The Youth Development Model

Interest in Positive Youth Development (PYD) in England and the United Kingdom has grown in recent years. A number of evidence reviews (Dennison 2004, Harden et al. 2006) looking at programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy have identified PYD models as promising.

From 2004 till 2007, the Young Peoples Development Project, funded by the Department for Health, piloted youth work interventions based on PYD theory at 27 sites across England. Aiming High for Young People, the 2007 Ten Year Youth Strategy for Positive Activities draws upon youth development in setting out its theoretical foundations. However, there has not been a systematic exploration of the key features of PYD for an English audience. This paper starts the exploration.

Useful reading, including literature review and authors' slides from the launch event for this paper:

Evidence of the impact of the ‘youth development model’ on outcomes for young people – a literature review DECEMBER 2007

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