading Pursuits of Female and Male
Adolescents.
In order to explore
adolescent use of the media for leisure and, in particular, adolescent
leisure reading of books, this study is a preliminary look at adolescent
leisure and reading with a view towards comparing reading to other
leisure practices that require mass, or popular, media forms and practices.
Through a survey of many adolescents, this study seeks to measure
the popularity of leisure reading compared to other leisure options,
with a view toward contrasting female and male leisure reading pursuits.
Children,
Adolescents, and the Media: Five Crucial Issues
Unhealthy attitudes
learned from the media during childhood may be put into action during
adolescence, with adverse consequences. Although there remains considerable
controversy about the media and their effects on human behavior, much
information is already known, either directly through research or
intuitively. Physicians who treat children or adolescents need to
acquaint themselves with recent advances in this crucial area.
Reflections
of Risk: Growing Up Female in Minnesota. A Report on the Health and
Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Minnesota
Youths today are
bombarded by conflicting messages in an increasingly technological,
consumer-oriented society; kids are expected to process, sort, and
deal with these messages, often without much guidance from adults
who seem just as bewildered by the quickening pace of life. Young
people are also facing a whole set of new dangers, from designer drugs
to nuclear war, that past generations did not have to face.
The
Next Generation:The health and well being of young people of color
in the Twin Cities
The physical,
mental and emotional health of Minnesota's young people is one of
the most critical concerns facing the Twin Cities community. It demands
attention above all because boys and girls of every racial and ethnic
group deserve to be able to live and grow and contribute to their
fullest potential. It is also important because young people are the
advance messengers of an increasingly multi-cultural, multi-racial
society in the Twin Cities. Already, 40 percent of St. Paul public
school students and nearly half of Minneapolis public school students
are African American, American Indian, Asian or Hispanic. Future leaders,
workers, consumers, parents, and artists are growing up in this emerging
generation.
Resiliency
and Risk among Young People of Color
This report uses
the same rich database to explore "resiliency," the capacity
of young people to thrive, to be emotionally healthy, and to avoid
destructive behavior in spite of very difficult circumstances. Using
statistical analysis, this study seeks to identify the factors and
life experiences that uniquely contribute to emotional well-being
and avoidance of damaging behavior.
Survey
of Minnesota Prison Inmates
At the urging
of the United Way of Minneapolis Area, this study was commissioned
by the 1993 Minnesota Legislature to survey prison inmates in the
state about their childhood and adolescent experiences. The purpose
was to identify risk and protective factors that characterize prison
inmates in order to have data on which to base public policy.
Adolescent
Nonmarital Childbearing and Welfare
The birth rate for
unmarried adolescents has doubled since 1970. In 1991 there
were approximately 45 births per 1,000 unmarried teenage women.
This trend reflects both the increase in early sexual activity
and pregnancy among teenagers and the dramatic decline in
the marital rate among teenagers.
afterschool.gov
This site
is a clearinghouse to federal resources that support children
and youth during out-of-school hours.
21st
Century Community Learning Centers
The federal
government's official site for 21st Century Community Learning
Centers. The 21st CCLC program is a key component of President
Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.
Out-of-School
Time Project
The Finance
Project's Out-of-School Project is devoted to financial and
technical assistance for out-of-school time and community
initiatives.
Out-of-School
Time Evaluation Database
Harvard
Family Reserach Project's Out-of-School Time Evaluation Database
provides accessible evaluation information on programs and
initiatives.
North
Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Resources for After-School
Programming
North Central
Regional Educational Laboratory: Resources for After-School
Programming provides resources for effective school-based
after-school programs with links to potential partners.
National
Institute on Out-of-School Time
Located
at the Center for Research on Women, the NIOT is commited
to aligning the diverse fields of educational reform, welfare
reform, and crime prevention to strengthen after-school programming.
Twin
Cities BEST
Twin Cities
BEST (Building Exemplary Systems for Training) provides training
and professional development for youth workers, including
an interactive web-based training program to be launched in
the fall of 2002.
Innovation
Center for Community & Youth Development
The ICCYD
seeks, tests, and promotes innovative concepts and practices,
providing cutting-edge tools for youth workers in diverse
settings. They are committed to youth participation at all
levels.
International
Resources
Auntie
Stella: Teenagers talk about sex, life and relationships
Auntie
Stella: Teenagers talk about sex, life and relationships was
originally produced by
Training and Research Support Centre as an activity pack
for young Zimbabweans aged 13 to 17 years, and later developed
as
a website. It aims to encourage young people to discuss
key teenage issues, and also gives information that teenagers
find
hard to get elsewhere. Both the print and website versions
use the question and reply format of problem page letters
written
to agony aunts in magazines, a popular source of information
for young people.
FOCUS
on Young Adults
Focus
on Young Adults was a six-year program led by Pathfinder International
in partnership with
the Futures Group International and Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Funded by the
US Agency
for International Development, it was the first USAID-funded
program to focus on the reproductive health concerns
of adolescents and young adults.
