Recreation And Youth Development

by Witt, Peter A.

• ISBN13: 9781892132574
• ISBN10: 1892132575
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Venture Pub

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Preface	xi
Section I All About Youth	1	(128)
10 Principles of Youth Development	3	(22)
Peter A. Witt
Linda L. Caldwell
Youth Today and Tomorrow: A U.S. Perspective	25	(26)
Linda L. Caldwell
Play and Recreation in Childhood and Adolescence: An International Perspective	51	(30)
Francis Lobo
Bill Niepoth
Why and How Youth Services Were Developed	81	(16)
Peter A. Witt
Youth Serving Organizations: Then and Now	97	(32)
Peter A. Witt
Section II Developing Youth's Potential	129	(112)
Processes of Positive Development: Classic Theories	131	(18)
Reed W. Larson
Kathrin Walker
Resiliency, Protective Processes, Promotion, and Community Youth Development	149	(20)
Daniel F. Perkins
Linda L. Caldwell
Recreation and Youth Development	169	(24)
Linda L. Caldwell
Educating For, About, and Through Leisure	193	(26)
Linda L. Caldwell
Deliberate Programming With Logic Models: From Theory to Outcomes	219	(22)
Cheryl K. Baldwin
Linda L. Caldwell
Peter A. Witt
Section III Supports, Opportunities, Programs, and Services	241	(114)
The Power of Parents: Positive Parenting to Maximize Youth's Potential	243	(22)
Susan L. Hutchinson
Cheryl K. Baldwin
The Power of People: Relationship-Based Programming	265	(16)
Jason N. Bocarro
Peter A. Witt
Increasing Youth Voice	281	(20)
Jesse M. Ellis
Linda L. Caldwell
Developing Quality After-School Programs	301	(28)
Peter A. Witt
Teen Centers: A Place of Their Own	329	(26)
Kristi Montandon
Megan Kelly Cronan
Peter A. Witt
Section IV Diversity: Implications for Youth Development	355	(142)
The Role of Culture in Recreation Programming for Youth	357	(28)
Corliss Wilson Outley
Understanding the Experiences of Immigrant Adolescents: Acculturation Is Not the Same as Assimilation	385	(22)
Jennifer Skuza
What About the Girls?	407	(18)
Karla A. Henderson
What About the Boys?	425	(14)
Megan Kelly Cronan
Peter A. Witt
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth	439	(28)
Arnold H. Grossman
Inclusion of Youth With and Without Disabilities: More Than Just Sharing the Same Space	467	(26)
Mary Ann Devine
Endings	493	(4)
Peter A. Witt
Linda L. Caldwell
Author Bios	497