@inbook{cc666bc5086b4605bbd04b89e8cabd39,
title = "Collaborative teams for youth engagement",
abstract = "Youth engagement on collaborative teams is a viable approach to healthier youth development and community development. This article examines four characteristics of engagement in the research literature and a specific school-community-university project: adult support, a youth-friendly environment, the completion of meaningful tasks, and the learning and utilization of new skills.",
author = "Scheve, {Julie A.} and Perkins, {Daniel F.} and Claudia Mincemoyer",
note = "Funding Information: Collaborative Teams for Youth EngagementJulie A. Scheve, MEdDaniel F. Perkins, PhDClaudia Mincemoyer, PhDSUMMARY. Youth engagement on collaborative teams is a viable approach to healthier youth development and community development. This article examines four characteristics of engagement in the research literature and a specific school-community-university project: adult support, a youth-friendly environment, the completion of meaningful tasks, and the learning and utilization of new skills. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <http://www.HaworthPress. com> {\textcopyright} 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]Julie A. Scheve, Daniel F. Perkins, and Claudia Mincemoyer are affiliated with the Department of Agricultural and Extension, The Pennsylvania State University.Address correspondence to: Daniel F. Perkins, PhD, Associate Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, 323 Agricultural Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802 (E-mail: dfp102@psu.edu).The authors wish to acknowledge Ryan Stark, Assistant Professor of English, The Pennsylvania State University, and Amy Bertelsen, graduate student, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, The Pennsylvania State University, for their comments on earlier drafts of this article.The authors also wish to acknowledge the support of National Institute of Drug Abuse (1 R01 DA13709-01A1), Penn State University{\textquoteright}s Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Funding Information: The authors also wish to acknowledge the support of National Institute of Drug Abuse (1 R01 DA13709-01A1), Penn State University{\textquoteright}s Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service.",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1300/J125v14n01_13",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780203051726",
pages = "219--234",
booktitle = "Youth Participation and Community Change",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis",
address = "United States",
}