Publications
So much research has been done around youth development that it can be overwhelming. LearningWork Connection translates research into tools that give youth-serving organizations the practical support they need to ensure that young people have a future of unlimited possibilities.
LWC’s success in developing materials for the benefit of those in the youth development field has made us a vital resource for the creation of tools and resources that work. As a result, youth-serving organizations often call on us to develop custom materials to serve their stakeholders. Let us know how we can serve you.
Focused Futures
LearningWork Connection can zero in on what works for youth by connecting youth development principles, evidence-based practices and performance measures in toolkits that provide practical application of strategies for youth-serving professionals. Our curriculum writers can create a toolkit to meet your needs and the needs of your audience.
Each module of our Focused Futures toolkit features user-friendly information, real-world examples, and customizable worksheets, templates and forms to help youth workforce professionals design and implement successful youth programs.
High Res Newsletters
LearningWork Connection provides youth-serving professionals with current information about grants and awards, professional development opportunities, and youth development resources in High Res, a monthly electronic newsletter.
Online Tools
Online tools are customizable worksheets and forms to assist local WIA youth workforce development professionals design and implement successful youth programs.
Each tool is a downloadable Microsoft Word file that professionals can save to their hard drive and use in electronic or paper form. Professionals also can adapt the tools to meet their own specific needs for serving local WIA youth participants.
The authorship of The Ohio State University and LearningWork Connection should be acknowledged on any tools that are adapted.
Youth Information Briefs
LearningWork Connection develops publications that focus on the specific issues that are important to youth-serving professionals. Youth Information Briefs summarize information from a variety of references into an easily-absorbed document replete with real-life examples, practice tips and techniques, and complete bibliographies.
What Works
For more in-depth evidence-based information to support positive outcomes for youth, LWC publishes What Works, a series of publications describing strategies known to increase the likelihood of youth success.
Youth Development System Building Toolkit
A positive youth development approach views youth as resources, builds on their strengths and capabilities, and helps them to develop within their own community. Youth development programs seek to build competencies in the following areas: physical, social, cognitive, vocational, and moral.
LearningWork Connection developed a series of tools to help organizations assess their progress in building a comprehensive youth development system. The Youth Development System Building Toolkit consists of:
- The Youth Development System Rubric – This growth chart aligns specific criteria for youth development systems with developmental stages of system building. It helps answer the question “What does a youth development system look like?”
- The Youth Development System Self-Assessment – Based on the Youth Development System Rubric, this assessment helps local organizations identify their growth stage in building a youth development system.
- Next Steps in System Building – You’ve taken the Youth Development System Self-Assessment and you’ve identified your community’s growth stage. Now what? Next Steps helps organizations focus their efforts in areas that will make the most difference in building a youth development system.
