After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development, 1st ed. 2017 Integrating Research into Practice and Policy, Volume 1 Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice Series
Coordonnateur : Deutsch Nancy L.
- The history of the relationship between after-school programs and positive youth development.
- Specific features of programs that are important for advancing positive youth development.
- Issues in and approaches to measuring quality in after-school programs.
- The Quality, Engagement, Skills, Transfer (QuEST) model and its use for measuring effective after-school programs.
- A case study evaluation of the Girls on the Run program.
Explores the ways in which after-school programs may promote positive youth development (PYD)
Addresses key components of effective after-school programs
Measures outcomes and quality of after-school programs
Offers strategies for maximizing the potential of after-school time and programs to promote positive youth development for all children and adolescents
Recommends directions for future research, practice, and policy
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 07-2017
Ouvrage de 71 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Thèmes d’After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development :
Mots-clés :
Academic achievement and after-school programs; After-school program evaluation; After-school programs and positive youth development; Child development and after-school programs; Cognitive development and after-school programs; Education policy and after-school programs; Extended learning and after-school programs; Leadership and after-school programs; Out-of-school time and activities; Participation and after-school programs; Peer relationships and after-school programs; Program quality and after-school activities; PYD and after-school activities; PYD and education policy and politics; Skill development and transfer and after-school programs; Social-emotional skills and after-school programs; Student engagement and after-school activities; Youth empowerment and after-school programs; Youth engagement and after-school programs; Youth participation and program measurement