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After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research Into Practice and Policy, Volume 1 2017 Edition
Contributor(s): Deutsch, Nancy L. (Editor)
ISBN: 3319591312     ISBN-13: 9783319591315
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $61.74  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Developmental - Child
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
- Medical | Public Health
Dewey: 155.4
Physical Information: 0.18" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.30 lbs) 71 pages
 
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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. 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.