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After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development : Integrating Research into Practice and Policy, Volume 1 / edited by Nancy L Deutsch

Contributor(s): Deutsch, Nancy L., editor literario
Material type: materialTypeLabelE-bookSeries: (Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice, 2625-2554).Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017Edition: 1st edition 2017.Description: 1 recurso en línea (XIV, 71 páginas) : ilustraciones.ISBN: 9783319591322.Subject: Cursos de postgradoOnline resources: Acceso a este recurso digital (usuarios Universidad Europea de Madrid)Digital Resources
Contents:
Executive Summary: Overview of Brief and Recommendations for Practice and Policy.- Chapter 1. Why After-School Matters for Positive Youth Development -- Chapter 2. Understanding What Makes the "Magic" Happen: Key Components of Engaging After-School Programs for Children and Adolescents -- Chapter 3. Measuring Youth Participation, Program Quality, and Social and Emotional Skills in After-School Programs -- Chapter 4. Let's Talk After-School: The Promises and Challenges of Positive Youth Development for After-School Research, Policy, and Practice.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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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LIBRO-E NO PRÉSTAMO LIBRO-E NO PRÉSTAMO Madrid Digital Acceso Electrónico (UEM) Biblioteca CRAI (Literatura, ensayo y audiovisuales) LC34.4 2017 EB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Acceso electrónico eBook.11102180
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Executive Summary: Overview of Brief and Recommendations for Practice and Policy.- Chapter 1. Why After-School Matters for Positive Youth Development -- Chapter 2. Understanding What Makes the "Magic" Happen: Key Components of Engaging After-School Programs for Children and Adolescents -- Chapter 3. Measuring Youth Participation, Program Quality, and Social and Emotional Skills in After-School Programs -- Chapter 4. Let's Talk After-School: The Promises and Challenges of Positive Youth Development for After-School Research, Policy, and Practice.

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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