OBJECTIVE This study examines the influence of therapist and youth characteristics on post-discharge outcomes from intensive in-home therapy. METHOD Data for 1,416 youth and 412 therapists were obtained from a behavioral health services provider. The Huber-White method was used to account for nested data; ordered logistic regression was employed to assess outcomes. RESULTS Therapist gender ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the predictive utility of demographic (illness status and SES), individual (neurocognitive functioning and intrinsic motivation), and family-based (parental intrusiveness) factors during adolescence on the achievement of emerging adulthood milestones in youth with and without spina bifida (SB). METHODS Questionnaire and observational data were collected from 14/15-year-ol...

The emergence of the so-called “European Paradox” shows that increasing Governmental R&D Investment is far from being a ‘panacea’ for stagnant growth. Surprisingly, Governmental R&D Employment does not contribute to ‘mass-market’ employment, despite its important role in reducing YouthUnemployment. Despite the negative side-effect of Governmental R&D Employment on economic growth, University R&...

Motivation The Sustainable Development Goals target decent work for all, including youth, by 2030. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), however, a “youth employment crisis” is now central to public and policy discourse. Consequently, the idea of “investing in youth” grows importance, leading proliferation interventions targeted specific youth. Purpose This article interrogates framing problem as employ...

Health starts outside the medical system – supportive families and communities, education, employment, proper nutrition, hygiene, and adequate housing and income are, of course, among the key determinants of health. Most chronic conditions affecting adults develop during childhood. When children and youth come in contact with the health care system, they need timely access to trained profession...

The article summarizes the tradition of teen services in public libraries and discusses the more recent incorporation of youth development principles and practices into those services, with the Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development project being singled out as a major contributor to current thinking about this issue. The Free Library of Philadelphia’s LEAP program, with its after-sc...

There is an increasing amount of research focussing on the transition to adulthood, a stage of the life cycle where young people face demanding life decisions, including completion of education, finding stable employment, and establishing their household and family. Whereas there is a well-developed literature on poverty among households in general, very little research has focused on poverty a...

This study shows that a significant portion of youth exiting the foster care system face serious difficulty transitioning to life on their own. Many live on the streets, lack the money to meet basic living expenses, fail to maintain regular employment, are involved with the criminal justice system, are unable to obtain health care, and experience early pregnancies. Although youth reported expos...

The Youth Demonstration Development issue brief series provides information for programs and organizations that serve at-risk youth who are transitioning to adulthood. Funded by the Administration for Children and Families, the three-brief series is part of a larger ACF project that has developed a research-based conceptual framework for programs working to promote the well-being and self-suffi...