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Bridging Positive Youth Development and Mental Health Services for Youth with Serious Behavior Problems

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Youth development approaches have grown in popularity, yet the appropriateness of these strategies for adolescents with serious behavior problems has rarely been addressed. Life-course research examining the onset and developmental course of problem behaviors suggests that youth with different patterns of behavior problems may not equally benefit from youth development interventions. This paper reviews contemporary perspectives on the positive youth development approach in light of multidisciplinary life-course research regarding the development of disruptive behavior problems. The wraparound case-management model is described as a potential framework for applying this research to support youth with serious behavior problems.

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Support for this research was provided by the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University and a grant to the first author from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (K01CE001333-01).

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Bradshaw, C.P., Brown, J.S. & Hamilton, S.F. Bridging Positive Youth Development and Mental Health Services for Youth with Serious Behavior Problems. Child Youth Care Forum 37, 209–226 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-008-9060-8

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