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– Evaluation –
Balancing Rigor and Reality: Effective Evaluation Designs for 4-H Youth Development Programs 
Author: Arnold, Mary (1 more by this author)
Description: Many assume that a more rigorous evaluation design will always produce better and more useful results. In reality, however, the degree of rigor needed in an evaluation is determined by several factors, including stakeholder and audience needs, time, budget, and expertise. As such, choosing the best evaluation design is more of a balancing act of choices than it is selecting a design from a pre-determined hierarchy of rigor. Webinar participants will learn about the balancing act of evaluation rigor and design and be able to understand the implications of the choices they make when designing evaluations. This resource will allow users to: (1) Learn the different types of evaluation designs; (2) Understand the trade-offs inherent in each design; (3) Explore the impact of budget, time, data, and political constraints in program evaluation; and (4) Design an evaluation for a program they would like to evaluate.
Evaluation and Intentionality: You Can't Have One Without the Other
Description: Intentional programming and program evaluation go hand in hand. Without intentionally identifying and programming towards targeted outcomes it becomes impossible to develop a pertinent evaluation. This session looks specifically at issues related to both topics including the development of logic models, program fidelity, the black box, and the design and implementation of effective evaluations. Participants will gain an understanding of the relationship between intentional programming and evaluation and have opportunities to apply this knowledge to their own programs.
Sustaining Your Project: Steps to Developing a Sustainability Plan
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Jay Mancini
Description: This session is intended to help those that work with community-based programs focus on and begin to work through issues that are relevant to sustaining their programs. A brief review of related literature is presented to introduce the factors that aid in sustaining community-based programs. Then a step-by-step process is begun to help focus individuals and groups as they work their way through the process of grappling with issues that direct their work towards future sustainability.
– General Information –
Author: Ippen, Chandra Ghosh
Description: Chandra Ghosh Ippen examines how attachment, culture and trauma serve as key contextual forces that shape human development and perspective, and the need for practitioners to learn effective ways to work with children and families from multiple ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds in today's increasingly culturally diverse society. Her presentation includes a review of theoretical models, core concepts and examples central to working with diverse populations.
Description: Got Math? Preschool children who can recite numbers may appear to have a good understanding of math, but all too often, they don't understand the important underlying concepts. This lack of understanding creates future challenges in school and life. Early care and education professionals and parents can create exciting learning opportunties that will help young children learn about the 'big ideas' in math, including why early math is important for preschool children, simple ideas for integrating math activities into everyday learning experiences, and how to talk with children about math.
Effectiveness Matters: Using Evidence-based Programs
Author: Perkins, Daniel (17 more by this author)
Description: The objective of this presentation is to help participants understand what evidence-based programs are, where you can find them, how to sustain them, and maintaining their quality. Specific issues exploredinclude: the differences among effective, promising and evidence-based programs, chosing an evidence-based program, and strategies to increase the likelihood of success and long-term sustainability. The presentation also looked at recommended curricula and programs reviewed by the National 4-H Healthy Living Mission Mandate Taskforce.
From Video Games to Facebook: Teens’ Health and the Media
Author: Brown, Jane
Description: Jane Brown, Ph.D., discusses current research on how the media acts as a source of norms and expectations for youth, shaping their developing identities and impacting their behavior. Research presentation at the 2009 CYFAR conference.
Identifying and Building Upon Strengths in Military Families
Author: Greder, Kimberly (7 more by this author)
Description: A 60-minute web conference on building strengths in military families, this is your opportunity to hear from Military and Extension family experts and learn about the primary research related to family strengths and specific strategies to help military families promote family well-being. Sponsored by the Family Development concentration of eXtension's Military Families Learning Community.
It's Epidemic: Prescription Drug Abuse & How to Prevent It
Description: This webinar was sponsored by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Teen CYFERnet Editorial Board in collaboration with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and recorded May 2012.
Author: Braun, Bonnie
Description: Braun combines the quantitative and qualitative findings from a 17-state, longitudinal research study of rural, low-income mothers and their families in a compelling presentation to increase our understanding of the hopes, dreams and experiences of these families. As in the oral storytelling tradition, mothers will tell of challenges they face in raising children, making ends meet, food security, health, employment and civic engagement within the communities where they live. Keynote presentation at the 2009 CYFAR Conference. Link includes transcript of her presentation and slides..
