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Peppler, Kylie; Dahn, Maggie; Ito, Mizuko – Wallace Foundation, 2023
For some time now, the arts education community has designed for broader outcomes for youth. These programs intentionally foster not only youth achievements within the arts or academics, but also youth and community thriving--through outcomes such as youth civic engagement, occupational identities, and wellness. In this report, the authors seek to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Outcomes of Education, Guidelines, Learning Processes
Dolan, Pat; Brady, Bernadine – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011
Youth mentoring can be an effective way of supporting troubled youth, helping them sustain positive mental health, cope with stress, and lead successful lives through adolescence and into adulthood. This book is a comprehensive guide to youth mentoring programmes, illustrating how, if managed well, they can increase the social support available to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, Social Support Groups, Program Administration
Scrivener, Susan; Bloom, Dan; LeBlanc, Allen; Paxson, Christina; Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Sommo, Colleen – MDRC, 2008
At Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, freshmen were placed in groups of up to 25 who took three classes together during their first semester: an English class, usually at the developmental level; an academic course, such as health or psychology; and a one-credit orientation course. The program also provided enhanced counseling and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Community Programs
Feinberg, Mark E.; Gomez, Brendan J.; Puddy, Richard W.; Greenberg, Mark T. – Health Education & Behavior, 2008
Community coalitions (CCs) have labored with some difficulty to demonstrate empirical evidence of effectiveness in preventing a wide range of adolescent problem behaviors. Training and technical assistance (TA) have been identified as important elements in promoting improved functioning of CCs. A reliable, valid, and inexpensive method to assess…
Descriptors: Prevention, Construct Validity, Risk, Questionnaires
Wilson, Jeremy M.; Chermak, Steven; McGarrell, Edmund F. – RAND Corporation, 2010
In 2006, more than 6 million individuals were victimized by violent crimes. Although violence is below levels of the early 1990s, it remains high. The extent of violence and its impact highlight a critical need to develop and implement effective programs to reduce violence and victimization. Communities have initiated a wide range of such…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Crime, Prevention, Community Programs

Guarino, Michael A.; And Others – Journal of Nutrition Education, 1984
Describes a nutrition education program that, in addition to school-based activities for children in grades K-3, provided newsletters for parents, articles in local newspapers, food store displays, and a cable television program. Results of the program's evaluation are also reported and discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Nutrition, Nutrition Instruction, Primary Education

North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 1992
A series of eight videoconferences was designed to help educational professionals improve schools by applying knowledge gained from research. During the videoconference programs, which are transmitted by satellite to facilities with receiving capacity, viewers can interact by telephone with the program presenters. Each program covers a specific…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination, Elementary Secondary Education
Edbrooke, Jill – 1990
The aims of the Youth and Environment Training Project were to: increase youth workers' awareness and understanding of conservation and environmental issues and their relevance to young people; create links between environmental education and youth work practice; develop strategies for implementing conservation and environmental activities within…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Environmental Education, Networks, Program Administration
DeBruin-Parecki, Andrea, Ed.; Krol-Sinclair, Barbara, Ed. – 2003
This book addresses family literacy as a theoretically sound field of research and practice that can be used to improve literacy worldwide. The book's 14 chapters are divided into four sections. Following the "Introduction" (Andrea DeBruin-Parecki and Barbara Krol-Sinclair), under Section I--Theoretical Perspectives Related to Family…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Toole, Brian John – 1991
This booklet is intended as an introductory guide to community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services in developing nations. The first section examines the magnitude of the problem; the failure of existing services to meet this challenge; and the need for a model appropriate to developing countries. The second section briefly describes the CBR…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Developing Nations
Transition Summary, 1986
Two articles examine issues of transition for people with mental retardation. The first article describes how the Ohio Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) developed a parent-based project to monitor the quality of residential placements. The project was intended to assess both the strengths and weaknesses of community residential programs, to…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes, Mental Retardation

Jephson, Melanie Britt – Journal of Early Intervention, 1992
A survey of directors of 61 Texas early intervention programs found that directors felt that program improvement should be the main reason for program evaluation efforts, that evaluating program goals and child progress are the most feasible strategies, and that evaluating program quality and family progress are the most difficult strategies. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Programs, Disabilities
Gray, Paul; Seddon, Toby – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: To report on findings from the evaluation of two innovative community-based prevention projects in the UK targeted at children disaffected from school, one involving football the other horticulture. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative inquiry focusing on three areas: "theories of change" underpinning the projects; referral…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Team Sports, Program Effectiveness, Horticulture
Caliber Associates, Fairfax, VA. – 1995
This workbook is designed to help communities and program administrators assess the success of their Title V delinquency prevention programs, but it may serve as an evaluation tool for other prevention efforts as well. It provides information and resource aids on program planning, conducting evaluations, tracking programs, describing activities,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Decision Making, Delinquency, Delivery Systems

Evans, Gerry; And Others – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1988
In developing evaluative methods within the field of mental handicap services, evaluators should be more explicit about values they adopt and about lifestyles that services should be enabling people to achieve. An approach is described for evaluating the "All-Wales Strategy for the Development of Services for Mentally Handicapped…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries