Risk, Resilience, and Positive Youth Development

Jeffrey M. Jenson, PhD, is the Philip D. and Eleanor G. Winn Professor for Children and Youth at Risk and Associate Dean for Research in the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver.Catherine F. Alter, PhD, was Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver from 1997 to 2006.Nicole Nicotera, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Elizabeth K. Anthony, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University.Shandra S. Forrest-Bank, MSW, is Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee.

• Foreword, by Gov. John Hickenlooper ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part I: Theoretical Models and Community-Based Programs for At-Risk Children and Youth ; 1. A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child and Youth Programs ; 2. A Positive Youth Development Model for Child and Youth Programs ; 3. Interorganizational Collaboration in Child and Youth Programs ; Part II: The Integrated Prevention and Early Intervention Model: Integrating Theory, Intervention, and Evaluation at the Denver Bridge Project ; 4. The Integrated Prevention and Early Intervention Model: Bridge Project Intervention Components ; 5. The Integrated Prevention and Early Intervention Model: A Guide to Evaluation at the Bridge Project ; 6. Community and Participant Outcomes from the Bridge Project ; 7. Where Do We Go From Here? Advancing Community-Based Programs for Children and Youth ; Appendix A: Study Procedures ; Appendix B: Instruments