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At-Risk Youth and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
   Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, updated March 2007.

Our bibliographies strive to provide the most useful resources on a topic, with links to online full text items and downloadable PDFs when those are available. Library items may be borrowed from the Clearinghouse by Learn and Serve America grantees and subgrantees.

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 Theoretical Perspectives
   Benson, P., Roehlkepartain, E., Sesma, A., Edelbrock, C., & Scales, P. (2004). Tapping the Power of Community: Building Assets to Strengthen Substance Abuse Prevention. Search Institute Insight & Evidence, 2, (1), 1-14.

Brendtro, Larry, Brokenleg, Martin & Van Bockern, Steve. (Revised edition 2002). Reclaiming Youth At Risk: Our Hope For The Future Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.

Cairns, Robert, Grotevant, Harold, Miller, Fayneese & Youniss, James. (1997). Understanding Youth Development: Promoting Positive Pathways of Growth. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Family and Youth Services Bureau.

Greenberg, Mark, et al. (2003). Enhancing School-Based Prevention and Youth Development through Coordinated Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning. American Psychologist, 58, 466-474. [Full Text PDF]
<http://www.casel.org/downloads/AmericanPsychologist2003.pdf>

Lewis, Anne. (1992). Urban Youth in Community Service: Becoming Part of the Solution the. New York: Teacher's College, Columbia University, ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Digest. No.81. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No.351 425, [Full text online]
<http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/12/f7/24.pdf>

Maybach, C. W. (1996). Investigating Urban Community Needs: Service-Learning from a Social Justice Perspective. Education and Urban Society, 28 (2), 224-236.

RMC Research. (n.d.) Linking Service-Learning & No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Title I, Part H, School Dropout Prevention. Denver, CO: Author. [Full text online]
<http://www.rmcdenver.com/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=106

Thompson, G. D., Lyman, S., Childers, K., & Taylor, P. (2002). Strategy for Alcohol Abuse Education: A Service Learning Model Within a Course Curriculum. American Journal of Health Education, 33 (2), 88–93.

Youniss, James, McLellan, Jeffrey A., Su, Yang & Yates, Miranda (1999). The Role of Community Service in Identity Development: Normative, Unconventional and Deviant Orientations. Journal of Adolescent Research, 14 (2), 248 -261.
   
 Programs and Practices
   Boyd, Barry L. (2001). "Bringing Leadership Experience to Inner-City Youth.” Journal of Extension [On-line], 39 (3) [Full text online]
<http://www.joe.org/joe/2001august/a6.html>

Edwards, Sharon L. & Stern, Renee F. (1998). Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships for Teen Pregnancy Prevention: A Working Paper. Pittsburgh, PA: Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc. [Full text online]
<http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/teenp/teenpreg/teenpreg.htm>

Finley, Mary. (1994). Cultivating Resilience: An Overview for Rural Educators and Parents. ERIC Digest. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 372 904. [Full text online]
<http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/edorc945.html>

Hobbes, Beverly H. (1999). Increasing the 4-H Participation of Youth for High-Risk Environments. Journal of Extension [On-line] 37 (4) [Full text online]
<http://www.joe.org/joe/1999August/rb1.html>

Johns, Marilyn. J., Moncloa, Fe & Gong, Elizabeth J. (2000). Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Linking Research and Practice. Journal of Extension, 38 (4) [Full text online]
<http://www.joe.org/joe/2000august/a1.html>

Lantieri, Linda. (1999). Hooked on Altruism: Developing Social Responsibility in At-Risk Youth. Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 8 (2), 83-87.

Mayhew, Jack & Welch, Marshall. (2001). A Call to Service: Service Learning as Pedagogy in Special Education Programs. Teacher Education and Special Education, 24 (3), 208 – 219.

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (2005). What Works: Curriculum-Based Programs that Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Washington, DC: Author.

