Adolescent supports Area II of Young Adults Deserve the Best: Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth.
Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development Council on Adolescent Development Reports, books, and working papers sponsored by the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child & Family Statistics. America's Children, 2005: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
Includes adolescents.
Mental Health Net-Child and Adolescent Development
Search for specific topics. Also includes lists of web resources, newsgroups, journals, research papers on adolescent development.
TeenLink Teenage crisis telephone service, Teenline newsletter, chat rooms, issues.
Search Institute. Caring and Responsible Children and Teens
Training programs for building developmental assets in young people for communities and schools. Also on-line bulletin boards, research, and other information.
Wellesley Centers for Women. Research, Education & Action
Programs, research reports, publications.
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program. An outreach program of the Light for Life Foundation International
Seminars, workshops, training programs. Hotline, TAQ (Teens Advice Line).
Boyd-Franklin, Nancy and Franklin, A. J. with Pamela A. Touissant. Boys into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons. New York: Dutton, 2000.
Discusses a wide variety of topics including "positive racial identity," spirituality and religion, education, and media influence as well as substance abuse and violence. Resources at the end of each chapter include organizations, programs, and books
Brown, Jill and Carol Gilligan. Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Press, 1992.
The authors report on a study of listening to girls' voices over a period of five years. They argue that girls reach an impasse at the "crossroads of adolescence" when they are in danger of losing voice and experiencing a "series of disconnections" between "psyche and body, voice and desire, thoughts and feelings, self and relationship."
Crew, Hilary S. "Feminist Scholarship and Theories of Adolescent Development: Implications for Young Adult Services in Libraries." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 10.4 (Summer 1997): 405-17.
Addresses the way feminist theories make a difference to understanding adolescent development; and ways in which feminist approaches to research are relevant for youth services in libraries
Elkind, David. The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon. 3rd ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus, 2001.
Gurian, Michael. The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1999.
Includes information on developmental issues and physiology of males as well as emphasizing moral and spiritual growth
Hersch, Patricia. A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1998.
Selecting eight adolescents from 6th grade to senior year, Hearsch enters their lives in order to observe and listen and "immerse" herself in the adolescent way of seeing." In order not to view adolescents as a "tribe apart," it is necessary, argues Hearsch, to communicate with them as individuals?to build bridges between adults and teens
Kindlon, Dan and Michael Thompson. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. New York: Ballantine Books, 2000.
"What do boys need to become emotionally literate?" Writing about the ways in which boys are suffering from being raised to conform with stereotypical cultural notions of masculinity, the authors suggest ways in which boys can be given the "emotional grounding" that will enable them to develop emotionally and so find that "there are many ways to be a man."
Males, Mike. "Debunking the 10 Worst Myths about America's Teens." Teacher Librarian. 28:4 (April 2001): 40-41.
Patnaik, Gayatri and Michelle T. Shinseki, eds. The Secret Life of Teens: Young People Speak Out about Their Lives. New York: HarperSan Francisco, 2000.
The voices of young people between ages of eleven and twenty from all parts of the United States are heard in letters telling about who they are. Topics include friendship, love, religion, race, body image, substance abuse, family, and teachers
Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Ballantine, 1994
Pipher explores all the world of female adolescence as she listens to girls' voices. She examines the culture in which girls grow up in and includes topics such as theory of adolescent development, family relationships, body image, substance abuse, sex and violence
Pollock, William with Todd Shuster. Real Boys' Voices. New York: Random House, 2000.
The diverse voices of boys between the ages of ten and twenty of many races and ethnic backgrounds and social contexts are heard either in their writings or in transcribed interviews. Includes a "15-step program" that sets out ways "to help make boys' lives more happy, meaningful, and safe." See also William Pollock's Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. New York: Random House, 1998
Ponton, Lynn. The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls. New York: Dutton, 2000.
The "role of sexuality in adolescent development is shown through stories based on real teens and parents."
Scales, Peter and Nancy Leffert. Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development. Minneapolis, MN.: Research Institute, 1999.
The authors discuss findings from scientific studies on adolescent development. Emphasis is placed on positive assets that encourage healthy development
Smetana, Judith G. Adolescent Development in Interpersonal and Societal Context. Annual Review of Psychology. Palo Alto: 2006.Vol.57 pg. 255, 30 pgs
Taylor, Jill McLean, Carol Gilligan, and Amy M. Sullivan. Between Voice and Silence: Women and Girls, Race and Relationship. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press,1995.
A study of twenty-six "at-risk" girls from different racial and ethnic backgrounds interviewed over a three-year period. Authors' emphasize the need to join girls' and women's voices across race, class, and culture
"Will Boys Be Boys? Are You Sure? Essay by Bruce Brooks. Annotated Bibliography by Katie O'Dell and Patrick Jones." Voya 23.2 (June, 2000): 88-92.
Bibliography includes fiction and non-fiction and web-sites for boys and resources for professionals
Adolescence Libra Publishers.
International and multidisciplinary. Current research about adolescents.
Youth and Society. Sage Publications.
Wide range of topics on all aspects of adolescence especially useful for practitioners working with young people.
Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work. Calendar of events and workshops relating to youth issues, research, federal and state legislative issue relating to youth, topics related to all aspects of youth.
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