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ED446849 PS028971
Title: After-School Programs To Promote Child and Adolescent Development: Summary of a Workshop.
Author(s): Gootman, Jennifer Appleton, Ed.
Author Affiliation: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Board on Children and Families.(BBB32815); Institute of Medicine (NAS), Washington, DC.(BBB11570)
Pages: 70
Publication Date: 2000
Sponsoring Agency: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA. (BBB31498)
Contract No: 99-7990
ISBN: 0-309-07179-8
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Lock Box 285, Washington, DC 20055. Tel: 800-624-6242 (Toll Free); Tel: 202-334-3313; Web site: http://www.nap.edu.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEAPR2001
This report
summarizes the presentations and discussion at a 1999 workshop entitled
"Opportunities to Promote Child and Adolescent Development
during the After-School Hours." This workshop brought together
policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to examine research
on the developmental needs of 5- to 14-year-olds and the types of
after-school programs designed to promote their health and development;
the workshop was intended as a forum for general discussion among
various stakeholders. Topics addressed during the workshop include:
(1) the impact of the policy environment on the demands for and
design of after-school programs; (2) the need for after-school programs
to meet developmental needs of children and adolescents; (3) the
variation in scope, focus, and structure of after-school programs;
(4) components of high-quality after-school programs; (5) examples
of innovative approaches to after-school programming; (6) evaluating
after-school programs; and (7) strategies for bridging research,
policy, and practice with respect to the design and evaluation of
after-school programs. The report concludes by noting that as more
children and adolescents become involved in after-school programming,
it will be increasingly useful for program organizers to attend
to the issues addressed in this workshop. The workshop agenda and
a list of participants are appended. (Contains 15 references.) (KB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development; *After School Education; *After
School Programs; Child Development; Childhood Needs; *Children;
*Early Adolescents; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary
Education; Program Descriptions; Program Evaluation; Public Policy;
Research and Development; Theory Practice Relationship; Workshops
Identifiers: *Program Characteristics
