What Differences Do Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Differences Make in Youth Development Programs?
(1992) http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_ storage_01/0000019b/80/13/1e/3a.pdf This paper provides an overview of the research on the role that race, ethnicity and culture play in youth development, analyzes the implications for the design of youth development programs and makes recommendations to program planners. The author includes program examples and highlights the implications of her findings. Author/Publisher: Camino, Linda A. Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development. Washington, DC. Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs. Chapter Two: Defining and Evaluating Positive Youth Development: Positive Youth Development Constructs (November 1998) http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/PositiveYouthDev99/ Chapter Two of the report, “Positive Youth Development in the United States,” provides a list of criteria for positive youth development including: 1) promote bonding, 2) foster resilience, 3) p