Youth Development Guide reading

What I already knew:

After reading this article the one thing that stood out for me and that I remember learning about was "resiliency". Resiliency is the ability to recover  quickly from adversity. In this article it talked about how researchers looked more into how young people were able to succeed when their environment was not always so positive. The focused on what allowed them to succeed rather than the risks surrounding them. I learned about resiliency in my social work class and ever since it stuck with me people we talked about it so much. I think this approach is a positive way to go in this case and can allow researchers to better understand how to help young people.

What I learned:

I learned about the deficit approach. I have heard the word before but this approach was something knew for me. It was used when young people were showing signs of a potential problem or multiple problems. This approach focused on specific problems and behaviors which determined what programs they would use. They came up with programs for drug abuse, violence, and teen pregnancy. This approach was not successful as it only focused on single issues in each program. The population that this approach was used for was also knows as "at risk" young people. I have heard the phrase "at risk" before and I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. I do not believe this is the correct terminology to use because "at risk" is a negative phrase. 

What I want to learn more about: 

I would love to learn more about the shift in policy. This really interested me as I was able to see there was a lot of change in a pretty short amount of time. I feel like a timeline would help me better understand it and I could more easily see everything that led up to the policy changes.