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Download full textRyan, Liz – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2022
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) invests in mentoring programs and services to help ensure positive outcomes for youth. Successful mentoring relationships have been shown to increase youth's self-esteem, improve academic achievement, and steer them away from delinquency, substance use, and other high-risk…
Descriptors: Youth, Mentors, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention
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Direct linkCody, Claire; D'Arcy, Kate – Child Care in Practice, 2019
This article draws attention to international evidence that highlights the value and challenges of promoting youth participation among and for young people affected by, or at risk of, sexual violence. The article draws on evidence from two pan-European projects that took place between 2013 and 2017 and aimed to give young people a voice in order…
Descriptors: Violence, Safety, Correlation, Disadvantaged
Parker, Andrew; Morgan, Haydn; Farooq, Samaya; Moreland, Ben; Pitchford, Andy – Sport, Education and Society, 2019
Numerous sport-based interventions exist which target marginalised or 'at-risk' young people with the intention of enabling some form of social change for programme participants. Very often, the objective of such interventions is the acquisition and development of qualities associated with 'good citizenship'. However, critical scholars have noted…
Descriptors: Social Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Social Control, Team Sports
Olson, Jonathan R.; Hawkey, Kyle R.; Smith, Burgess; Perkins, Daniel F.; Borden, Lynne M. – Journal of Extension, 2016
In this article, we describe how a peer-coaching model has been applied to support community-based Extension programming through the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) initiative. We describe the general approaches to coaching that have been used to help with CYFAR program implementation, evaluation, and sustainability efforts; we…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Educational Strategies, Youth Programs, Family Programs
Shaw, Lester H.; Conti, Gary J.; Shaw, Brenda S. – Journal of Adult Education, 2013
Since at-risk youth are in transition to adulthood, major adult learning concepts can be applied to them. The purpose of this study was to describe the learning strategies of youth in transition to adulthood in the urban life skills program of A Pocket Full of Hope®. Both qualitative and quantitative data collecting methods were used. Assessing…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Adult Learning, At Risk Persons, Young Adults
Marlowe, Jay M.; Pearl, Nick L.; Marlowe, Mike J. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
Brendtro, Brokenleg, and Van Bockern (2002) describe the Circle of Courage model for creating environments in which all children can thrive. This approach blends youth developmental research, the wisdom of pioneer workers, and Native American philosophies of child care. This model for reclaiming youth at risk posits four elements as essential for…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Safety, American Indians, Urban Youth
Landry, Susan H.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Taylor, Heather B.; Swank, Paul R.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Assel, Michael; Crawford, April; Huang, Weihua; Clancy-Menchetti, Jeanine; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Phillips, Beth M.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.; de Viliers, Jill; de Viliers, Peter; Barnes, Marcia; Starkey, Prentice; Klein, Alice – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Despite reports of positive effects of high-quality child care, few experimental studies have examined the process of improving low-quality center-based care for toddler-age children. In this article, we report intervention effects on child care teachers' behaviors and children's social, social-emotional classroom activities (RECC).…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, At Risk Persons, Toddlers
Buckle, Michael E.; Walsh, David S. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2013
Teaching youths who affiliate with a gang can be a daunting task. Risk factors for gang membership often compound across life domains and affect pro-social connectedness, cause feelings of marginalization, and hinder life-skill development. Sports and physical activities that are structured within a positive youth-development framework provide an…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Group Membership, Teaching Methods, Social Responsibility
Jaffe, Gita – Education Canada, 2009
The 2005 "UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic" estimated that 10 million young people are living with HIV and AIDS worldwide and that approximately half of all new infections are among 15-24 year olds. Findings from a study suggest that there may be a false sense of complacency about the disease among today's youth. This ignorance…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), International Education, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Uninsky, Philip – Child Trends, 2010
A great deal of attention recently has focused on evidence-based programs--interventions that have been found through rigorous evaluation to have positive effects or impacts on targeted outcomes. Public and private funders want to fund evidence-based programs and are requiring evidence of outcomes. Meanwhile, program providers want to be highly…
Descriptors: Counties, Evidence, Intervention, Youth
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
This congressional hearing report highlights some of the steps people are taking to divert and prevent youth from becoming involved in gang activities. Testimony and prepared statements include those from Joseph Gonzales, Field Organizer of the Youth Volunteer Corps from Kansas City; Kathy Masera, President of the California Job Journal; Ron…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Involvement, Delinquency Prevention, Disadvantaged Youth
Posner, Marc – 1993
This volume is a guide to providing effective Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and substance abuse prevention services to runaway and homeless youth. The guide is based on current research and the best programs in this field. Chapters 1 and 2 summarize what is known about runaway and homeless youth, the services these youth require if they are…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Crisis Intervention
Kids, Cops, and Communities. National Institute of Justice Issues and Practices in Criminal Justice.
Chaiken, Marcia R. – 1998
This report is designed to help law enforcement administrators and officers understand and institute a strategy to help prevent violence through community oriented policing services carried out in collaboration with youth-serving organizations. Descriptions of programs are based on a study that involved a survey of 579 affiliates of 7 national…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement
Flaxman, Erwin; Ascher, Carol – 1992
This descriptive study examines the operation of youth mentoring programs in New York City. In particular, the study maps the experiences of developing and operating youth mentoring programs as articulated by the organizers or directors of 21 such programs; reviews and analyzes the research and descriptions of mentoring programs nationally to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Learning to C: Visual Arts Education as Strengths Based Practice in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
Oesterreich, Heather A.; Flores, Sara McNie – Journal of Correctional Education, 2009
Strength-based approaches, originating in juvenile justice as early as the late 1800s, situate the work of juvenile correctional facilities as assisting youth in utilizing their strengths and competencies to understand how they can be applied their lives to affect change and growth. While strengths-based approaches might have originated…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Correctional Institutions, Juvenile Justice, Art Education
