“Engaging youth in decision making is essential to their overall development. This is true for all youth, even youth with behavioral and emotional issues. All youth are developing; all youth have strengths; all youth have needs; all youth can contribute to their communities; all youth are valued. Youth are agents of their own development (Pittman, 1998). They should be involved in every decision that will have an effect on their lives. This does not mean that young people shouldn’t have caring and positive adults standing in roles of support available to them at all times.”
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