Knowledge Base

Stages of Growth and Development
• Early Childhood Basics
• Middle Childhood Basics
• Early Adolescence Basics
• Later Adolescence Basics
Links on Child Development

• Iowa State Child Development Bulletins
• Michigan State Extension Children, Youth, & Families
• National Network on Child Care Developmentally Appropriate Guidance
Links on Adolescent Development
• Minnesota Extension "The Growing Season"
• University of Michigan Adolescent Health Issues
Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership
Links on Youth Development (child and Youth)
• AED Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
• American Youth Work Center
• Building Partnerships for Youth (UA/CAL-Davis Extension)
• Brighter Futures Conference, Wisconsin Extension
• Child Trends Compendium of What Works in Youth Development
• Creative Partnerships for Prevention
• CYFERNet Children, Youth, and Families Extension Resource Network
• Forum for Youth Investment
• Iowa State Extension "Targeting Life Skills"
• Minnesota Children, Youth, and Family Consortium
• National Youth Development Information Center
• Penn State Prevention Research Center for Promotion of Human Development
• Purdue Extension Four-Fold Youth Development Model
• Search Institute 40 Assets Model
• Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
• Youth Development Frameworks (Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation)
• Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development
• YouthInfo: Dept. of Health & Human Services
• Youth Work Central (The Medical Foundation, BEST Initiative)

National Trends, with some state data
• Bureau of the Census
• Census Bureau State and County Demographic and Economic Profiles
• Centers for Disease Control
• Child Stats
• Child Trends
• Education Statistics: US Dept. of Education
• Families and Children Gateway: Dept. of Health & Human Services
• FedStats
• Kids Count: Annie E. Casey Foundation
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Rand Corporation Social Trend Analysis
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• YouthInfo: Dept. of Health & Human Services
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Centers for Disease Control
• OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book
State Trends, with some county data
• Census Bureau Social and Housing Data
• JJDP-NC Community Risk Assessment Site

Research on Program Effectiveness
• Research Reviews
• CYFAR Sustainability Research, 1999-2003
  • 2003 Report
  • 2001 Report
  • 1999 Report
• Afterschool: Afterschool Alliance Promising Practices in Afterschool
• Juvenile Courts: OJJDP Best Practices in Juvenile Courts
• Prevention and Development: Promising Practices Network
• Prevention: Delinquency, Violence (OJJDP)
• Prevention: Developmental Research Associates/Communities that Care
• Prevention: Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
• Prevention: Northwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
• Resiliency in Action
• Resiliency: Northwest Educational Lab
• Restitution: American Probation and Parole Association Best Practices
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Model Programs
• Workforce Prep: PEPNet Promising Practices
• Youth at Risk, National Governor's Association
• Youth Development: Child Trends Compendium of What Works
• Youth Violence Prevention: Center for the Prevention of School Violence
• Youth Violence Prevention: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence

• Families in the Fast Lane: Using the Internet at Home
• Family Resiliency
• Family Rituals that Build Strengths
• Family Strengths for Keeping Children Drug-free
• Reading and Relationships
• Parenting by Play
• Raising Optimistic Kids
• Resilient Families
• Resilient Kids and Adults
• Supporting a Child on School or Community Projects
• Working with Teachers to Support Children's Learning
• Being a #1 Adult
• Parent-Teen Communication: Spending Time with Your Teen
• Learning Skills and Styles:
  Teen and Parent Versions

• Research Opportunities
• Juvenile Justice Literature Reviews

• The Organization of the Future

Last updated Jun 06, 2006

September 7, 2008