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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
Nyang'au, Martha Kemunto; Ochola, Washington A.; Maobe, Samson N. – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
The study was carried out to evaluate influence of participation of in and out of school youth in decision-making on showcasing success stories by young agri-preneurs for motivation of adolescents in rural areas to implement agricultural programmes for self-reliance. The first objective evaluated influence of the level of exposure to showcasing…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Participative Decision Making
Megan Millenky; Louisa Treskon; Farhana Hossain – MDRC, 2024
In 2021, approximately five million young people in the United States were not in school or working. This group of young people transitioning to adulthood, roughly ages 16 to 24, are often referred to as "opportunity youth" and sometimes "disconnected youth." Young people from low-income families and from communities of…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Adolescents, Young Adults, Low Income
Karen A. Vines; Laura A. Nelson; Sophie Wenzel – Journal of Extension, 2024
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the Virginia Cooperative Extension internship program from the perspective of student participants and their supervisors. Three focus groups were conducted with internship supervisors from the summer of 2019. Student survey data was used to identify concerns from the student perspective to inform the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Evidence Based Practice, Rural Areas, Student Attitudes
Sanchez-Tapia, Ingrid; Rafique, Atif – UNICEF, 2020
There are nearly 200 million lower and upper secondary age adolescent girls and boys out of school globally, and if current trends continue, another 825 million children will not acquire basic secondary-level skills by 2030. Global momentum to achieve universal primary education has placed increased demands on secondary education systems to serve…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Lowrey, Kendal; Altman, Claire; Jungmeyer, Andra – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: Missouri Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) provides sexual health education programs to youth with goals of reducing unintended teen pregnancies. Theories of change provide that youth improve their sexual health knowledge, intentions, attitudes, and behaviors as a result of program implementation. Program evaluations are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Sex Education, Prevention
Raza, Mehwish – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to report insights from the planning and execution phase of an interactive radio instruction (IRI) intervention envisioned as a medium-term response plan to address school closures amidst the global Coronavirus pandemic. The project has been envisioned by a local development agency in the province of Balochistan for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Females, Educational Radio
Scheuermann, Brenda K.; Nelson, C. Michael – Education and Treatment of Children, 2019
The positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework has been applied for over two decades in public schools throughout the country. More recently it has been adopted, or is being considered for adoption, by an increasing number of states and facilities providing residential or secure care for juvenile offenders. During…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Juvenile Justice, Residential Programs, Correctional Institutions
McClanahan, Wendy; Hartmann, Tracey A. – Research for Action, 2017
As part of an ongoing, multi-million dollar Wallace Foundation initiative to improve and expand arts learning opportunities for young people, the Wallace Foundation, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), developed the Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) to deliver otherwise inaccessible high-quality arts programs to low-income…
Descriptors: Art Education, Youth Programs, National Organizations, Youth Clubs
Urban, Jennifer Brown; Linver, Miriam R.; Johnson, Sara K.; MacDonnell, Marisa; Chauveron, Lisa M.; Glina, Monica; Gama, Lauren – Journal of Moral Education, 2018
School-based character education (CE) programs provide an opportunity to increase the moral fortitude of adolescents. This study is a preliminary evaluation of Inspire Aspire, a CE program that was implemented with 13- to 14-year-olds in Scotland. A relational developmental systems meta-theoretical approach and person-centered analyses were…
Descriptors: Values Education, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Youth Programs
Elizabeth H. Weybright; Lauren M. Hrncirik; Alison J. White; Melissa M. Cummins; Mary Katherine Deen; Shirley Calodich – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2016
Youth-adult relationships exist on a continuum from adult-led to youth-led collaborations. However, research suggests that quality youth-adult partnerships, which fall in the middle of this continuum, directly contribute to positive youth development. Given this, the current study evaluated the impact of a 4-H Youth Development program, using…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Kuriakose, Sarah; Filton, Beryl; Marr, Mollie; Okparaeke, Eugene; Cervantes, Paige; Siegel, Matthew; Horwitz, Sarah; Havens, Jennifer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are psychiatrically hospitalized at high rates. Though specialized psychiatric units are effective, few specialized units exist. The ASD Care Pathway (ASD-CP) was developed as a scalable approach to improving care in general psychiatric units through staff training and a package of autism-specific…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Youth, Psychiatric Hospitals
Nagler, Eve M.; Lobo, Priya – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: Low socioeconomic status young people in low- and middle-income countries use tobacco at higher rates than their wealthier peers. School-based tobacco use prevention interventions that employ a life skills approach are effective at preventing tobacco use. In India, the Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF) has implemented a multiyear,…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Promotion, Daily Living Skills, Intervention
Russell, Keith C.; Gillis, Harold L.; Law, Liam; Couillard, Jeff – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2018
Background: Progress monitoring (PM) is the periodic and reliable assessment of client progress to evaluate and inform psychotherapeutic treatment. PM's use in a variety of treatment contexts show improved treatment outcome, dropout rate reduction, moderated treatment deterioration, and more efficient treatment delivery. Objective: This study…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Implementation, Progress Monitoring
Turner, Jasmine S.; Taha, Karine; Ibrahim, Nisreen; Neijenhuijs, Koen I.; Hallak, Eyad; Radford, Kate; Stubbé-Alberts, Hester; de Hoop, Thomas; Jordans, Mark J. D.; Brown, Felicity L. – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2022
Evaluations of education technology (ed tech) interventions in humanitarian settings are scarce. We present a proof-of-concept study of Can't Wait to Learn, a digital game-based learning program that combines an experiential, active learning design with meaningful, competency-appropriate, and contextually relevant content. We assessed the…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Game Based Learning, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Health