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Peer reviewedMoore, Mary; Ackerman, La Vonne – Professional School Counseling, 1997
Describes a program called the Life Skills group which was started to help latchkey children who attended a rural elementary school. Besides teaching the students practical skills, such as answering the door, organizers developed a newsletter and created a specific curriculum for parents to better meet the needs of their children. (RJM)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Latchkey Children, Program Descriptions
Download full textChung, An-Me, Ed. – 2000
After-school programs have the potential to keep children safe and out of trouble and can help to improve the academic performance of the increasing numbers of participating children. This report presents positive research on after-school programs and examples illustrating the potential of high-quality after-school activities to keep children…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Children, Educational Quality
de Kanter, Adriana; Williams, Rebecca; Cohen, Gillian; Stonehill, Robert – 2000
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, implemented through a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Education and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, provides grants to communities to fund public schools as community education centers. The community education centers are intended to allow students after-school…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Children, Community Programs
Marx, Fern – 1989
This report summarizes research on the problems of young adolescent latchkey children and describes 18 programs designed to address their needs. There is growing consensus that young adolescents (10 to 15 years of age), as well as elementary school children, may be at risk when left on a regular basis in unsupervised settings. Children in sibling-…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