Northern State University, Aberdeen Service-Learning Project. (n.d.) Service-Learning Helps Create Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities. [On-line] Aberdeen, SD: Author. [Full Text Online]
<http://www.northern.edu/ASLP/drug.html>
   
 Research Studies
   Benard, Bonnie. (1996). Resilience Research: A Foundation for Youth Development. New Designs for Youth Development. 12 (3), 4 - 10.

Benard, Bonnie. (2004). Resiliency: What We Have Learned. San Francisco: WestEd.

Benard, Bonnie. (1997). Turning It Around for All Youth: From Risk to Resilience. ERIC Digest No.126. New York, NY: Teacher's College, Columbia University, ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. 412 309, [Full Text Online]
<http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/dig126.html>

Billig, S. & Kraft, N. (1997). Resilience. In Improving America 's Schools Act Program & Service-Learning: Planning, Implementation and Evaluation Guide. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation.

Catalano, Richard. F., et al. (1998). Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs. [On-Line]. [Full Text Online]
<http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/PositiveYouthDev99/>

Duckenfield, Marty & Swanson, Lorilei. (1992). Service-learning: Meeting the Needs of Youth At Risk: A Dropout Prevention Research Report. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center.

Kirby, Douglas. (2001). Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

Kraft, Nancy & Wheeler, Jim. (2003), Service-Learning and Resilience in Disaffected Youth: Research Study. In S. Billig & J. Eyler (Eds.). Deconstructing Service-Learning: Research Exploring Context, Participation, and Impacts. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

O'Donnell, Lydia, et al. (1991). The Effectiveness of Reach for Health Community Youth Service Program in Reducing Early and Unprotected Sex Among Urban Middle School Students. American Journal of Public Health, 89 (2), 176-181.

Reimer, Mary & Smink, Jay. (2005). Information About the School Dropout Issue: Selected Facts & Statistics. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, National Dropout Prevention Center/Network.

Scales, P., Blythe, D., Berkas, T. & Kielsmeier, J. (2000). The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students' Social Responsibility and Academic Success. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20 (3), 333-358.

Service-Learning Intervention Program. Dissertation. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI
Dissertation Services.

White, Cynthia L. (2001). Engaging At-Risk Students Socially and Emotionally During a
Time of Critical Transition from Elementary to Junior High: A Case Study of a Summer
Dissertation. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Dissertation Services, 2001
   
 Literature Reviews and Bibliographies
   Christie, Christine, Nelson, C. Michael Nelson & Jolivette, Kristine. (n.d.) Prevention of Antisocial and Violent Behavior in Youth: A Review of the Literature. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky. [Full Text Online]
<http://www.edjj.org/prevention/plr.doc>

Mentoring At-Risk Youth: Intergenerational Programs. [Full text online]
<http://www.west.net/~jazz/mentor/intergen.html>

Meyer, Steve & Sandel, Kate. (2001). Learning In Deed Bibliography: Research on Service-Learning & Teen Pregnancy/Risk Behavior Prevention. New York, NY: National Service-Learning Partnership, Academy for Educational Development.
National Youth Service Bibliography: ERIC Documents. [Full text online]
<http://www.ianys.utas.edu.au/bibliography/nys-eric.html>

Treacy, Ann, Kamenov, Michelle & Roufs, Andrea. (2001). Topic Bibliography on Resiliency and At-Risk Youth. Scotts Valley, CA: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.
   
 Websites
   At-Risk.Org
<http://www.at-risk.org/>

Bureau for At-Risk Youth
<http://www.at-risk.com/

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)
<
http://72.29.23.34/public/OverviewsSearch.aspx>

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk
<http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/>

Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
<http://cydpr.aed.org/>

Children's Defense Fund
<http://www.childrensdefense.org/>

Communities in Schools
<http://www.cisnet.org>

Do Something
<http://www.dosomething.org>

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
<http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?document=http%3A%2F%2F
www%2Eteenpregnancy%2Eorg
>

National Dropout Prevention Center
<http://www.dropoutprevention.org/>

National Network for Youth
<http://www.nn4youth.org/>
 
Stand for Children
<http://www.stand.org>
   
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