What is Positive Youth Development?
Positive youth development (PYD), is a strengths-based view of adolescence. The PYD approach focuses on helping youth acquire the knowledge and skills they need to become healthy and productive adults.
- PYD guides communities and organizations in how they organize services, opportunities, and support to engage youth in reaching their full potential.
- PYD incorporates the development of skills, opportunitie,s and authentic relationships into programs, practices and policies.
Resources
The PYD Toolbox will help you to examine and evaluate your positive youth development approach.
- PYD Toolbox. (PYD In Action website)
Are you ready to hire a youth advisor?
The Youth Advisor Readiness Assessment tool will help guide you in asking critical questions.
The Youth Partnership for Health (YPH) is a youth advisory council for state, local and community stakeholders. Members of the council provide feedback and recommendations to CDPHE and it's partners programs and initiatives. Learn more on the YPH webpage:
- Youth Partnership for Health. (webpage)