Youth workers' professional development: The importance of youth development certificate programs
Research Report:
Research Report
Executive Summary
Fact SheetAPA Citation:
Richmond, A., Brown, S., Braughton, J., Otto, M., Roeske, R., Jaeger, E., ... Borden, L. M. (2016). Youth workers' professional development: The importance of youth development certificate programs. Report Submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Abstract Created by REACH:
Youth development has emerged as an important field within the study of human development in recent years. High-quality youth programs can foster positive development of children and adolescents and minimize the likelihood of youth developing problem behaviors. Based on youth programs’ task of promoting positive youth development, it is important to ensure the quality of these programs. A core component of quality youth programming is having well‐trained and competent workers and one emerging method of training youth workers is through a certificate program. This report presents a comprehensive review of the literature regarding the links between youth outcomes, youth programs, youth workers, and the importance of youth development certificate programs, including a listing of six youth development certificate programs available to youth workers. Findings indicate there is need for a high-quality, evidence-based, and standardized youth development certificate program to help ensure the quality of professional development of youth workers, the youth programs where they work, and the outcomes for youth and families they serve. Recommendations are given based on the literature for future avenues of research and youth programming.
Focus:
Programming
Subject Affiliation:
Civilian
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Neonatal (birth - 1 mo)
Infancy (2 - 23 mo)
Preschool age (2 -5 yrs)
School age (6 - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Methodology:
Review of Literature
Authors:
Borden, Lynne M., Braughton, Jacqueline, Brown, Samantha, Jaeger, Emily, Otto, August, Otto, Mark, Richmond, Adeya, Roeske, Rachel, Werner, Emma, Wilcox, Shelby
Publisher/Sponsoring Organization:
The Military REACH Team
Publication Type:
REACH Publication
Author Affiliation:
Department of Family Social Science, The University of Minnesota, LMB
Location:
The University of Minnesota
REACH Publication Type:
Research Report
Sponsors:
Developed in collaboration with the Department of Defense's Office of Family Policy, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture under Award No. 2009-48667-05833.