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Scott D. Scheer; Trent Baldwin; Amelia R. Michaels; Julie Fox; Kirk Bloir – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
4-H youth development programs throughout the United States can be planned and delivered more effectively in their states by assessing demographic data and following research-based theories and models of positive youth development. A review of the research literature determined current youth development theories and models to effectively guide…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Clubs, Community Programs, Program Implementation
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Anne Marie Iaccopucci; Monica M. Lobenstein; Kendra M. Lewis; Kea Norrell-Aitch – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Mental health challenges for youth continue to be a growing concern. Youth-serving organizations have the potential to play a significant role in recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges in youth. The Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training course is widely used to equip adults working with youth with skills to support…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Mental Health, First Aid, Training
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Catchpole, Kimberly; Arnett, Nate – Journal of Extension, 2014
Youth service providers recognize that involving families in children's learning is critical to academic achievement and overall healthy development. Yet youth service providers face ongoing challenges engaging families in out-of-school time programs. The authors, administrators of a nationally recognized youth development program, share their…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Progress Monitoring, Youth Programs, After School Programs
Coleman, Laurence J.; Southern, W. Thomas – Gifted Child Today, 2006
Accelerating Achievement in Math and Science in Urban Schools (AAMSUS) is a research and demonstration grant funded under the Javits Education for Gifted and Talented Program. AAMSUS, begun in 2004, is built on the notions of finding economically disadvantaged children early, providing varying interventions, raising achievement, and having the…
Descriptors: Grants, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Urban Schools
Youth Service America, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report, summarizing the proceedings at a February 1988 conference at Brown University on youth service, presents briefly an overview of the emerging network of youth service programs in the following states: (1) Minnesota; (2) Pennsylvania; (3) California; (4) Massachusetts; and (5) Ohio. Rationales for youth service are analyzed. Eight…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Tecumseh Consortium, Springfield, OH. – 1990
The Literacy and Career Choices program included several initiatives to address problems of illiteracy in Champaign, Clark, Greene, Madison, and Union Counties, Ohio. A special adult basic education program for deaf adults was established. Twenty-one deaf adults with basic literacy skill needs were identified, and individual service plans were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Career Education, Deafness
Pauly, Edward; And Others – 1992
A study aimed to provide education and welfare officials with information on the experiences of welfare/education programs as they had been implemented in five states. The states (California, Florida, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin) represented a range of noteworthy approaches to providing education to welfare recipients, including some dramatic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Federal Assistance. – 1989
The Ohio State plan for educating homeless children and youth responds to requirements of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The plan is comprised of a foreword, six sections, and two appendices. The foreword reviews the history and provisions of the McKinney Act and summarizes Ohio's planned action for homeless education.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education