'austraLasia' #34
USEFUL SOURCES: YOUTH
contributed by Peter Newbery
1. Center for Adolescent Studies
Description: "The Center for Adolescent Studies focuses on meeting
the social and emotional growth and development needs
of adolescents through providing support to adults
working with youth, investigating current social issues
and providing tools for teens to learn and practice
new, healthy behaviors. The Center is based at the
School of Education at Indiana University, in
Bloomington Indiana." The site includes a link to ADOL
(Adolescence Directory On-line) which it supports, and
other projects include: Caring project; Drug
Information Assessment and Decision Support: Institute
on Adolescents at Risk; and Teacher Talk.
Keywords: adolescents, adolescence, youth, risk, drugs,
adolescent psychology, education, teachers
Alternative
Title:
Available from: http://education.indiana.edu/cas/
2. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Description: Formed in 1953, the AACAP has been involved in new
developments in the health care environment and has
addressed the needs of children, adolescents and
families. Examples of the Academy's responses to
national concerns over the years include: establishing
guidelines for the clinical evaluation of child sexual
abuse; helping to educate parents and families about
psychiatric disorders affecting children and
adolescents; identifying the knowledge base for the
prevention of psychiatric disorders in children and
adolescents. It also hosts an annual meeting and
publishes research notes and journals in support of
clinical practice. There are also links to other sites
of interest.
Keywords: adolescence, childhood, family, sexual abuse,
psychiatry, care, attention deficit disorder
Alternative AACAP
Title:
Available from: http://www.aacap.org/
3. Child Research Net
Description: Based in japan, Child Research Net (CRN) is a
non-profit, interactive research institute dedicated to
facilitating world-wide research on children and youth.
It aims to gather and exchange information regarding
children and youth internationally, with a special
focus on Japan and Asia. By using the Internet, it is
hoped there will be more effective dialogue within the
academic community as well as an exchange of
interdisciplinary perspectives to enrich and expand the
scope of children's research. The site is divided into
a number of sections: The CRN Navigator provides links
to many sites regarding children. These include
educational institutes, government agencies, schools,
and databases. These international resources focus on
child and youth education and development from an
interdisciplinary perspective. The Library section
offers academic articles from Japanese journals, survey
data and demographic information on Japanese and Asian
children and families. The Laboratory is a virtual
research centre where Child Research Net will conduct
research in co-operation with researchers from other
organisations. CRN's Key Investigators are listed here,
as well as their contributions to CRN. The forum
section will hold discussions relating to children's
issues. The Information section will contain news from
CRN and announcements of conferences and events in
Japan and Asia. The site is available in japanese and
English.
Keywords: children, child welfare, Japan, Asia, youth, child
psychology, adolescent psychology, education, child
welfare, child development
Alternative CRN
Title:
Available from: http://www.crn.or.jp/
http://www.crn.or.jp/index-e.html
