After-school programs to promote positive youth development.: integrating research into practice and policy /: integrating research into practice and policy. Volume 1 : (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy L. Deutsch, editor.
• Other Names: Deutsch, Nancy L
• Contents: Why after-school matters for positive youth development / Karen Pittman -- Key components of engaging after-school programs for children and adolescents / Nickki Pearce Dawes, Stanley Pollack and Gabriel Garza Sada -- Measuring youth participation, program quality, and social and emotional skills in after-school programs / Jennifer A. Fredricks, Neil Naftzger, Charles Smith and Allison Riley -- Let's talk after-school : the promises and challenges of positive youth development for after-school research, policy, and practice / Nancy L. Deutsch, Dale A. Blyth, Janet Kelley, Patrick H. Tolan and Richard M. Lerner. Preface; Reference; Reference; Reference; Contents; Editor and Contributors; 1 Why After-School Matters for Positive Youth Development; Introduction; PYD and After-School Relationship History; Current Opportunities to Move PYD Principles More Firmly into Practice; Conclusion; References; 2 Key Components of Engaging After-School Programs for Children and Adolescents; Introduction; Two Examples: The Center for Teen Empowerment and Dorchester Bay Youth Force; Key Program Components; Developmental Stage and Gender-Based Demands; Conclusions; Recommendations; References. 3 Measuring Youth Participation, Program Quality, and Social and Emotional Skills in After-School ProgramsA Theory for Skill Development and Transfer; Program Quality; Participation and Engagement; Social and Emotional Skills; Evaluation Case Study: Girls on the Run; Recommendations; References; 4 Let's Talk After-School: The Promises and Challenges of Positive Youth Development for After-School Research, Policy, and Practice; Introduction; Understanding What After-School Programs Do; Creating Effective Programs; Promoting Positive Youth Development; Bridging Programs and Youth. How We Study What After-School Programs DoFour Issues to Consider in Research on After-School Programs; What We Do with the Resulting Evidence; Program Improvement; Informing Policy; Conclusions; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.8; Psychology; After-school programs; Youth development -- United States; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; After-school programs; Youth development; Psychology; Child and School Psychology; Family; Public Health; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Medical -- Public Health; Sociology: family & relationships; Public health & preventive medicine; Developmental psychology; Psychology -- Developmental -- Child; Child & developmental psychology; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319591322; 3319591320
• Related ISBNs: 9783319591315; 3319591312
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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