Publications

(187 KB) :: Snapshot Two. Profiling Youth Development Organisations and Programs. A discussion paper

(328 KB) :: Youth Development for Young Indigenous Australians. A Discussion Paper

This discussion paper explores the notion of statistical profiling as a means for youth development programs and organisations to present a comprehensive picture of themselves.

The purpose of the discussion paper is to promote awareness of issues that face young Indigenous Australians and have a bearing on how youth development experiences and activities might be made more accessible and culturally relevant for them (whether they are based in an urban environment, or live in regional centres, or have a more traditional lifestyle in remote Indigenous communities)

(202 KB) :: Youth Development Digest. Annotated bibliography series Issue No 3/4 – April 2003

(379 KB) :: Youth Development Service Learning and Schooling

This final edition of Ausyouth’s annotated bibliography series, the Youth Development Digest, consolidates two separate editions originally intended to be published as issues 3 and 4. The collection includes:

a number of conceptual frameworks; articles addressing factors of vulnerability; guidelines for working with Indigenous young people; a service learning model; role modeling concepts; issues relating to building a youth development ‘movement’; and two examples of national strategies for youth development.

This document discusses the current status, future development and benefits of service learning in Australian Schools.

Service Learning is an educational methodology, which utilises community service by students, undertaken in the context of meaningful school/community partnerships to provide both experiential learning opportunities and a benefit to the community. It is for all young people, using common processes for diverse groups.

(685 KB) :: Cover, contents, & foreword

(375 KB) :: 1. Why Scool–Community Partnerships for Youth Development

(676 KB) :: 2. Preparing for Partnerships

(120 KB) :: 3. 'A Critical Path for Partnerships

(269 KB) :: 4. Indicators of Good Practice in Partnerships

(290 KB) :: 5. Beyond Partnerships

(123 KB) :: – Appendix 1

(2,786 KB) :: Acknowledgments, Foreword and Contents

(478 KB) :: 1. Introduction

(443 KB) :: 2. Personal development

(7,793 KB) :: 3. Skill development

(3,665 KB) :: 4. Connections with community

(428 KB) :: 5. Participation in decision making

(373 KB) :: 6. Encouraging diversity

(1,023 KB) :: 7. Recognition and acknowledgment

(413 KB) :: 8. Learning from what young people have to say

(13,862 KB) :: 9. Appendix

Schools are an important environment for youth development activities.

This publication provides practical guidance to schools, youth development providers and communities for the development and maintenance of effective partnerships for youth development.

Young people invest time and energy into participating in youth development programs and activities.

A better understanding of young people’s expectations of the outcomes for themselves from their involvement will maximise the benefits for young people when translated into program implementation.

The outcomes for young people attest to the strength of the youth development approach. This document is intended for those currently involved in providing youth development programs and activities or with an interest in doing so.

It should be read in conjunction with the Ausyouth publications Good Practice in Youth Development and Better than Fantastic.

(708 KB) :: 'Volunteering and Youth Development' Making a positive difference. July 2002

(1,636 KB) :: 'Better than fantastic' Young people talk about Youth Development. May 2002

Good practice in volunteering and youth development recognises that the way we do things (the process) can be just as important as the outcomes (learning, skills).

Youth development programs and activities exist because committed volunteers make them possible and sustain their operation.

Volunteering in youth development requires a specific range of aptitudes and skills of volunteers. Like youth development itself, volunteering is too important to be left to chance. It must be actively and consciously planned for and managed.

In this publication young people talk candidly about themselves and their experiences of being involved in youth development programs.

The links between the young people's experiences and the principles outlined in Good Practice in Youth Development: A Framework of Principles – A Discussion Document provide an introduction and context to the stories.

A deeper understanding of what youth development outcomes mean to young people is gained from the stories. This can further inform good practice and encourage investment in youth development.

(1,879 KB) :: Good Practice in Youth Development, A Framework of Principles – A Discussion Document. August 2001

(89 KB) :: Summary Snapshot One – September – 2000 Profile of State Government Sponsored Youth Development Programs

This Ausyouth publication is a discussion document about good practice in youth development.

It outlines a framework of overarching and underpinning principles and a series of indicators, for the application of the framework in the three key youth development environments of policy, organisations and programs.

The framework is aspirational and has not been devised as a set of standards. It provides a common starting point and focus for reflection and discussions about good practice and an invitation to take up the challenge of good practice in youth development.

Good practice in youth development will continue to evolve.

This leaflet presents a summary of the findings of the report Snapshot One September 2000, Profile of State Government Sponsored Youth Development Programs.

(226 KB) :: National Youth Development Strategy

In March 2000, Ministers of Youth committed themselves to a national strategic approach to youth development expressed in the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs National Youth Development Strategy.