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Prevention field has achieved major advances in developing, implementing, and testing the efficacy of preventive interventions in controlled settings. Nevertheless, there is still a gap in translating the success of programs in efficacy trials into real-life settings. Dissemination of evidence-based programs is a major challenge. The authors argue…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Information Dissemination, Theory Practice Relationship, Evidence
Lovell, Phillip – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Issues pertaining to children often struggle to become public policy priorities. A clear demonstration of this phenomenon is the degree to which children are supported in the federal budget in comparison to other priorities. If issues pertaining to children struggle for the policy spotlight, subissues pertaining to them face an even greater…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Recreation, Advocacy, Institutional Advancement
Mariano, Jenni Menon – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Initially drawing from, yet then expanding on the research discussed in this volume, this article discusses specific measures that practitioners, researchers, and policymakers can take to support purpose among youth. Strategies for educators include utilizing practical purpose teaching tools, such as purpose interviews, purpose-related…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Change Strategies, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation
Bundick, Matthew J. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
The benefits of understanding and pursuing one's purposes in life are well documented. However, few studies have addressed potential interventions for enhancing purpose. This article presents the results of an empirical investigation testing whether reflecting on and discussing one's core values, life goals, and purposes in life has benefits for…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Quality of Life, Goal Orientation, Life Satisfaction
Clark, Steven – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Although there has been little academic research on the impact of placing police officers in schools, this practice has grown substantially in response to school shootings and other violent crimes in schools. With a standardized training program since 1999, the state of Virginia has law enforcement officers working in approximately 88 percent of…
Descriptors: School Culture, School Security, Police, Law Enforcement
Malti, Tina; Schwartz, Sarah E. O.; Liu, Cindy H.; Noam, Gil G. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
Evaluation is an important program component of RALLY and helps to document the gains that stem from this program. This article describes the quality of RALLY implementation and selected student outcomes of an exemplary RALLY program at an urban middle school. The findings showed effects on students' resiliency as well as academic success, as…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Student Development, Personality Traits, Academic Achievement
Libby, Margaret; Sedonaen, Maureen; Bliss, Steven – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
The Youth Leadership Institute (YLI), was founded in 1989 to address the clear need among youth-serving institutions, such as schools and school districts, community organizations, health care providers and the public health system, and the juvenile justice system, to give young people a real say in the key decisions, programs, and systems that…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Social Justice, Community Organizations, Youth Leaders
