Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a research paradigm that emphasises the strengths and potential inherent in all young people, rather than focusing solely on deficits or risks. It encompasses a ...

Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Alternatives, a community-based nonprofit organization in Hampton, has been building young people for 50 ...

FSW faculty member, Dr. Darren Cosgrove was featured on a podcast where he spoke about Positive Youth Development. "In this discussion, part of the National Center for Youth Opportunity and Justice’s ...

The Certificate in Positive Youth Development equips professionals with an understanding of the theoretical, empirical and experiential bases of the Positive Youth Development (PYD) model. PYD offers ...

Recent research has demonstrated the substantial relationship between life outcomes and the neighborhood in which one is raised. At NIMC, we have found that without intentional planning and ...

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.– General Douglas MacArthur General MacArthur’s observation reflects the widely ...