articles and issues
Check here regularly for the latest articles and issues affecting after school programs, schools, families and children.
Assessing the Mental Health of Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
The Effort Effect: Overcoming "Learned Helplessness"
Article a description of psychology professor Carol Dweck's work on achievement motivation. Dweck and others observed that people who believe intelligence is fixed do not achieve as well as those who believe intelligence is malleable. What fascinated them most were children who put forth lots of effort and didn't make negative attributions when they failed. This approach contrasts with the born-smart, performance-oriented belief system.
After School Hours A Worry For Working Parents: As many as 2.5 million parents are overly stressed by Parental Concern about After-School Time (PCAST), and are likely to bring their concerns to the office, according to a study by the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and Catalyst. The study was based on a survey of 1,755 employed parents who work at one of three Fortune 100 companies across the country. Citigroup, Fannie Mae and Pfizer corporations sponsored the research. To view the full report click here. For a fact sheet, click here.
The Next Generation Youth Work Coalition - Bulletin 2
This second Bulletin in the series includes articles on professional development/workforce promising practices, highlights of relevant projects, events in the field and more. Karen Pittman and Nicole Yohalem have both contributed features to the bulletin as part of our ongoing work with the Coalition, which has its administrative home at the Forum. If you would like to be part of the Coalition, contact Pam Garza at pam@nassembly.org.
What the National Crime Prevention Council is Doing to Protect Children and Youth - Children and young people are at the heart of crime prevention. Not only are they a central rallying point for communities, but effective education and strong families in a healthy community context can reduce delinquency and adult crime.
From Youth Learn Digest... Referred by: MIT News Office
Children benefit from exposure to digital culture
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/jenkins-0315.html
From Public Education Network News...
The following article is a thought provoking piece on how our emphasis on consumerism and materialism is a detriment to children and contributes to our growing mistrust of our children.
http://www.designshare.com/Research/Orr/Loving_Children.htm
The following article, while geared to the preschool child, offers excellent thoughts, ideas and tips on observation of children. Many programs that serve young children in Kindergarten and 1st grade will find useful information here.
WONDERING WITH CHILDREN: THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATION http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n2/forman.html