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Youth Voice
Youth voice refers to the ideas, opinions, involvement, and initiatives leadership of young people. In the context of service-learning, youth voice refers to the input young people provide in developing and implementing projects, plans, and policies to guide service-learning. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
Featured Items
Washington Youth Voice Handbook: The What, Who, Why, Where, When, and How Youth Voice Happens (2007) (PDF)
Youth on Board: 15 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-Making (2006)
NSLC-Produced Resources
- At-Risk Youth and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
- Democratic Classrooms
- Juvenile Justice and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
- Violence Prevention and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
- Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
- Youth Speakers Bureau
- Youth Voice in Service-Learning
- Youth Voice: Selected Resources
NSLC Library Items (How to Borrow)
- Youth Voice (2008) (PDF)
- My Dreams Are Not a Secret: Teenagers in Metropolitan Detroit Speak Out (2007) (PDF)
- Washington Youth Voice Handbook: The What, Who, Why, Where, When, and How Youth Voice Happens (2007)(PDF)
- Guide to Social Change Led By and With Young People (2006)
- Youth on Board: 15 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-Making (2006)
- Kids As Planners: A Guide to Strengthening Students, Schools, and Communities Through Service-Learning (Second Edition) (2005)
- Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World (2005)
- Making Youth Voice a Community Principle (2004) (PDF)
- Speaking Out: Empowering the Youth Voice (2003)
- Meaningful Student Involvement: Guide to Inclusive School Change (PDF) (2003)
- Firestarter Youth Power Curriculum (Version 3) (2002) (PDF)
- Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service-Learning Programs (PDF) (182K pdf) (2001)
- Integrating Youth Voice in Service Learning (2001) (HTML)
- Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service-Learning Programs (2001) (PDF)
- Service Learning for Youth Empowerment and Social Change (1999)
- A Practitioner's Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning: Student Voices and Reflections (1996)
Links
- NSLC Youth Voice Links
- NSLC Youth Development Links
- NSLC Career Exploration and Service-Learning Links
- Freechild Project
- SoundOut: Promoting Student Voice in Schools
- CommonAction: Youth Engagement in Schools and Communities
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