Community Youth Development : Programs, Policies, and Practices
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Add to basketSold by Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Add to basketFormer library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Francisco A. Villarruel (Ph.D., 1990, University of Wisconsin, Madison) is an Associate Professor of Family & Child Ecology at Michigan State University and a Research Associate with the Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, a university-wide research and outreach unit promoting positive development of children, youth, and families in communities through the application of the scholarly resources of Michigan State. He is affiliated with the Julian Samora Research Institute, which generates applies knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest. Since joining Michigan State in 1992, Dr. Villarruel has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in both the Community Services and Child Development programs. His research focus is on developmental contextualism, Latino youth and families, and positive youth development.
Daniel F. Perkins (Ph.D., 1995, Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist within the Agricultural and Extension Education Program of the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to coming to Penn State in 2000, he worked in the Family and Child Ecology Department at Michigan State and the Family, Youth, and Community Sciences Program of the University of Florida. His research area is family and youth resiliency and policy, with a focus on strengthening the capacity of families, youth, and communities to be partners in building strong families, fostering positive youth development, and creating caring, safe, and productive communities.
Lynne M. Borden (Ph.D., 1997, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Division of Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Dr. Borden′s scholarly interests focus on the contribution and the relationship between multiple contexts such as structured out-of-school programs, schools, families and communities on positive development of young people. She worked as an elementary school teacher and middle school counselor before returning to academia to focus on issues relating to children, youth, and families. Since returning to academia, she has published over 25 refereed journal articles, as well as chapters for handbooks and encyclopedias of human ecology and developmental psychology.
Joanne G. Keith (Ph.D., 1977, Michigan State University) is a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Family and Child Ecology at Michigan State University, where she has taught since 1977. Her appointment includes scholarship through research, teaching, and outreach. She has integrated these areas in a variety of state, national, and international professional experiences. Her current areas of outreach and research include: an assets-based approach to positive youth development; indicators of the status and demographic trends related to children, youth, and families at the national, state, county, and community levels; community collaborations on behalf of children, youth, and their families; and youth and families from an international perspective. Her interests include middle childhood, early and later adolescence, community youth development, assets/strengths-based approaches to youth development, and generations and family influences. She regularly teaches a graduate seminar, Positive Youth Development: An Asset-based Approach.
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