4-H Thriving Model: Principles For Positive Youth Development 

The 4-H Thriving Model, developed by OSU Extension’s Mary Arnold and now being adopted nationwide, takes the best of youth and adolescent development research and helps us understand what we need to do in our programs to have the biggest positive impact on our youth. Our 4-H professionals and volunteers can follow Thriving basic principles for positive youth development. When these principles are put into practices, we know that young people grow and thrive.