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Talreja, Vishal – Childhood Education, 2022
Preparing students with robust life skills, including social-emotional skills, is of paramount importance in today's world, particularly for children growing up in adversity. Dream a Dream was founded by 11 young people who wanted to engage with children who were terminally ill, abandoned, or HIV infected. The idea was to organize activities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Emotional Learning, Partnerships in Education, Skill Development
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Urtel, Mark – Texas Education Review, 2018
Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs (CSPAPs) have been identified as an intervention toward improving physical activity opportunities for youth throughout the school day. One of the five elements of a CSPAP is afterschool programming. This paper translates the varied research about youth engagement in physical activity into a…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, After School Programs, Program Development
Wimer, Christopher; Bouffard, Suzanne; Little, Priscilla M.D. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
Harvard Family Research Project's (HFRP) series of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" distills the wealth of information compiled in our Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Research and Evaluation Database into a single report. Each "Snapshot" examines a specific aspect of out-of-school time (OST) evaluation. This "Snapshot" describes…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Measurement Techniques, Program Effectiveness
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Kruczek, Theresa; Alexander, Charlene M.; Harris, Kevin – Professional School Counseling, 2005
There are a number of middle school students who experience difficulty making the transition from childhood to early adolescence and may be described as high-risk. This article describes an after-school program designed to promote healthy identity and adaptive personal choice behaviors in a high-risk group of middle school students.
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Counseling Services, After School Programs, Middle School Students