New book: Recreation and Youth Development

Posted by on November 4, 2005

Am taking the liberty to announce a new book: Recreation and Youth Development by Peter Witt and Linda Caldwell…it was intended as UG text, but early drafts also been used with Grad students and well received by practitioners.

http://www.venturepublish.com

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures, Preface

Section I–All About Youth

Chapter 1 10 Principles of Youth Development
Chapter 2 Youth Today and Tomorrow: A U.S. Perspective
Chapter 3 Play and Recreation in Childhood and Adolescence: An International Perspective
Chapter 4 Why and How Youth Services Were Developed
Chapter 5 Youth Service Organizations: Then and Now

Section II–Developing Youth’s Potential

Chapter 6 Processes of Positive Development: Classic Theories
Chapter 7 Resiliency, Protective Processes, Promotion, and Community Youth Development
Chapter 8 Recreation and Youth Development
Chapter 9 Educating For, About, and Through Leisure
Chapter 10 Deliberate Programming With Logic Models: From Theory to Outcomes

Section III–Supports, Opportunities, Services, and Programs

Chapter 11 The Power of Parents: Positive Parenting to Maximize Youth’s Potential
Chapter 12 The Power of People: Relationship-Based Programming
Chapter 13 Increasing Youth Voice
Chapter 14 Developing Quality After-School Programs
Chapter 15 Teen Centers: A Place of Their Own

Section IV–Diversity: Implications for Youth Development

Chapter 16 The Role of Culture in Recreation Programming for Youth
Chapter 17 Understanding the Experiences of Immigrant Adolescents: Acculturation Is Not the Same as Assimilation
Chapter 18 What About the Girls?
Chapter 19 What About the Boys?
Chapter 20 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
Chapter 21 Inclusion of Youth With and Without Disabilities: More Than Just Sharing the Same Space
Chapter 22 Final Thoughts