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Bibliography of Youth Development Materials
Developmental Assets:
Benson, P.L. (1997). All kids are our kids: What communities must do to raise caring and responsible children and adolescents. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Benson, P.L. (1993). The troubled journey: A portrait of 6th-12th grade youth. Minneapolis: Search Institute.
Benson, P.L., Galbraith, J., and Espeland, J. (1998). What teens need to succeed: Proven, practical ways to shape your own future. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Press.
Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. New York: Bantam Books, chapter nine.
Lerner, R.M. (1986). Concepts and themes of human development (2nd ed.). New York: Random House.
Werner, E.E., and Smith, R.S. (1992). Overcoming the odds: High risk children from birth to adulthood. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
The Web of Support:
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1995). Examining lives in context: Perspectives on the ecology of human development. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Garbarino, J. (1992). Children and families in the social environment. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Kretzmann J., and McKnight, J. (1994). Building Communities from the Inside Out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community's assets. Chicago: ACTA Publications
Law, R. and Louv, R. (1996). The web of life: Weaving the values that sustain us. Conari Press.
Shaffer, C.R., and Anundsen, K. (1993). Creating community anywhere: Finding support and connection in a fragmented world. New York: Putnam, 22.
Wright Edelman, M. (1993). The measure of our success: A letter to my children and yours. Harper Collins
Asset Building Qualities and Habits:
Arrien, A. (1993). The Four Fold Way: Walking the paths of the warrior, teacher, healer, and visionary. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
Bennis, W. and Nanus, B. (1997). Leaders: Strategies for taking charge-the four ways to effective leadership. Harper Business.
Millman, D. (1985). Way of the peaceful warrior. H.J. Kramer.
Owen, Harrison (1990). Leadership is. Abbot Publishing
Heider, J. (1986). The Tao of leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching adapted for a new age. Humanics Publishing Group.
Facilitation and Planning:
Baylor, Byrd (1986). I'm in charge of celebrations. Simon & Schuster Childrens Press.
Weisbord, M. R. and Janoff, S. (1995). Future Search: An action guide to finding common ground in organizations and communities. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Wheatley, M.J. (1992). Leadership and the new science: Learning about organization from an orderly universe. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Culture Change/Social Movements:
Andreasen, A.R. (1995). Marketing social change: Changing behavior to promote health, social development, and the environment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Gerzon, M. (1996). A house divided: Six belief systems struggling for America's soul. J.P. Tarcher.
Lappe, F. M. and Dubios, P.M. (1994). The quickening of America: Rebuilding our nation, remaking our lives. Jossey-Bass.
Price Waterhouse Changing Integrating Team (1996). The paradox principles.
Community and Neighborhood Initiatives:
(1997). Voices from the field: Learning from the early work of comprehensive community initiatives. Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute
Benson, P.L., Blyth, D.A., Leffert, N. and Scales, P.C. (1998) "Beyond the village rhetoric," Applied Developmental Science, 2, 138-159
Chaskin, R.J. (1995). Defining neighborhood: History, theory, and practice. Chicago: Chapin Hall Center for Children.
Chaskin, R.J. (1997). The Ford Foundation's neighborhood and family initiative: The challenge of sustainability: An interim report. Chicago: Chapin Hall Center for Children.
Chaskin, R.J. (1992). The Ford Foundation's neighborhood and family initiative: Toward a model of comprehensive, neighborhood-based development. Chicago: Chapin Hall Center for Children.
Chaskin, R.J. and Garg, S. (1997) The issue of governance in neighborhood-based initiatives. Chicago: Chapin Hall Center for Children.
Gray, B., Duran, A., and Segal, A. (1997). Revisiting the critical elements of comprehensive community initiatives. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US. Department of Health and Human Services
Mattessich, P., Monsey, B. & Roy, C. (1997). Community building: What makes it work: A review of factors influencing successful community building. Saint Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (1996). Reconnecting youth and community: A youth development approach. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Healthy & Human Services.
Roehlkepartain, E.C. (1998). Building assets in congregations: A practical guide for helping youth grow up healthy. Minneapolis: Search Institute.
