What is it about?
We interviewed several marginalized youth and some staff members who work with them at three different sites, using a strength-based lens, then documented seven key themes that were common to the conversations.
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Why is it important?
Youth voice in research on youth is still rare. Strength based research accessing youth voice is rarer. The ideas the youth presented can be used to inform best practices for social workers, justice workers, teachers, counselors, medical personal and other people who work with or have an interest in marginalized youth.
Perspectives
Writing this article with a seasoned research team including members I've worked with before was gratifying. The article is short, sweet and to the point and includes a chart of key words/themes that came up over and over again as we spoke to marginalized youth. We wrote it to be useful to people working in the field or researching in the field who might not have time to tackle dozens of pages.
Mary-Lynn Wardle
University of Calgary
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This page is a summary of: Youth strengths arise from the ashes of adversity, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2018.1528165.
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