A defining focus of the journal is the relationship among theory, research, and practice. In particular, New Directions for Youth Development is dedicated to recognizing resilience as well as risk, healthy development of our youth, and the difficulties of adolescence. The journal is intended as a forum for provocative discussion that reaches across the worlds of academia, service, philanthropy, and policy.

Each issue of New Directions for Youth Development focuses on a single topic of significance and importance to the field of youth development and is edited by experts in that area of study and practice. Each issue undergoes an extensive peer review process.

Past topics of New Directions for Youth Development include: youth mentoring, threat and terror, immigrant youth, afterschool and out-of-school time, community building, youth leadership, summertime learning, spiritual development, violence and social disintegration, and youth advocacy.

An annual supplemental issue of New Directions for Youth Development is published by the National AfterSchool Association in cooperation with The Program in Education, Afterschool, and Resiliency (PEAR) located at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The NAA issue will contain articles that extend workshop presentations, practice, and research topics from the annual NAA Convention.

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