Good practices for strong youth-adult relationships

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Zeldin, Larson, and Camino (2005) brought together over 20 scholars and field professionals to write about good practices for strong youth-adult relationships and partnerships. The articles focused on community organizations that put a high value on youth voice in governance and program decision making. Viewed together, the studies provide diverse insights into effectiveness.

You can read the introduction here: “Intergenerational relationships and partnerships in community programs.”

The rest of the table of contents for the Special Issue of the Journal of Community Psychology (Vol. 33/ NO. 1 / Jan. 2005) is listed here:

Parameters of Youth-Adult Relationships 

Instrumental Relationships: A Potential Relational Model for Inner-City Youth Programs – 11

Robert Halpern

Four Themes in Youth Work Practice – 21

Mark Krueger

Latino (a) Students and Caucasian Mentors in a Rural After-School Program: Towards Empowering Adult-Youth Relationships – 31

Marcelo Diversi and Connie Mecham

Developing Social Capital Through Participation in Organized Youth Programs: Qualitative Insights from Three Programs – 41

Robin L. Jarrett Patrick J. Sullivan, and Natasha D. Watkins

A Comparison of Youth-Driven and Adult-Driven Youth Programs: Balancing Inputs From Youth and Adults – 57

Reed Larson, Kathrin Walker, and Nickki Pearce

Building Community Through Youth-Adult Partnerships

Pitfalls and Promising Practices of Youth-Adult Partnerships: An Evaluator’s Reflections – 75

Linda Camino

Young Women’s Leadership Alliance: Youth-Adult Partnerships in an All-Female After-School Program – 87

Jill Denner, Beth Meyer, and Steve Bean

On Urban Ground: Understanding African-American Intergenerational Partnerships in Urban Communities – 101

Shawn A. Ginwright

Building Youth-Adult Partnerships for Community Change: Lessons from the Youth Leadership Institute – 111

Margaret Libby, Matt Rosen, and Maureen Sedonaen

The Adoption of Innovation in Youth Organizations: Creating the Conditions for Youth-Adult Partnerships – 121

Shepherd Zeldin, Linda Camino, and Carrie Mook