Successful Youth in High-Risk Environments
December 2-3, 1999

Agenda

William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Jim Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Royer Urban Health Initiative

Session I: Managing to Make It
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

"What do adolescents need for health development?: Implications for youth policy", Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University. (This paper has been published as a Social Policy Report, 14:1, from the Society for Research in Child Development.)

"Summary and extension of Managing to Make It: Urban families and adolescent success", Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania
Discussants: Lawrence Mead, New York University and Geoff Canada, Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families

Session II: Variations in Successful Youth Functioning Across Contexts
Moderator: James Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"Parenting strategies and health-risk behaviors across urban contexts: Does it matter where black families live?", Clea Sucoff, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Joy Dryfoos, Program Evaluator

"Protective factors and youth functioning in immigrant families" Kathleen Harris, University of North Carolina.
Discussant: Maria Luisa Alaniz, San Jose State University

Session III: Workng Together to Promote Healthy Development
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

"Contexts that promote competence and healthy coping: A theory-driven analysis of urban adolescents", (abstract only) Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Pennsylvania.
Discussant: Reverend Raymond Hammond, The Ten-Point Coalition.

"Youth development in community settings: Challenges to out field and our approach", James Connell, Institute for Research and Reform in Education.
Discussant: Jack Connelly, Jobs for Youth