Supporting the transformation of vulnerable youth : how community-based youth projects assist youth to make and maintain positive changes in their lives

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dc.contributor.authorSparks, Carol A.
dc.contributor.supervisorMacDonald, Marjorie
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-10T20:36:14Z
dc.date.available2008-06-10T20:36:14Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2008-06-10T20:36:14Z
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Human and Social Development
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Dispute Resolution
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administration
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn British Colombia, youth are subject to risks that influence their capacity to develop into healthy adults. Community-based youth projects play an important role in supporting youth to develop the motivation, skills and knowledge to overcome challenges in their lives and surroundings. In this grounded theory study 1 examined how community-based youth projects can assist youth to make and maintain positive changes in their lives. Data were collected from staff as well as from people in the community involved with youth in the projects. The findings demonstrate that adults staff and people in the community) involved with the projects engage in a process, named in this thesis as "Supporting Transformation", a process that includes the following categories of action: "Figuring it Out", "Creating Willingness to Engage", 'Introducing a New Way", and "Maintaining Willingness to Engage". By articulating the process of Supporting Transformation, it is hoped that adults will increase their understanding of how to create the conditions that lead to sustainable change in youth.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/989
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectproblem youthen_US
dc.subjectsocial disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectservicesen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Social serviceen_US
dc.titleSupporting the transformation of vulnerable youth : how community-based youth projects assist youth to make and maintain positive changes in their livesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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