Catalano et al. continue, «We are finding new evidence that offers an empirical demonstration of why increasing positive
youth development outcomes is likely to prevent problem behavior.
This article, published in the first issue of the International Journal for Research on Extended Education, focuses on how we can measure the impact out - of - school time (OST) programs have on
youth development outcomes and how we can use those outcomes to better inform OST programming in a way that will benefit the youth the program is currently serving.
To what extent does the Career Academy approach change educational, employment, and
youth development outcomes for students at greater or lesser risk of school failure?
This work is grounded in a coherent rationale and designates a series of indicators that demonstrate system - level, setting - level and individual - level practices to promote smooth transitions to early grades and growth across
youth development outcomes for all children.
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, our evaluation partner in measuring social - emotional learning and
youth development outcomes in our students.
Not exact matches
«While winning and losing are a natural
outcome of the sports experience, fun level and skill
development should be the focus of
youth sports,» says Gaines.
By focusing on
youth, addressing critical education and health
outcomes, organizing collaborative actions and initiatives that support students, and strongly engaging community resources, the WSCC approach offers important opportunities that may improve healthy
development and educational attainment for students.
Downstream, the likely
outcome from depicting that bleak picture is diminishing job prospects for young people in those areas — doubtless followed by escalating demands for more and more government grants to promote business
development in Labour heartlands to reduce
youth unemployment.
Follow - up
outcomes (6 months to 18 years after students participated in SEL programs) demonstrate SEL's enhancement of positive
youth development, including positive increases in SEL skills, attitudes, positive social behavior, and academic performance while finding decreases in conduct problems, emotional distress, and drug use.
Interested in the academic
outcomes and school experiences of bilingual and bicultural
youth, particularly their literacy
development.
The authors conceptualize rigorous learning as the
outcome of an environment that promotes positive
youth development, not changes in course offerings or testing requirements.
Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older
Youth identifies and describes Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) that improve academic performance, college and career preparation, social and emotional development, and health and wellness outcomes for underserved y
Youth identifies and describes Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) that improve academic performance, college and career preparation, social and emotional
development, and health and wellness
outcomes for underserved
youthyouth.
Shift our education culture to one of blame (not good enough, not enough $, what's wrong within the bureaucracy and within school walls) to one of ownership, where EVERYONE (individuals and organizations) reflects on how they can contribute to better
outcomes for
youth and how we each can play a meaningful role in the
development of children from pre-natal to adulthood.
Their aim is to enable schools and adult and
youth services to get the most from their investment in technology, supporting overall school
development and improve learning
outcomes for all.
Her current research examines the relationship between risk and protective factors, preventive interventions, and
youth outcomes; the design and evaluation of tools to facilitate the use of protective factors in strength - based and evidence - informed practice; and the
development of community - based infrastructures to promote and sustain the use of such tools in practice environments.
Mitra's studies (2004; Serriere & Mitra, 2012; Mitra & Serriere, 2012) have found that a key
outcome of what I describe as Meaningful Student Involvement was
youth development.
The Office of Special Education Programs» Results Driven Accountability Initiative represents a significant shift in state accountability from a focus on compliance and ensuring access to education and early intervention services to a focus on measurable and meaningful
outcomes in learning and
development for children and
youth with disabilities.
Youth Development Competencies and positive
outcomes such as social, emotional, behavioral, cultural, global, wellness and character
The authors of Assessing What Really Matters in Schools conceptualize rigorous learning as the
outcome of an environment that promotes positive
youth development, not changes in course offerings or testing requirements.
A nonpartisan, nonprofit research,
development, and service agency working with education and other communities throughout the United States and abroad, WestEd aims to improve education and other important
outcomes for children,
youth and adults.
Two evidence based strategies, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness, share similar goals and
outcomes for the emotional, social, and academic
development of
youth.
Research shows the professional
development of staff leads to better practice with
youth, improves program quality, and increases positive
youth outcomes.
He has developed, implemented and supported key legislation, policies and programs related to various issues such as educational opportunity and academic
outcome improvements; mentoring, leadership and literacy support for targeted Milwaukee
youth; poverty; neighborhood revitalization; job creation, opportunity, quality and security for Milwaukee residents; and the
development, success and achievement of young men of color in Milwaukee.
As we consider potential non-academic indicators, policymakers and thought leaders should draw upon the research around positive
youth development which states that positive experiences, relationships, and environments contribute to many desired
youth outcomes.
Ronald J. Newell and Mark J. Van Ryzin conceptualize rigorous learning as the
outcome of an environment that promotes positive
youth development.
The
Youth Sport Trust's
Development Manager Kate Thornton - Bousfield outlines a three step approach to ensuring that your Primary PE and Sport Premium funding creates sustainable
outcomes for your whole school.
