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Growing with youth: A lifewide and lifelong perspective on youth-adult partnership in youth programs

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  • Akiva, Thomas
  • Petrokubi, Julie

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Youth-adult partnership (Y-AP) shows promise for positive youth development, yet research seldom examines how youth programs employ Y-AP as a developmental practice. This paper provides a developmental ecological perspective on Y-AP in programs and communities with data collected across a mid-sized city. In Study 1, interview data suggest adult practitioners hold three distinct goals for Y-AP: voice, decisionmaking, and leadership. We identify program practices for carrying out YAP including building positive adult-youth relationships, engaging youth in first-hand learning, and addressing developmental progression; i.e., gradually increasing opportunities and responsibilities as youth age. In Study 2 we investigate this practice of supporting developmental progression with a case study focused on adolescent opportunities and supports in a multi-age program. Study 2 findings present a picture of YAP opportunities highly integrated into program operations; in particular, integrated into the multiage context. These studies offer insight into strengthening program and community capacity for Y-AP.

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  • Akiva, Thomas & Petrokubi, Julie, 2016. "Growing with youth: A lifewide and lifelong perspective on youth-adult partnership in youth programs," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 248-258.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:69:y:2016:i:c:p:248-258
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.08.019
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