Requirements for Healthy Development of Adolescent Youth

Abstract

and the Center for Youth Development and Research, University of Minnesota to develop a statement on their concept of normal adolescence and impediments to healthy development.The statement was viewed as a possible base for national policy.The following is the statement developed in a most interesting process: Gisela Konopka presented her ideas derived from many years of study and experience to the Center staff in three 2-hour sessions.Each point was then discussed by this able staff, consisting of people of various backgrounds, disciplines, and ages.