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Direct linkSarah Kiefer; Jacqueline Blass; Sarah Fefer; Kai Zhuang Shum; Kristen Mahony-Atallah; Shannon Suldo; John Ferron – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
ABSTRACT Many youth seek and receive mental health treatment in schools, yet research on their perceptions of these interventions remains uncommon. This qualitative study explored how student perspectives on social validity informed the ongoing implementation and evaluation of the Well-Being Promotion Program (WBPP), a Tier 2 positive psychology…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, Well Being, Intervention
Download full textFarrell, Brenda S. – US Government Accountability Office, 2023
Since its inception in 1993, the National Guard Youth Challenge Program has produced over 200,000 graduates across dozens of sites located in the states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Currently, the program operates 39 sites. House Report 117-88, accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2022, included…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Armed Forces, At Risk Students, Program Implementation
Cassie Wuest; Ivonne Garcia – MDRC, 2024
Summer youth employment programs (SYEPs) are a workforce development strategy used around the country to provide early work experiences to young people each year. These programs partner with local employers to provide subsidized wages for young people between the ages of 14 and 24. The programs often include job-readiness training (which prepares…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Summer Programs, Youth Programs, Program Evaluation
Rita O'Sullivan – Online Submission, 2024
The purpose of this paper is to chronicle the efforts of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC), an outdoor experiential education service program, to establish itself as an evidence based program, highlight the constraints encountered around accomplishing this, and then suggest some alternative routes to those currently available. RMYC is typical of…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Youth Programs, Evidence Based Practice, Adolescents
Greene, Jordan; Seefeldt, Kristin – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2023
Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) help connect youth to opportunities for career exploration, skill development, and mentorship. Despite heightened investment in SYEPs, research regarding positive impacts is limited. Most of the common SYEP evaluation strategies are rooted in deficit thinking and focus on outcomes such as reducing violent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Employment Programs, Summer Programs
Sarah N. August-Henry; Amy M. Leman; Jacinda K. Dariotis – Journal of Youth Development, 2025
While research abounds on the outcomes of out-of-school time programs for youth, most studies focus on programs with similar profiles or within the same program category, leaving a notable gap in examining youth experiences across programs with different delivery modes. The current research investigated the perceived experiences of youth in two…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Community Programs, Clubs, Camps
Emerson, Amanda; Pickett, Michelle; Moore, Shawana; Kelly, Patricia J. – Prevention Science, 2023
Despite a robust field of study in healthy romantic relationship education and risk prevention interventions that employ traditional forms of delivery, the field of digital health interventions (DHIs) in healthy relationship programming for adolescents remains undefined. The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the scope of published…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Dating (Social), Intimacy, Adolescents
Schmidt, Matthew; Lu, Jie; Luo, Wenjing; Cheng, Li; Lee, Minyoung; Huang, Rui; Weng, Yueqi; Kichler, Jessica C.; Corathers, Sarah D.; Jacobsen, Laura M.; Albanese-O'Neill, Anastasia; Smith, Laura; Westen, Sarah; Gutierrez-Colina, Ana M.; Heckaman, Leah; Wetter, Sara E.; Driscoll, Kimberly A.; Modi, Avani – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong and chronic condition that can cause severely compromised health. The T1D treatment regimen is complex, and is a particular challenge for adolescents, who frequently experience a number of treatment adherence barriers (e.g., forgetfulness, planning and organizational challenges, stress). Diabetes Journey is a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Diabetes, Self Management, Intervention
Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; LaPoint, Shannon Crowley; Kim, So Yoon; Mohiuddin, Sarah; Yu, Qun; McKinnon, Rachael – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
In this systematic evaluation of intervention research for transition-age autistic youth, we examined quality indicators in 193 group and single-case design intervention studies, which tested effects on 1258 outcomes. Behaviorally based interventions were the most common intervention type. We found significant threats to internal validity for the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness
Grace Tidmarsh; Janice Thompson; Mary Quinton; Jennifer Cumming – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
This systematic review identified 10 process evaluation studies of positive youth development (PYD) programmes for disadvantaged young people, and aimed to assess the quality of reporting, methods used, and barriers and enablers to delivering programmes as intended. Four databases were searched: Web of Science, Psych INFO, Scopus, and Embase.…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology
Padwick, Annie; Dele-Ajayi, Opeyemi; Davenport, Carol; Strachan, Rebecca – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: STEM education providers increasingly use complex intervention models to redress persistent under-representation in STEM sectors. These intervention models require robust evaluation to determine their effectiveness. The study examines a complex, sustained intervention intended to build science capital in young people aged 11-15 over…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Antonio Bernal-Guerrero; Antonio Ramón Cárdenas-Gutiérrez; Ana María Domínguez-Quintero; Ángela Martín-Gutiérrez – SAGE Open, 2024
Over the last decade, various entrepreneurial school practices have proliferated, including the creation of mini-companies. In the Spanish context, the Empresa Joven Europea (EJE) program has been the most widely employed educative program in this respect. Empresa Joven Europea is an educational program that proposes that secondary education…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Secondary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Business
Christine Lynn Norton; Anita R. Tucker; Bernard Rupe; Michael Riley – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2023
Adventure therapy programs can promote beneficial experiences and attributes that cultivate positive youth development (PYD). This study explores the impact of an urban, outdoor adventure therapy program for underserved youth. Multiple versions of the Positive Youth Development Inventory were given to participants and a comparison group (N = 161)…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Therapy, Outdoor Education, Youth Programs
Mehmet D. Sulu; Ronald C. Martella; Ozlem Toper; Nancy E. Marchand-Martella; Uzeyir E. Kiyak – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
In a recent review of explicit and systematic, scripted instructional programs for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Plavnick et al. ("Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders," 2, 55-66, 2015) found that only 1 of 9 studies met all eight quality indicators outlined by Horner et al. ("Exceptional…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Replication (Evaluation), Literature Reviews, Program Effectiveness
Rachel Jackson-Gordon; Jacinda K. Dariotis; Bonnie S. Fisher; Victoria Dickman-Burnett – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Sexual violence prevention programs are important for addressing sexual violence and are often implemented in local community and university settings. However, program implementer perspectives are often missing from academic research literature, limiting access to practical knowledge that can provide insights to improving programs and prevention.…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Community Programs
