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Positive youth development (PYD) programs are designed to optimize youth developmental progress.[1] PYD differs from other approaches to youth in that it rejects an emphasis on trying to correct what is considered wrong with children's behavior or development. Instead, youth development professionals live by the motto originally coined by Karen Pittman, "problem free is not fully prepared"[2] as they work to grow youth into productive members of society. Programs and practitioners seek to empathize with, educate, and engage children in productive activities.[3] Though the field is still growing, PYD has been used across the world to address social divisions, such as gender and ethnic differences.[4]

Core Intersection = Tech in PYD

“We need to build invidual and contextually-aware environments for every child to feel empowered to build the four quadrants in their lives around themselves and the people they love around them and the world” -it takes a village to raise a child (so let’s step up!_

Great backgrounder:

http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/professionals/steppingstones/youth_policy_development.aspx

Intro/Research:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.138.2065&rep=rep1&type=pdf

http://ase.tufts.edu/devtech/courses/readings/BersLynchChau.pdf

P.Y.D. Model:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/q6EMzLtFIBHy_dCxaidLOVNHTwRWvefP9oiYTQIIWA979SqI4huFctqx6V8oK_O_6tR-jR66bfrE6guGJndYFbHkWLARbHtRftSwGHwrdkmMnj6g8gczz8pDpfHXaDZ30I5fgIPs

MOVE, THINK, FEEL, SHARE

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Iq6DAIHG5scLgzcdiiarZiYnO1OuaQCy-lho3G8MslOD6nt2PjmR7k3DwtsuQznRdd8ykQPqJDNq-e-vSPPRGHl2XwjA8cR7NmId6Kwt2_7PMyIAkWuUdDnsq6226qTfFU4ooW0a

ALL ABOUT ENVIRONMENT

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KkQbe2nlShCbS7mIRHhjGsbyPle2wxOmxSA06ZhNPZ5HB8PvY1Ud4sio4a5wPQIcYruG0ETW4aWAJZbXlw7rRQOGDExhM08arAwYPe7bRIxO3ZNO6kn5xrBm4QWVRE847cB6woLp

INDIVIDUALIZED TO WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT!