TY  - JOUR
TI  - Flourishing Youth Provision: The Potential Role of Positive Psychology and Coaching in Enhancing Youth Services
AU  - Leach, C.J.C.
AU  - Green, L.S.
AU  - Grant, A.M.
AB  - This article discusses how positive psychology and evidence-based coaching can support youth service provision in order to promote cross fertilisation between these different domains of practice. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is difficult for many young people and there is growing recognition that there should be a greater emphasis on the provision of youth services to help young people to achieve physical, emotional and psychological well-being at this key development stage.  A literature review was conducted to identify key themes emerging in recent youth work strategies in the United Kingdom and Australia and from the positive psychology and evidence-based coaching research literature. Clear links can be made between the aims and objectives of youth work strategy and positive psychology and evidencebased coaching, and these have potential for use within youth services as a means of enhancing  the well-being, resilience and hope of both young people and those who work to support them. 
IS  - 1
JO  - International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
PY  - 2011
KW  - positive psychology
KW  - resilience
KW  - evidence-based coaching
KW  - well-being
KW  - hope
KW  - youth work
KW  - young people
VL  - 9
LA  - English
ER  -