Rethinking programs for youth in the middle years
By: Dale A. Blyth, Joyce A. Walker, issue editors
Contributors: National AfterSchool Association
Series: New directions for youth development -- no. 112
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
Subjects: Middle school students; Middle school education; Teenagers; Services for; Youth development; After-school programs
Notes: "This issue sponsored by the National AfterSchool Association"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing youth issues for public support / Ann Lochner, Susan Nall Bales; title: Toward a new paradigm for youth development / Dale A. Blyth; title: What's up? What young teens and parents want from youth programs / Mary S. Marczak ... [et al.]; title: Beyond access and supply: youth-led strategies to captivate young people's interest in and demand for youth programs and opportunities / Rebecca N. Saito; title: Intentional youth programs: taking theory to practice / Joyce A. Walker; title: Improving quality at the point of service / Charles Smith ... [et al.]; title: Dilemmas of youth work: balancing the professional and personal / Kathrin C. Walker, Reed W. Larson.