Moriah Group is an international consulting firm focused on enhancing
outcomes for children and
youth through improved education, child and
youth development, and community
development strategies.
IEL's program, Right Turn Career - Focused Transition Initiative, was highlighted for its positive
outcomes in supporting career
development for
youth that are involved with or at risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system.
The
youth surveyed indicated that participating in Right Turn was associated with a number of positive
outcomes, including gaining access to mentors, career
development, jobs and resources, and social emotional skills.
(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School
Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance,
Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and
Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?
Friends for
Youth integrates outcome measures for the youth (e.g., academic achievement, wellness, skills development) into ongoing operat
Youth integrates
outcome measures for the
youth (e.g., academic achievement, wellness, skills development) into ongoing operat
youth (e.g., academic achievement, wellness, skills
development) into ongoing operations.
As Catalano and colleagues (2004) put it: «
Youth development practitioners, the policy community, and prevention scientists have reached the same conclusions about promoting better outcomes for y
Youth development practitioners, the policy community, and prevention scientists have reached the same conclusions about promoting better
outcomes for
youthyouth.
Judicial, legal, law enforcement, justice, social service and school professionals should understand positive
youth development principles and how they can be used to achieve better
outcomes for court - involved
youth.
More specifically, his work examines the risk and protective factors that impact the academic and behavioral
development of children and
youth, with a focus on how the school and family environments influence student
outcomes.
Sensitive and responsive caregiving engenders positive
youth development, but the specific features that constitute high quality care may look different across cultures.13 In contexts of heightened risk, relational factors that are associated with poor
outcomes in low - risk contexts may engender positive
development.
Skills for Adolescence for Out - of - School Time provides staff with a positive
youth development program that aligns with the six common elements of high - quality OST programming, recognized by researchers and practitioners as having the most influence on positive
outcomes for young people.
Looking at long - term effects / follow up effects, follow up
outcomes were collected 6 months to 18 years post intervention and demonstrated SEL's enhancement of positive
youth development.
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Outcomes, Behaviour, Boundaries, Bullying / Teen violence, Child Abuse, Children's Rights, Community, Competence, Conflict, Culture / Society, CYC: The Profession, Delinquency,
Development, Discipline, Education, Engaging, Ethics, Family, Foster Care, History, Humour, Intervention, Juvenile Detention, Life Space Work, Love, Milieu, New CYC Workers, Outdoor Education, Parents and Parenting, Peers, Philosophy, Practice, Programs, Punishment, Relational Practice, Residential Care, Resilience, Restorative Practice, Runaways / Homelessness, School, Self, Sexual Issues, Strengths, Stress and Self - care, Success, Supervision, Theories, Therapy, Training, Transitions, Treatment, Voices of
Youth,
Youth crime and Juvenile Justice
The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or
outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive
youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.
In our study we tested a contextual model derived from positive
youth -
development theory by examining the association of family, school, and community risk and promotive factors, with several
outcome indices of both positive and negative adolescent
development.
Youth who were involved in contexts that provided positive resources from important others (ie, parents, schools, and communities) not only were less likely to exhibit negative
outcomes, but also were more likely to show evidence of positive
development.
Positive future expectations facilitate optimal
development and contribute to healthier
outcomes for
youth.
Internal resources and community - level factors may influence adolescent future expectations that facilitate optimal
development and contribute to healthier
outcomes for
youth.
Robeson's vast body of work includes the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and
Youth Development, which sought to determine the relationship between children's early experiences and their developmental
outcomes, the Massachusetts Early Care and Education and School Readiness Study and the Ready Educators Quality Improvement Pilot.
Dr. Herzog also serves as lead faculty for the MU's
Youth Development program, which focuses on training Masters level students to utilize strengths - based approaches and opportunities to encourage positive outcomes for youth in a variety of sett
Youth Development program, which focuses on training Masters level students to utilize strengths - based approaches and opportunities to encourage positive
outcomes for
youth in a variety of sett
youth in a variety of settings.
A great resource for quick and effective professional
development — and an ideal preservice textbook — this highly practical guide puts better
outcomes for CLD
youth well within reach as they navigate the road to adulthood.
Her career is focused on improving
outcomes for the highest risk
youth through effective implementation of evidence - based
youth development programs, social emotional learning, violence prevention, and intervention within a frame of well - being and normal childhood and adolescent
development.
Religion as a resource for positive
youth development: Religion, social capital and moral
outcomes.
As we consider potential non-academic indicators, policymakers and thought leaders should draw upon the research around positive
youth development which states that positive experiences, relationships, and environments contribute to many desired
youth outcomes.