Abstract
ABSTRACT Youth development, the arts, and social work with groups combine to create a productive and positive field in which much growth can take place. The new assets-based approach focus of positive youth development forces those who work with youth to find ways to encourage youth to find what they can contribute to their community. Arts programs have long been used to help people communicate, share beliefs, learn skills and communicate information. As this new goal of youth development is to help build competencies, increase feelings of self-worth, and encourage the recognition of strengths and assets, use of the arts is a natural vehicle for this work. Although using the arts in the field of social work is not currently a common practice, the arts are embedded into the early history of social work through their use in settlement houses. A project using the arts for positive youth development in group work is described.
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