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Action
for Healthy Kids Ohio Action for Healthy Kids: Physical Activity Toolkit A toolkit designed to assist school personnel, wellness committees, community health and fitness organizations, parents and parent organizations in developing new and enhancing existing physical activity opportunities for school age children and youth. (46 pages) |
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Action
for Healthy Kids Parents' Views on School Wellness Practices A survey report capturing parents' views on the wellness policy. (15 pages) |
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AED
Center for Youth Development and Policy Research Sports as a Hook: An Exploratory Study of Developmentally Focused Youth Sports Programs A study on ways to develop profiles of developmentally focused youth sports programs and the organizations that support them. (6 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Active Hours Afterschool A Web based clearinghouse providing obesity prevention resources, promising practices, advocacy and policy. |
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Afterschool Alliance Afterschool and Healthy Lifestyles An issue brief outlining a group of state afterschool programs that promote physical activity. (2 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Afterschool and Healthy Youth An issue brief focusing on healthy habits for youth including physical fitness. (2 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Active Hours Afterschool: Childhood Obesity and the Role of Afterschool Programs as a Solution This paper provides a detailed overview of the rise of childhood obesity and highlights how afterschool can help combat the epidemic. (15 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Making the Afterschool Hours Active Hours: The Afterschool Alliance Obesity Prevention Agenda A report outlining specific policy and program recommendations that can make the continuing expansion of afterschool in America most effective in combating obesity and promoting healthy life habits. (13 pages) |
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American
Alliance for Health Physical Education and Recreation Guidelines for Appropriate Physical Activity for Elementary School Children A report providing meaningful physical activity guidelines for parents, physical education teachers, classroom teachers, youth leaders, health professionals and others. (29 pages) |
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Children's
Hunger Alliance Healthy & Fit: A Community Action Plan for Franklin County Children & Families This plan focuses on research, evidence-based effective programming, quality and community engagement for youth obesity prevention and leadership promotion of youth wellness. (20 pages) |
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Federal
Food Programs Afterschool Resource Center A Web site outlining the afterschool food program funding. |
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Food
Research and Action Center Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report A report outlining findings from a Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program. (37 pages) |
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Food
Research and Action Center School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students A guide designed to help schools respond to the special nutrition concerns of low-income students in their wellness policies. It addresses family and community involvement, increasing access to school meals, establishing nutritional guidelines for all school foods, addressing cost concerns about changing competitive food policies and increasing physical activity and recreational opportunities. (69 pages) |
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Illinois
After-School Partnership Food & Nutrition in After-School Programs A sample survey on food and nutrition in schools. (1 page) |
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ILSI
Center for Health Promotion A General Overview of Physical Activity and Nutrition Intervention Programs A listing of nutrition programs stratified by grade/age group, goals, accomplishments and contact information. (25 pages) |
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Afterschool Program Participation and the Development of Child Obesity and Peer Acceptance A longitudinal study assessing the role of afterschool program participating in the development of child obesity and peer acceptance in a sample of 439 children. (14 pages) |
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National
Dairy Council Food Research & Action Center: Afterschool Guide A handbook explaining the basics of afterschool nutrition programs, offering a step-by-step guide on how to access crucial funding sources and providing information on the resources available to afterschool programs for nutrition education. (34 pages) |
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National
Governors Association Issue Brief—Preventing Obesity in Youth through School-based Efforts A brief defining youth obesity. (1 page) |
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National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Energize Our Community: Toolkit for Action A toolkit giving community planners a one-stop shop of planning tools, reproducible materials and curricula with dynamic activities for parents to encourage a healthy weight in their family. (43 pages) |
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National
Intramural Sports Council of the National Association for Sport
and Physical Education Guidelines for After-School Physical Activity and Intramural Sport Programs A guide providing teachers, school activity directors and administrators and program leaders with basic information for planning and implementing physical activity and intramural programming for children in grades K-12. (4 pages) |
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Outdoor
Industry Foundation Programs to Help Americans Get Active An interactive database—"Get America Active"—of more than 100 national, regional and local outreach programs. |
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School
Nutrition Association School Nutrition Association Local Wellness Policy Recommendations A recommendation for a Federal Public Law requiring a development of a wellness policy for all schools. (11 pages) |
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The
After-School Corporation After-School Sports and Fitness A report designed to assist providers in planning and developing a wide array of health and fitness afterschool activities. (4 pages) |
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The
Finance Project Financing Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs A guide addressing the funding challenges of obesity prevention by profiling a variety of federal funding sources that can be used to support obesity prevention efforts for children and youth. (65 pages) |
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Achieve,
Inc. Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? A research piece outlining the need of greater high school student engagement in school-based programs. (14 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Afterschool and Service-Learning An issue brief on service learning. (2 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Afterschool and Students with Special Needs A brief focused on special needs. (2 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Afterschool, Community Service and Volunteerism An issue brief on community service and volunteerism. (2 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Afterschool Programs Meet the Needs of Youth in Rural America A brief focused on rural afterschool programs. (2 pages) |
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Afterschool
Alliance High School Reform and High School Afterschool: A Common Purpose A brief focused on high school and afterschool parallels in regard to quality of programs and staff, student engagement and collaboration. (8 pages) |