Winer, M. and Ray, K. (1994). Collaboration handbook: Creating, sustaining, and enjoying the journey. Saint Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
Youth Involvement:
Lewis, B.A. (ed) (1991). Kid's guide to social action: How to solve the social problems you choose-and turn creative thinking into positive action. Free Spirit Publishers.
National Youth Leadership Council (1994). Principles of youth involvement.
Schaetzel Lesko, W. (19??). Youth: the 26% solution. Activism 2000.
Schervish, P.G., Hodgkinson, V.A., Gates, M. and Associates (1995). Care and community in modern society: Passing on the tradition of service to future generations. Jossey-Bass.
Evaluation:
Kroenke, C.H. and Blyth, D.A. (1998). YMCA youth programs: A leadership, advocacy, and evaluation kit. Minneapolis: Search Institute & YMCA of the USA.
Leffert, N., Saito, R., Blyth, D.A., and Kroenke, C.H. (1996). Making the case: Measuring the impact of youth development programs. Minneapolis: Search Institute.
Slim, H. and Thompson, P. (1995). Listening for a change: Oral testimony and community development. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers
CT Assets Network, "Assets Mapping"
Video Tapes:
Poems, Stories, and Songs:
Oliver, Mary (1992) House of Light. Boston: Beacon
Whyte, David. (1996). The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the preservation of the soul in corporate America. NY: Doubleday.
Other:
Roehlkepartain, J.L. (1997). Building assets together: 135 Group activities for helping youth succeed. Minneapolis: Search Institute.
Bibliography of Resiliency Materials
Benson, P. (1998) "Developmental Assets: Measurement and Prediction of Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents" Applied Developmental Science 2.4: 209-230
Garmezy, N. et al. (1985) "The study of Stress and Competence in Children A building Block for Developmental Psychopathology." Child Development 55.
Garmezy, N. et al. (1991) "Resiliency and Vulnerability to Adverse Developmental Outcomes associated with Poverty" American Behavioral Scientist. 34,3: 416-430.
Hawkins, D. et. al. (1992) "Risk and Protective Factors for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Implications for Substance Abuse Prevention." Psychological Bulletin. 112, 1 64-105. Catalano, R. et. al. (1998) Prevention Science and Positive Youth Development: Competitive or Cooperative Frameworks. Social Development Research Group. Unpublished paper presented at Healthy Futures conference, 1998.
Resnick et al. (1997) "Protecting Adolescents from Harm, findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health" Journal of American Medical Association, 278.10: 823-832.
Rutter, M. (1985) Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Protective Factors and Resistance to Psychiatric disorder." British Journal of Psychiatry, 147. 598-611.
Rutter, M. (1989) "Isle of Wright Revisited: Twenty-five years of Child Psychiatric Epidemiology. " Journal American Academy Child Adol3escent Psychiatry 1989 28, 5: 633-653
Rutter, M. (1987) Psychosocial Resilience and Protective Mechanisms American Orthopsychiatric Association 57,3: 316-355.
Scales, P., Leffert N. (1999) Developmental Assets A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development. Search Institute.
Werner, E. (1982) Vulnerable but invincible A Longitudinal Study of the Resilient Children. McGraw Hill Book Company.
Werner, E. (1989) "Children of the Garden Island" Scientific American April 106-111.
Werner, E. (1992) "The Children of Kauai: Resiliency and Recovery in Adolescents and Adulthood" Journal of Adolescent Health. Society for Adolescent Medicine. 13: 262-268.
Additional Materials
Tipping Points by Malcom Gladwell
Transformation by Design and Birth of the Chaordic Age by Dee Hock
From Good to Great, training non-profits by Jim Collins
The True Believer - Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
My Brother's Keeper by Amitai Etzioni (and other books on the philosophy of communitarianism)
The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
A Different Drum by M. Scott Peck
Birth of the Chaordic Age by Dee Hock
Community Readiness books by the Wilder Foundation
The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery
Talented Teens by Csikszentmihaly
The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer (Other books as well)
The Spiritual Life of Children by Robert Coles
Common Purpose by Lizbeth Schorr
Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman
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