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The after-school needs and resources of a low-income urban community: Surveying youth and parents for community change An assessment of after school programming needs, preferences, and barriers to both participation and enrollment, based on a survey of 416 pre- and young adolescents and 225 parents in a low-income urban community in a Midwestern city |
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Building opportunity: Developing city systems to expand and improve after school programs An account of the development and first decade of implementation of Baltimore's After-School Strategy and a discussion of a theoretical framework to maximize the scale, sustainability, and benefits of after school expansion efforts in distressed urban environments in the United States |
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Developing and improving after-school programs to enhance youth's personal growth and adjustment [Special issue] A special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology, focusing on both the implementation of after school programs and the developmental outcomes of their school-age attendees |
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Developing and improving after-school programs to enhance youth's personal growth and adjustment: A special issue of AJCP An introduction to a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology, focusing on both the implementation of after school programs and the developmental outcomes of their school-age attendees |
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Does the amount of participation in afterschool programs relate to developmental outcomes?: A review of the literature A review of literature on the relationship between participation in after school programs and academic, behavioral, or socioemotional outcomes, based on 35 studies |
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Effects of concerns about child care among single, employed black mothers with preschool children A study of the different child care arrangements of 111 single, employed, low-income black mothers, and the impact of these mothers’ attitudes concerning leaving their children in nonparental care on their psychological well-being and perceptions of children |
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Engagement in after-school programs as a predictor of social competence and academic performance A study of the relationship between after school program participation and both social competence and academic performance and the mediating influences of quality of experiences and a study of relationships between satisfaction during after school time and social competence, English grades, and math grades, based on 4,970 randomly selected experiences of 196 middle school students in eight after school programs in three Midwestern states in 2001-2002 |
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Examining the potential of community-based after-school programs for Latino youth A first study of the relationships among time in after school program (ASP), youth perceptions of program quality, and program emphasis on ethnic socialization and ethnic identity development and self-worth, based on data from 46 urban Latino adolescents and a second study of the relationship between participation in a community-based ASP and emotion regulation skills in 118 rural Latino students, between 6- and 12-years-old in a rural Pennsylvania county |
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Implementation quality and positive experiences in after-school programs A cross-site comparison of the dosage, quality of management, climate, participant responsiveness, staffing quality, and self-reported positive experiences of the youth at 5 after-school program sites using the All Stars prevention curriculum |
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Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors |
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Investing in success: Key strategies for building quality in after-school programs A study of the relationship between implementation of a quality improvement strategy for a literacy program and student reading gains, based on observations, and student and teacher data from between 43 and 56 classes of third, fourth, and fifth graders part of an evaluation of a multi-site after school program in California |
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A meta-analysis of after-school programs that seek to promote personal and social skills in children and adolescents A meta-analysis of research on after school programs that seek to enhance the personal and social skills of children and adolescents, based on 75 evaluations and 69 different programs that serve children 5- through 18-years-old |
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More than attendance: The importance of after-school program quality A discussion of the roles of student engagement, program characteristics and implementation, staff training, and policy in the definition of quality in after school programs for youth |
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Neighborhoods as a developmental context: A multilevel analysis of neighborhood effects on Head Start families and children A study of the relationships between neighborhood factors and children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes, including family and social factors that mediate and/or moderate these relationships, from an analysis of combined Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) and Census 2000 data |
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The paradoxes and promise of community coalitions A discussion of the characteristics of community coalitions as organizations that can promote community change, protect the status quo, and empower grassroots leadership and marginalized groups through their ability to transform conflict into community capacity |
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Parental engagement and barriers to participation in a community-based preventive intervention An examination of the relationship between parent characteristics and barriers to participation in a Head Start program with a sample of 201 parents from low-income and predominantly ethnic minority backgrounds |
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Perceived Social Support from Friends and Family Scale |
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Quality at the point of service: Profiles of practice in after-school settings An identification of profiles of instructional practices of after school staff and a second study of the relationship between those profiles and youth-staff ratio, content of offerings, and age of the youth, based on an analysis of 599 after school programs offered by 165 organizations in six states |
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Specific features of after-school program quality: Associations with children's functioning in middle childhood A longitudinal study of the relationships between three after school program quality features and child grades, work habits, and social skills, based on data from 461 first, second, and third grade children, surveys of families, and observations of after school programs in a Midwestern city |
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Teacher Observation of Classroom Adaptation (Rev. ed.) |
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Understanding and improving the effectiveness of after-school practice Commentary on the special issue on out of school time programs, with an emphasis on why some programs work while others do not, with implications for policy, practice, and future research |
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Welfare policies and adolescents: Exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources A study of the relationship between adolescent school performance and participation and maternal employment and changes in families' reliance on sibling care due to welfare reform, based on data from three longitudinal experimental evaluations of: (1) the Jobs First Evaluation conducted in New Haven and Manchester, Connecticut; (2) the Family Transition Program conducted in Escambia County, Florida; and (3) the statewide Indiana Welfare Reform Program |
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