Positive Youth Development Practices and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Organization: Office of Adolescent Health (OAH)
Type of Resource: Presentation Slides
Description: This resource will take you to the slides from a presentation on youth development in teen pregnancy prevention practices. The objectives of the presentation were to: 1) define positive youth development; 2) dxplain key positive youth development practices and how they can enhance a high-quality TPP program; and 3) Begin to integrate the eight key PYD practices into their TPP program while maintaining fidelity to the pregnancy prevention curriculum.
Link: http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/assets/pydtpp-slides.pdf
A Checklist for Putting Positive Youth Development Characteristics into Action in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Organization: Office of Adolescent Health (OAH)
Type of Resource: Online publication (checklist)
Description: According to this document, “Implementing positive youth development practices is a process that can take time. You can use this checklist to find out where your program is already integrating elements of positive youth development, and where you can improve.”
Link: http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/teen_pregnancy/training/Assests/pyd-tpp-checklist.pdf
Youth Development and Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Organization: ETR – Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP)
Type of Resource: Website
Description: This website provides an overview of what youth development is and how a youth development approach can help young people in tackling multiple risk behaviors rather than a single risk behavior.
Link: http://recapp.etr.org/recapp/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.TheoriesDetail&PageID=342