Mobilizing New York State communities for positive youth development.

New Research and Resources for Youth Development

A New Vision for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Why are teen women in the U.S. eight times more likely to give birth than teens in the Netherlands? In this edition of Research fACTs and Findings, John Santelli and Amy Schalet review historical and cultural contexts—particularly adult attitudes toward adolescent sexuality—to point us toward healthier outcomes in the United States.
Using New Media to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health: This new prACTice Matters from Deb Levine describes popular technologies and provides examples of how they are being used to promote sexual health. Deb Levine directs ISIS, Inc. and was a featured speaker at the ACT for Youth Adolescent Sexual Health Symposium.

Online Presentations: Looking for resources to support your youth development work? ACT for Youth online presentations cover:
- Adolescent Development
- Civic Engagement
- Parent/Family Involvement
- Challenging Behaviors
- Positive Youth Development
Positive Youth Development Resource Manual: ACT for Youth offers this user-friendly online (and fully downloadable) youth development training manual for use in educating community groups about positive youth development. The manual includes training activities with lesson plans/facilitation tips, handouts, brief power point presentations and references to other resources.