Please click on the following to read publications produced by ACT for Youth and ACT for Youth colleagues.

  • ACT for Youth Publication Series 
  • prACTice MATTERS is ACT's series designed for practitioners who work with youth or oversee youth programming.


  • Research FACTs & Findings report on research from the field.



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  • Newsletters, including "Involving Your Teen in Decision Making" and the ACTing Up series, are also available. 
  • Reports on Youth Development (YD) research and practice from ACT, the NYS Youth Development Team, and affiliated researchers. Browse here for resources on youth enagement, school and community connectedness, best practices in YD, New York State initiatives, and more.
  • Papers and Presentations
  • ACT for Youth Marketing Kit Promotional materials for ACT Collaborations for Community Change.
  • Right to Know (RTK) is a global communication and outreach initiative to inform young people about HIV/AIDS and related issues. The RTK approach is driven by research and is designed to influence youth behaviors related to HIV prevention as well as youth development and health.

  • Please Stand Up! is an interactive CD-ROM for middle and high school students, educators, parents and community members to help eradicate school violence by showing you the best way to handle a variety of dangerous and self-destructive situations. Vignettes include: conflict, bullying, hate, relationships, suicide, gangs and weapons. Click on the Please Stand Up! link above to connect with this interactive website, live videos and tour of materials.

  • The YALPE Resource Kit: The Youth and Adult Leaders for Program Excellence: A Practical Guide for Program Assessment and Action Planning is designed for groups that are seeking to promote positive youth development through strategies of youth participation, youth activism, youth voice and youth-adult partnership across a full range of contexts...from after-school programs, to community-based organizations, to residential settings. Grounded in research, the four assessment tools and methods are user-friendly for both youth and adults.