Defining and Measuring Quality in Youth Programs and Classrooms

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• Improving youth development and well-being requires improving the everyday settings where development occurs. In this volume, scholars who study three... Lees meer

Transforming Youth Serving Organizations to Support Healthy Youth Development

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• This volume tells the story of major organizational change efforts at one municipal youth-serving organization to better support healthy youth develop... Lees meer

Evidence-Based Bullying Prevention Programs for Children and Youth

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• Bullying is a hot topic at schools across the nation. Chronic involvement in bullying is associated with many intrapersonal, interpersonal, and academ... Lees meer

Framing Youth Development for Public Support

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• Since 1999, the nonprofit FrameWorks Institute has investigated how Americans think about social issues--from children and youth to education and race... Lees meer

Youth in Participatory Action Research

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• This volume takes an innovative approach to addressing the difficulties that marginalized youth face. They engage young people in investigations of an... Lees meer

Adolescent Emotions: Development, Morality, and Adaptation

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• Take an in depth look at how emotions relate to adolescents decision making, reasoning, and behavior in morally relevant situations. It provides a sum... Lees meer

Youth Participation: Improving Institutions and Communities

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• Youth participation is a key piece of positive youth development. It pushes against long-held, culturally specific ideas about adolescence, as well as... Lees meer

Deconstructing the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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• Describes how school policies can have the effect, if not the intent, of setting youths on the "prison track". This book also identifies programs and ... Lees meer

Expanded Learning Time and Opportunities

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• Expanding the learning day is gaining national momentum as an important school-improvement and whole-child development strategy. Lees meer

Putting All Students on the Graduation Path

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• At no other time in our nation's history has graduating from high school been a more important prerequisite for adult success. Young people who fall o... Lees meer

Afterschool Around the Globe: Policy, Practices, and Youth Voice

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• Afterschool presents in a variety of forms across the globe. This developmental time, variously referred to as afterschool, out-of-school-time, or fre... Lees meer

Pathways to Positive Development Among Diverse Youth

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• Positive youth development represents an emphasis in developmental thinking that is focused on the incredible potential of adolescents to maintain hea... Lees meer

A Practical Guide to the Science and Practice of Afterschool Programming

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• Closing the gap between scientific research on afterschool programming and the practices occurring in these settings is the goal of this volume. Both ... Lees meer

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Out-of-School Time Settings

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• The evidence base of the impact and effectiveness of healthy eating and physical activity interventions in the out-of-school setting is continuing to ... Lees meer