Empowerment is intrinsically linked to youth-adult partnership.  Christens and his colleagues have conducted studies to create a valid and useful way of measuring empowerment in Malaysian Validation of a Sociopoitical Control Scale for Youth.

Many field professionals and scholars have requested a brief measure of Y-AP.  Well, here it is. The measure is 11 items long and assesses two primary components of youth-adult partnership: youth voice in decision making (YVDM) and supportive adult relationships (SAR).  The measure was validated with a highly diverse sample of young people from the […]

This assessment tool is quite practical and can be used in many ways. It clearly defines “quality Y-AP” in concrete terms. The rubric allows you to assess your program against these criteria. Moreover, it can be an invaluable tool to be used in professional development and training programs. Developed by Wu and his colleagues (2014), […]