Helping Youth Thrive: Elevating the Science of Positive Youth Development in Practice
摘要
In this introductory chapter, we introduce the volume to you, the youth development practitioner, and argue the need for elevating the importance of building your understanding of the research that informs your practice. We also seek to elevate the important work that you do, by providing you with clear examples of how to integrate research into practice with intentionality. The chapter also presents the 4-H Thriving Model as an example of synthesizing research into a model that informs positive youth development practice. The chapter ends with an overview of the organization and contents on this volume.