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Youth Development Programming Knowledge Base

Situation Analysis/Environmental Scanning

• Accessing Existing Data: Statistics and Trends
  • Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, University of Tasmania
  • Bureau of the Census
    • NC Social and Housing Data
    • NC State and County Demographic and Economic Profile
    • Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  • Childstats
  • Child Trends DataBank
  • FedStats
  • Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Josephson Institute Nationwide Survey of Youth Ethics
  • Laura Bush's "Helping America's Youth" Initiative
  • National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • National Governor's Association site on Positive Youth Development
  • National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (UNC-CH)
  • National Study of Youth and Religion (UNC-CH)
  • NC Dept. of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    • Juvenile Crime DataBook
    • Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils Planning Book
  • NC Progress Board Survey
  • NC Rural Economic Development Center Data Bank
  • NC State Center for Health Statistics
  • Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Statistical Briefing
  • Rand Corporation Education Stats
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  • US Dept. of Education Statistics
    • NC Education Statistics
  • US Dept. of Health and Human Services
    • Gateway to Data and Statistics
    • Youth Info
  • University of Michigan "Monitoring the Future" Study

Gathering Community Perspectives (surveys, focus groups, mission statements)

• Community Needs Assessment
  • Youth Assets Mapping
    • British Columbia Community Youth Mappers
  • Search Institute 40 Assets Survey
  • Community Assets Mapping
    • Southern Regional Development Center, USDA
• Assessments of Readiness for Programming
  • Individual (Stages of Change)
  • Community

Utilizing Current Research

• Competencies of Youth Workers
  • 4-H Professional and Knowledge Base Competencies (2004)
    • 4-H PRK Self-Assessment
    • YouthWork Central BEST Initiative
• Best Practices in Youth Development
  • 4-H National Impact Study
  • Child Trends Compendium of "What Works in Youth Development"
  • FL 4-H Positive Youth Development Impacts
  • Promising Practices in Afterschool
    • AED
    • TASC
    • NIOST (includes AED & TASC)
  • Rand Corporation Promising Practices Network
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAAMHSA) Model Programs
  • Youth Development Strategies, Inc. "What Matters Most"
    • Forum for Youth Investment summary:
• Links to Environmental Scanning Resources
  • Horizon Institutional Research (UNC-CH)
  • NCCES Involving Advisory Committees in Environmental Scanning
  • SAMHSA Comprehensive Prevention Planning

Program Design

• Theories of Change
  • Diffusion of Innovations Theory
    • CIA Advertising
    • University of Twente, Netherlands
    • Theory into Practice Database (summaries of many theories)
    • Transtheoretical Stages of Change Model
      • URI Cancer Prevention Center
      • UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
  • Logic Modeling
    • Kellogg Foundation Guide
    • Nebraska Targeting Outcomes of Programs
    • Wisconsin Extension Evaluation site
  • Evaluation Planning and Implementation
    • General Resources/Overall Issues
      • AZ Institute for Children, Youth, & Families Evaluation Links
      • Centers for Disease Control Evaluation Working Group Resources
      • CYFAR Evaluation Site
      • Cooperative Extension Southern Region Compendium of Program Development Resources
      • Finance Project Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs
      • Harvard Family Resource Project
        • Evaluating for Continuous Improvement
        • Out-of-School Time Program Quality
        • Performance Measurement vs. Program Evaluation
        • Youth Involvement in Evaluation
      • OJJDP Juvenile Justice Program Evaluation
      • United Way Outcome Measurement
      • US DHHS/Admin.for Children, Youth, & Families Program Manager's Guide
    • Specific Issues in Evaluation and Measurement
      • Mathematica Study of 21^st Century Community Learning Centers
      • Responses
      • Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence
    • Measurement Indicators and Instruments
      • Character Education Assessment Index
      • Compendium of Assessment and Research Tools
      • Forum for Youth Investment Planning and Evaluation Center
      • Washington Extension Life Skills Evaluation System
  Learning Styles
  • InFed Encyclopedia on Multiple Intelligences
  • New Horizons for Learning on Multiple Intelligences
  Learning Strategies
  • Experiential Learning
    • Experiential Learning Model
      • 4-H CCS Guidelines
      • Experiential Learning in 4-H Project Experiences
      • Organization of Experiential Learning
      • Links to Experiential Learning sites
    • Project-based Learning
      • Project-based and Experiential Learning (see Afterschool for All)
      • Project Approach in Early Childhood and Elementary
      • PBL Checklists
    • Inquiry Learning
      • 4-H Science Inquiry (Bourdeau, 2004)
      • Biopoint: Using the Internet to promote inquiry
      • Indiana State Inquiry Learning Forum
      • Thirteen Educational Broadcasting
      • University of Illinois Inquiry Page
      • Youthlearn Intro to Inquiry Learning
    • Outdoor/Adventure
      • Project Adventure