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Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
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Deschenes, Sarah N.; Arbreton, Amy; Little, Priscilla M.; Herrera, Carla; Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Weiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
Out-of-school time (OST) programs represent a vital opportunity and resource for learning and development for children and youth. Given the potential of city-level OST initiatives to support participation, and against the national backdrop of inequitable access to quality OST programs for older youth from disadvantaged communities, The Wallace…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, After School Programs, Youth Programs, Child Development
Adolescent Adjustment and Patterns of Parents' Behaviors in Early and Middle Adolescence
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Simpkins, Sandra D.; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Dearing, Eric; Kreider, Holly; Wimer, Chris; Caronongan, Pia; Weiss, Heather B. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
In this study, we identified unique clusters of parenting behaviors based on parents' school involvement, community involvement, rule-setting, and cognitive stimulation with data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement. In early (n = 668) and middle adolescence (n = 634), parents who provided high cognitive stimulation…
Descriptors: Family Income, Adolescents, Child Development, Adjustment (to Environment)
Predicting Youth Out-of-School Time Participation: Multiple Risks and Developmental Differences
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Wimer, Christopher; Simpkins, Sandra D.; Dearing, Eric; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Caronongan, Pia; Weiss, Heather B. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
Youth out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities can provide developmental benefits for participating youth. Yet little research has examined the contextual predictors of youth OST participation. To address this issue, we examined a collection of child-, family-, school-, and neighborhood-level characteristics as predictors of OST…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Income, Family Characteristics, Low Achievement
State-Sponsored Family Education: The Case for School-Based Services.
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Hausman, Bonnie S.; Weiss, Heather B. – Community Education Journal, 1988
Discusses the Minnesota Early Childhood Family Education program and the Missouri Parents as Teachers program as examples of state-sponsored family education programs. Argues that such programs should use the school as the most approppriate setting for family support and education. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Parent Education