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What is Youth Development?
Youth Development noun. A process which prepares young people to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences which help them to become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and cognitively competent. Positive youth development addresses the broader developmental needs of youth, in contrast to deficit-based models which focus solely on youth problems. (Approved by the executives of National Collaboration for Youth Members, March 1998)
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The following is a list of insights into youth development and related terms. The National Youth Development Information Center will seek additional terminology, revising and expanding this list in an effort to find consistencies and to seek a common youth development language.
Youth Developmental Needs, Inputs, Resources
Youth Development Critical Tasks, Competencies, or Assets
NYDIC was developed with support from DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Lilly Endowment Inc. through a partnership with the Indiana Youth Institute and other generous funding.
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