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Art
Partnerships 10th Annual Meeting Arts and Afterschool and the Creative Economy A speech on the role arts play in afterschool programming. (12 pages) |
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Coalition
for Community Schools Partnership for Excellence A brochure addressing structural and functional components of community schools as a vehicle for afterschool success. (16 pages) |
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Education
Commission of the States Research Review: School Improvement An annotated bibliography of educational research such as: behaviorism, brain-based learning, control theory, experiential learning, learning styles, multiple intelligences, Piaget's developmental theory among others. (22 pages) |
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Education
Week A Cultural Odyssey A biographical article about the famous researcher Edmund Gordon, a champion on supplemental education. (6 pages) |
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High
School Survey of Student Engagement 2005 What We Can Learn From High School Students A survey on high school student engagement. (14 pages) |
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National
Institute for Out-of-School Time Tips on Homework Help and Academic Skill-Building Activities An outline of ideas to make homework an afterschool program in the schools. (2 pages) |
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The
After-School Corporation After-School Homework Help A resource brief presenting both the promises and challenges of ways TASC afterschool programs can support homework help and meet the homework goals of their host schools. (4 pages) |
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The
After-School Corporation Where Is After-School Headed and How do Science Learning Opportunities Fit into the After-School Landscape An article outlining the blueprint on the future of afterschool programs. (5 pages) |
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The
Forum for Youth Investment Out-of-School Time Audio Conference: High School After-School and School Reform An audio conference proceeding centered on how and why the high school reform and afterschool movements need to be woven together to produce a solid system of learning opportunities and developmental supports designed to help all young people prepare for the future. (12 pages) |
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The
Forum for Youth Investment Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary #10: Rethinking the High School Experience: What's After-School Got to Do With It? A report focusing on how and why the high school reform and afterschool movements need to be woven together to produce a solid system of learning opportunities and developmental supports designed to help all young people prepare for the future. (8 pages) |
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Academy
for Educational Development Positive Youth Development A PowerPoint presentation identifying youth development concepts. (7 slides) |
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Afterschool
Alliance Afterschool: A Natural Platform for Career Development An issue brief on career development opportunities for older youth. (5 pages) |
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Afterschool
Matters Youth Programs in the Community Context A report comprised of essays focusing on afterschool programs, partnerships and community engagement. (64 pages) |
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Arts
Education Partnership Champions of Change A group of studies demonstrating how involvement with the arts provides unparalleled opportunities for learning, enabling young people to reach for and attain higher levels of achievement. (114 pages) |
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Coalition
for Community Schools Community-Based Learning: Engaging Students for Success and Citizenship A paper highlighting six models of community problem solving: academically based community service, civic education, environment-based education, place-based learning, service learning and work-based learning. (64 pages) |
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Coalition
for Community Schools Education and Community Building: Connecting Two Worlds A report helping educators and community builders understand each other, describe strategies that work and offer recommendations for future work that can strengthen the joint efforts of community builders and educators. (48 pages) |
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Coalition
for Community Schools Helping Young People Succeed: Strengthening and Sustaining Relationships Between Schools and Youth Development Organizations A summary of conversations from the state, regional and local forums serving to invite national organizations in the challenge to link schools and communities. (21 pages) |
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Cultural
Logic LLC How Two Cognitive Biases Work Against Support for Youth Development Programs: Findings from Cognitive Elicitations A report exploring the patterns of reasoning that average Minnesotans bring to the larger issue of positive youth development as well as to the specific topic of OST programs. (27 pages) |
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FrameWork
Institute A Developmental Perspective: An Analysis of Qualitative Research Exploring Views of Youth Programs A report focusing on understanding how adults in the state of Minnesota view adolescence in general and youth development programs specifically. (25 pages) |
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Harvard
Family Research Project Moving Beyond the Barrier: Attracting and Sustaining Youth Participation in Out-of-School Time Programs An issue brief focusing on OST information from several implementation and impact evaluations to develop a set of promising strategies to attract and sustain youth participation in OST programs. (16 pages) |
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Middle
Ground Spotlight After School and Adolescents: Feeding Mind, Body and Spirit An article on the importance of quality afterschool programming for adolescent development. (2 pages) |
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Minnesota
Commission on Out-of-School Time Journeys into Community: Transforming Youth Opportunities for Learning and Development A report offering a blueprint for ensuring Minnesota's youth have engaging opportunities to learn and develop during the non-school hours. (60 pages) |
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Minnesota
Partners for Healthy Youth Development Youth Community Connections An advocacy flyer on how the community can get engaged in youth development. (1 page) |
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National Youth Development Information Center Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth A ten case study profile of afterschool programs in action that illustrate the scope and impact of programming on local communities throughout the nation. |
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Fighting
Crime: Invest in Kids America's After-School Choice A report outlining the importance of afterschool as a method of youth crime prevention. (35 pages) |
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Fighting
Crime: Invest in Kids National Law Enforcement Poll 2002 A survey summary from the Mason-Dixon poll of 1,178 chiefs of police, sheriffs and prosecutors surveyed about afterschool programs. (3 pages) |
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Fighting
Crime: Invest in Kids What Works in California A report making the case that serving the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system will promote public safety. (10 pages) |
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TASC
Research Brief Hours That Count A brief highlighting ways to use afterschool programs to help prevent risky behaviors and keep kids safe. (4 pages) |