After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development : Integrating Research into Practice and Policy, Volume 1
1st ed. 2017
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice
ISBN-10
3319591312
ISBN-13
9783319591315
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 13th, 2017
Print length
71 Pages
Weight
168 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 24.10 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Sociology: family & relationshipsEducational psychologyPublic health & preventive medicine
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The first volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference about how after-school programs may be implemented to promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.
The first volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference about how after-school programs may be implemented to promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. This volume reviews the importance of after-school programs for PYD and discusses key components of effective after-school programs. It also discusses issues related to the evaluation and measurement of quality in after-school programs. In addition, the brief presents suggestions for how researchers, policy makers, and practitioners can move the field forward and maximize the potential of after-school time and programs for promoting positive youth development for children and adolescents.
Topics featured in this brief include:
- 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.
After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development, Volume 1, is a must-have resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law/criminal justice, and sociology.
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