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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]
“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
MOVE, THINK, FEEL, SHARE
ALL ABOUT ENVIRONMENT
INDIVIDUALIZED TO WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT!