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An Interactive Teleconference on Positive Youth Development and Academic Success
Friday, August 13th from 2-3pm EDT
Listen to the presentation (RealAudio player needed)
Building Partnerships for Youth, CYFERnet and Healthy People, Healthy Communities are pleased to present an opportunity for you to learn more about the link between youth development, academic success, and positive health outcomes for young people. All you need is a telephone plus a computer with web access. This training is one of a series of live interactive distance training sessions being sponsored by CYFERnet throughout 2004.
Academic success is strongly linked to the positive outcomes we value for young people. In addition to having more employment opportunities and prospects of higher salaries (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1999), academically successful young people have been found to delay participation in sexual activity (Schvaneveldt, Miller, & Berry, 2001), have higher self-esteem (Filozof, Albertin, & Jones, 1998), have lower levels of depression and anxiety (Cicchetti & Toth, 1998; Liem, Dillon, & Gore, 2001), and have less likelihood of abusing alcohol and other substances (Bryant, Schulenberg, O’Malley, Bachman, & Johnston, 2003; Kasen, Cohen, & Brook, 1998; Hallfors et al., 2002; Schulenberg et al., 1994). Recent research has shown that participation in youth development programs and activities contributes to the promotion of positive academic outcomes for young people. This participation includes involvement in youth development programming occurring in after-school programs and community-based organizations (Hall, Yohalem, Tolan, & Wilson, 2003; McLauglin, 2001), extracurricular activities (Eccles & Barber, 1999), and service-learning programs (Billig, 2000).
Event Summary
| Topic: | Positive Youth Development and Academic Success |
| Audience: | National, state and local personnel with an interest in youth development and/or prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs and teen pregnancy for young people ages 9-13 |
| What: | Telephone Conference Call (30 lines) |
| Date: | Friday, August 13th, 2004 |
| Time: | 2:00-3:00pm Eastern/1:00-2:00pm Central/12:00-1:00pm Mountain/11:00am-12:00pm Pacific/8:00-9:00am Hawaii |
Telephone Conference Call Program
Heather Weiss
weisshe@gse.harvard.edu
Director
Harvard Family Research Project
Susan Philliber
SPhilliber@compuserve.com
Senior Partner
Philliber Research Associates
Sam Piha
sam@cnyd.org
Director for Community and School Partnerships
Community Network for Youth Development
Introduction (5 minutes) Michael S. Brockman, Research Specialist,
University of Arizona
Roll call and introductions
Part 1 (15 minutes) Research Review: Heather Weiss, Director,
Harvard Family Research Project
What does the recent research tell us about the ways that academic success contributes to positive youth development, and the ways that youth development programming promotes and supports positive academic outcomes for young people?
Part 2 (15 minutes) Featured Program – Teen Outreach
Program: Susan Philliber, Senior Partner, Philliber Research Associates
What is the Teen Outreach Program?
How does the Teen Outreach Program support and contribute to the academic success of young people?
How are positive academic outcomes related to the reduction of risk behaviors,
including early sexual activity?
Part 3 (15 minutes) Application: Sam Piha, Director for Community and School Partnerships, Community Network for Youth Development
What are some concrete ways that youth development programs can be used to help young people achieve positive academic outcomes?
What are some of the challenges often encountered in trying to use youth development programs to enhance academic success?
How can these challenges be overcome?
Closing Discussion (10 minutes)
Question and answer period
Time Line to Assist in Your Planning
Before the call:
- Download the following files (PowerPoint, PDF, MS Word, etc.) and have them on your computer during the call:
- Check out the following Web sites:
- Visit the BPY Web site and review some of the information in the Resources section: www.bpy.n4h.org.
Friday, August 13th: Participate in call.
2:00-3:00pm Eastern
1:00-2:00pm Central
12:00-1:00pm Mountain
11:00am-12:00pm Pacific
8:00-9:00am Hawaii
After August 13th: Begin to use some of the new information you learned about on the conference call.
Questions or discussion regarding this project should be directed to Karen Hoffman Tepper at karenht@ag.arizona.edu.
