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The New Yorker. July 28, 1997, p. 40
Positive Youth Development
Practical Definition
A simple set of concepts and strategies that help adults better understand
and support youth in developing the personal, social, academic and
citizenship competencies necessary for adolescence and adult life based on their capacities, strengths, and
formative needs.
Borrowed from The Medical Foundation, BEST Initiative
The Five Domains
Physical & Mental Health
Nurturing/Positive Relationships
Safe Places to Live and Learn
Educational and Economic Opportunity
Structured Activities & Civic Participation
Positive Youth Outcomes
Problem Free Outcomes – Not having a negative occurrence
(e.g., no arrests)
Achievement Outcomes – Positive successes (e.g., honor roll, learning a skill)
Developmental Outcomes – Overall healthy development
Problem-free/Prevention Achievement • Earning a High
School Diploma
• Getting a Job
• Passing the
MCAS
• Earning a
certificate of
completion
• Not doing drugs
• Not stealing a car
• Not getting pregnant
• Not joining a gang
Examples of Outcomes
Examples of Developmental Outcomes
Identity- related
• Safety & Structure
• Self-Worth
• Mastery & Future
• Belonging & Membership
• Responsibility & Autonomy
• Self-Awareness & Spirituality
Ability-related
• Physical Health
• Mental Health
• Intellectual Ability
• Employability
• Civic & Social Ability
• Cultural Ability
Positive Youth Outcomes
Achievement Outcomes
Problem Free Developmental
Outcomes Outcomes
Kids who can do well
will do well
Fairness
• [R]ecent studies… suggest that the appearance as
well as the actuality of fairness, impartiality and
orderliness -- in short, the essentials of due process
-- may be a more impressive and more therapeutic
attitude so far as the juvenile is concerned. For
example, in a recent study, the sociologists Wheeler
and Cottrell observe that, when the procedural
laxness of the "parens patriae" attitude is followed
by stern disciplining, the contrast may have an
adverse effect upon the child, who feels that he has
been deceived or enticed.
• In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
Role of Defense Counsel
• Zealous Legal Advocacy
• Nurturing Adult
– High Clear and Fair Expectations
– Maximum Participation
– Caring and supportive
• Five Domains
YDA in an Adversarial System
Problem Free
Outcomes
Developmental
Outcomes
Achievement
Outcomes
Best Possible
Life Outcomes
Legal Team - Zealous Advocacy
- Youth Development Approach
- Nurturing Adult - Care & Support
- Expectations
- Participation
Litigation
Short Term
Long Term
Best Possible
Legal Outcome
f
YDA Domains
Health
Safety
Relationships
Education/Work
Community
Assistant Director Priscilla Duffy
Director Josh Dohan
Youth Advocacy Foundation
Administrative Assistants: (shared by all directors)
Theresa Flaherty, Christina Liwski, and Huong Vo
Juvenile Justice Policy
Trial Panel Director
Erica Cushna
Director of Social Work
Jessica Edwards
Director of Juvenile Appeals
Barbara Kaban
Director of Education Advocacy
Marlies Spanjaard
Director of Training
Wendy Wolf
Training Attorney
Holly Smith
Staff Attorney Bryna Williams
Trial Panel Oversight
Helen Fremont
Revocation Advocacy Attorney
Mara Voukydis
Committee for Public Counsel Services
Youth Advocacy Division
YAD Offices
Fall River – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Hyannis – AIC, 1 Attorney, .5 SSA, .5 AA
Lowell – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Quincy – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Roxbury – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Salem – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Springfield – AIC, 5 Attorneys, 2 SSA, AA
Somerville – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Worcester – AIC, 3 Attorneys, SSA, AA
Pittsfield
Hadley
Greenfield
Orange
Legal Fellow Rachel Rosenberg
Legal Fellow Michelle Scavongelli
600 Private Counsel
20 Revocation Counsel
Sentencing Advocate - JLWOP