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Lijo Thomas – Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 2024
The purpose of this study was to pilot the DREAMS (Desire, Readiness, Empowerment, Action, and Mastery for Success) program, a community-collaborative, after-school intervention program designed specifically to address the holistic developmental needs of students at school. The author originally developed and implemented the program in Kerala,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Summer Programs, School Community Relationship, Adolescent Development
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Jason E. Hughes; Jonathan D. Ulmer; Gaea Hock; Brandie Disberger; J. Spencer Clark – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
This research explored what students and school staff in rural, low socioeconomic (SES) high schools perceive as factors that strengthen and inhibit the positive youth development (PYD) attributes of students' confidence, competence, character, connection, and compassion. A collective case study was conducted in four rural high schools, two in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High Schools, Adolescent Development, Economically Disadvantaged
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Emily Horton – Professional Counselor, 2024
Body neutrality is a concept wherein individuals embody a neutral attitude toward the body that is realistic and flexible, appreciate and care for the function of the body, and acknowledge that self-worth is not defined by one's outward appearance. Family behavior regarding body image has been related to higher levels of body dissatisfaction and…
Descriptors: Human Body, Parent Child Relationship, Self Concept, Food
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Emily M. Mercado; D. Michael Draut – Research Studies in Music Education, 2024
The purpose of this collaborative action research project was to examine eighth- and ninth-grade female (assigned at birth) students' perspectives of their singing voice when implementing a practitioner/researcher designed curriculum titled "Supporting Adolescent Female Vocal Development: Teaching Anatomy and Physiology in the Middle School…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 8, Females, Singing
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Daniel Page; Stephanie Hanrahan; Lisa Buckley – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
It is well established that positive youth development (PYD) programs improve adolescent psycho-social wellbeing; however, it remains unclear if PYD programs developed for able-bodied adolescents can be implemented with adolescents with disabilities in low-resource settings. We conducted a pragmatic trial of an evidence-based PYD program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Adolescents
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Rocio Macabena Perez; Kim Archambault; Véronique Dupéré – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Mental health is a priority for high schools, but extant programs often focus on symptom reduction rather than promoting adolescents' developmental assets. Objective: The goal of this study is to examine whether Art in Mind (AIM), a strengths-based after-school organized art activity tailored to fit the needs of adolescents with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, After School Programs, Art Activities, Positive Behavior Supports