Full course description
Positive Youth Development (PYD):
- Guides communities in how to organize services, opportunities, and supports;
- Assists young people to reach their full potential through youth engagement; and
- Emphasizes a shift in working with youth by viewing youth as assets and not problems to fix.
PYD helps youth become contributing adults. Youth learn economic self-sufficiency, healthy family and social relationships, and community involvement. PYD focuses on building positive attitudes, skills, and behaviors. This reduces risky behaviors (Outley, 2018).