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At-Risk Youth and Service-Learning: Selected Resources

This bibliography highlights theoretical perspectives, programs and practices, research studies, literature reviews and bibliographies, and websites on at-risk youth and service-learning.

Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, March 2007.


Benard, B. (1996). Resilience research: A foundation for youth development. New Designs for Youth Development, 12(3), 4-10.

Benard, B. (1997). Turning it around for all youth: From risk to resilience. Retrieved from http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/dig126.html

Benard, B. (2004). Resiliency: What we have learned. San Francisco, CA: WestEd.

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.

Billig, S. H., & Brown, S. (2002). Linking service-learning and No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 title I, part H: School dropout prevention. Retrieved from http://www.rmcdenver.com/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=106

Billig, S. H., & Kraft, N. P. (1997). Resilience. In S. Billig & N. Kraft, Linking IASA and service learning: A planning, implementation, and evaluation guide. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation.

Boyd, B. L. (2001). Bringing leadership experiences to inner-city youth. Journal of Extension, 39(3). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2001august/a6.php

Brendtro, L., Brokenleg, M., & Van Bockern, S. (2002). Reclaiming youth at risk: Our hope for the future (Rev. ed.). Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.

Cairns, R., Grotevant, H., Miller, F., & Youniss, J. (1997). Understanding youth development: Promoting positive pathways of growth. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Family and Youth Services Bureau.

Catalano, R. F., Berglund, M. L., Ryan, J., Lonczak, H. S., & Hawkins, J. D. (1998). Positive youth development in the United States: Research findings on evaluations of positive youth development programs. Retrieved from http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/PositiveYouthDev99/

Christie, C. A., Nelson, C. M., & Jolivette, K. (n.d.). Prevention of antisocial and violent behavior in youth: A review of the literature. Retrieved from http://www.edjj.org/prevention/plr.doc

Duckenfield, M., & Swanson, L. (1992). Service learning: Meeting the needs of youth at risk. A dropout prevention research report. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center.

Edwards, S. L., & Stern, R. F. (1998). Building and sustaining community partnerships for teen pregnancy prevention: A working paper. Retrieved from http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/teenp/teenpreg/teenpreg.htm

Finley, M. (1994). Cultivating resilience: An overview for rural educators and parents. Retrieved from http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library/edorc945.html

Greenberg, M., Weissberg, R., O'Brien, U., Zins, J., Fredericks, L., Resnik, H., & Elias, M. (2003). Enhancing school-based prevention and youth development through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning. American Psychologist, 58, 466-474. Retrieved from http://www.casel.org/downloads/AmericanPsychologist2003.pdf

Hobbes, B. H. (1999). Increasing the 4-H participation of youth for high-risk environments. Journal of Extension, 37(4). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/1999august/rb1.php

Johns, M. J., Moncloa, F., & Gong, E. J. (2000). Teen pregnancy prevention programs: Linking research and practice. Journal of Extension, 38(4). Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2000august/a1.php

Kirby, D. (2001). Emerging answers: Research findings on programs to reduce teen pregnancy. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

Kraft, N., & Wheeler, J. (2002). Service-learning and resilience in disaffected youth: A research study. In J. Eyler & S. Billig (Eds.), Deconstructing service-learning: Research exploring context, participation, and impacts. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Lantieri, L. (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.

Lewis, A. (1992). Urban youth in community service: Becoming part of the solution. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED351425.pdf

Maybach, C. W. (1996). Investigating urban community needs: Service learning from a social justice perspective. Education and Urban Society, 28(2), 224-236.

Mayhew, J., & Welch, M. (2001). A call to service: Service learning as pedagogy in special education programs. Teacher Education and Special Education, 24(3), 208-219.

Mentoring at-risk youth: Intergenerational programs. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.west.net/~jazz/mentor/intergen.html

Meyer, S., & Sandel, K. (2001). Research on service-learning and teen pregnancy and risk behavior prevention: Bibliography. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation.

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (2009). What works: Curriculum-based programs that prevent teen pregnancy. Washington, DC: Author.

O'Donnell, Lydia. (1999). The effectiveness of the reach for health community youth service learning program in reducing early and unprotected sex among urban middle school students. American Journal of Public Health, 89(2), 176-181.

Reimer, M., & Smink, J. (2005). Information about the school dropout issue: Selected facts and 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.

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.

Treacy, A., Kamenov, M., & Roufs, A. (2001). Topic bibliography on resiliency and at-risk youth. Scotts Valley, CA: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.

White, C. L. (2001). Engaging at-risk students socially and educationally during a time of critical transition from elementary to junior high: A case study of a summer service-learning intervention program. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Dissertation Services.

Youniss, J., McLellan, J. A., Su, Y., & Yates, M. (1999). The role of community service in identity development: Normative, unconventional, and deviant orientations. Journal of Adolescent Research, 14(2), 248-261.

 

Links

At-Risk.Org

The Bureau for At-Risk Youth

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk

Center for Youth Development and Engagement

Children's Defense Fund

Communities In Schools

Do Something

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

National Dropout Prevention Centers

The National Network for Youth

Stand for Children


Suggested Citation:

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. (2007). At-risk youth and service-learning: Selected resources. Retrieved from
http://servicelearning.org/instant_info/bibs/k-12_bibs/at-risk/index.php

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