After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development Learning
The second volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference addressing how after-school programs can promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Yo
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Nancy L. Deutsch Editor
After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development Learning from Specific Models, Volume 2
SpringerBriefs in Psychology Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice
Editor-in-chief Barbara H. Fiese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11577
Nancy L. Deutsch Editor
After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development Learning from Specific Models, Volume 2
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Editor Nancy L. Deutsch University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA USA
ISSN 2192-8363 ISSN 2192-8371 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Psychology Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice ISBN 978-3-319-59140-7 ISBN 978-3-319-59141-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59141-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017940541 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
In October 2014, a group of practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and youth came together at Youth-Nex: The University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development to talk about the current state of the after-school arena and chart a course for the field’s future. The participants shared a Positive Youth Development (PYD, Lerner et al 2015) frame for understanding youth’s after-school time, focused on the inherent competencies that youth bring to the settings in which they engage and exploring the promise of after- and out-of-school programs for enhancing those competencies. Across two days, adults and youth shared experiences, challenges, best practices, and next steps, considering topics ranging from how to recruit and engage youth,
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