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Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Healthy Middle School Environments

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Positive Youth Development (PYD) acknowledges youth as unique and dynamic entities constantly interacting with and influencing their environment, emphasizing multiple supports and services necessary to help youth transition through various stages of their development. School-wide policies and practices that create a supportive environment for youth may be more effective and lasting than a single program. Environments, particularly safety, support, youth interaction and engagement with the school, have significant impact on youth behavior. This chapter reviews evidence for the development and high-quality implementation of multi-level interventions to create a school environment that promotes positive youth development. This includes a review of ongoing research on emerging approaches promoting a restorative school environment, and a discussion of how to apply Getting To Outcomes®, an evidence-based support intervention, to improve implementation of multi-level school-wide interventions. The chapter addresses important research, policy and practice gaps on middle school youth.

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