{"product_id":"9781350451445","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Positive Youth Development Principles in Practice : How Youth Service Organizations Help Youth Thrive by Peter Samuelson","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 28\/05\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis open access book tells the story of eight youth service organizations in the USA, using the voices of the impacted youth and the staff who accompanied them. Drawing on a series of structured interviews with young people and staff and informed by positive youth development (PYD), ideas the author proposes nine universal principles for working with youth from under-resourced neighborhoods that can be applied to any youth organization. The principles include orienting youth towards a purposeful future, providing an opportunity to build academic and critical thinking abilities, and developing individual's identity and sense of agency. The book contributes to the emerging methodology of principles-focused evaluation and draws on range of disciplines including psychology, education and youth studies.   The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Thrive Foundation. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420571054453,"sku":"9781350451445","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350451445.jpg?v=1764610800","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781350451445","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}