Advancing youth work : current trends, critical questions / edited by Dana Fusco.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A conversation with Ellen Gannett / Dana Fusco and Ellen Gannett -- Competencies and credentials -- Embedding and sustaining youth worker core competencies in out-of-school time programs / Sarah Jonas -- Assessing youth worker competence : national child and youth worker certification / Dale Curry, Andrew J. Schneider-Muoz, Frank Eckles, and Carol Stuart -- Establishing expertise in an emerging field / Joyce Walker and Kate Walker -- Youth work and the education of professional practitioners in Australia / Judith Bessant -- Curriculum -- A decade of educating youth workers at an urban community college / Pete Watkins -- A Chicago story : challenge and change / Michael Heathfield -- The journey to becoming a youth worker / Camille Williamson -- On becoming an academic profession / Dana Fusco -- Preparing the next generation of professoriate in youth studies : mapping the contested spaces / Ross VeLure Roholt and Michael Baizerman -- Youth development network : a site for the professional development of youth workers / Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte -- Contexts of youth work -- Youth work practice in england / Helen Jones -- Youth work as engagement / Ross VeLure Roholt and Judie Cutler -- Youth work across two diverse domains of practice / Jim Sibthorp, M. Deborah Bialeschki, Carol Stuart and Jack Phelan -- A community education approach to youth work education / Joel Nitzberg -- Conclusion -- Advancing youth work : opportunities and challenges / Jane Quinn -- Framing trends, posing questions / Dana Fusco.