The Environment of Childhood Poverty
Author: Evans, Gary
Description: Gary Evans examines the role of physical and social factors in the lives of children growing up in poverty, arguing that the confluence of risks add up to a toxic mix for child development.
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author)
Description: This resource provides a summary of an interactive telephone training designed to help participants learn more about the resources we have posted about helping your communities cope with the war in Iraq. Topics include: Talking with Children about War and Terrorism, Classroom Resources, Stress and Coping, Protecting children from Traumatic Media Exposure,Patriotism, Related Organizations and Links and Resources for Military Families.
What Can You Do To Keep Your Mobile Device Safe
Author: Dunham, Trudy (5 more by this author); Vishal Singh
Description: Increasingly we carry vital information about our lives in our pocket or purse -- on our cell phone or other mobile device. Financial information, contacts, communication and collaboration connections. How safe is this information? Unfortunately, many of us neglect to include a password to block access to our device, are careless in our downloads, and don't think about backing up our information. Here is a 30 minutes overview of the issues and how to protect yourself, in celebration of "CyberSecurity Month"!
Author: Adler-Baeder, Francesca (1 more by this author)
Description: Francesca Adler-Baeder, speaking from an extensive research background on families under stress and children's experiences in diverse family types as well as practical experience working with a broad spectrum of families, engages us in ways to better understand and empower families under stress to nurture their children. She provides practical applications, discussing the systems approach used in a statewide initiative in which practitioners and researchers have built real partnerships for effecting positive change. Keynote presentation at the 2009 CYFAR conference.
– Professional Development –
4-H National Learning Priorities: Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills
Author: Rowe, Ellen; Jane Haskell, University of Maine Extension
Description: Lesson 1 & 2 from CYFAR 2009 Pre-Conference Workshop. CYFAR projects are involved in building community collaborations to address tough issues and produce results. Strong facilitation skills help staff be catalytic leaders that empower community members to work effectively and efficiently toward mutual goals. Develop an understanding of facilitation core competencies through experiential learning with multiple opportunities for practicing skills. Learn to model productive meeting facilitation where citizens feel and know it is their meeting and that they, in turn, can become community facilitators.
Advancing Positive Youth Development Through Advocacy and Policy
Author: Gaines, Elizabeth; Danielle Evennou
Description: Learn how you can directly impact youth through advocacy and policy efforts that advance positive youth development. Elizabeth Gaines and Danielle Evennou of the Forum for Youth Investment talk about how to promote innovative ideas, strategies and partners to strengthen solutions for young people and those who care about them, and create greater opportunities and outcomes for young people.
Articulating Program Results: Using Logic Models to Identify Success
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author)
Description: Of primary importance in developing logic models is establishing and maintaining a focus on results rather than on activities. Logic models allow program professionals to clearly articulate what needs to be accomplished in their program. Understanding how a program achieves results is critical to determine if program elements should be modified and provide stakeholders with evidence that the program is effective. Logic models help program professionals, evaluators and stakeholders reach consensus about which elements are essential to the program and consequently program professionals and researchers are more able to identify faulty or implausible links early on.
Balancing Rigor and Reality: Effective Evaluation Designs for 4-H Youth Development Programs
Author: Arnold, Mary (1 more by this author)
Description: Many assume that a more rigorous evaluation design will always produce better and more useful results. In reality, however, the degree of rigor needed in an evaluation is determined by several factors, including stakeholder and audience needs, time, budget, and expertise. As such, choosing the best evaluation design is more of a balancing act of choices than it is selecting a design from a pre-determined hierarchy of rigor. Webinar participants will learn about the balancing act of evaluation rigor and design and be able to understand the implications of the choices they make when designing evaluations. This resource will allow users to: (1) Learn the different types of evaluation designs; (2) Understand the trade-offs inherent in each design; (3) Explore the impact of budget, time, data, and political constraints in program evaluation; and (4) Design an evaluation for a program they would like to evaluate.
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author); Holly Bignall, Deb Ivey
Description: A 45 minute session to briefly explain what a Blog is, why and how blogs can support your work (focused on 4-H SET but applicable to other youth and family work as well), and how to comment, write an entry, and use the blog to find the answers, support and colleagues you need to work more effectively in today's society. We'll use the new SET blog as our example, which showcases the efforts of SET Liaisons to use the blog to develop inquiry facilitation skills in our 4-H work force, both volunteers and staff!
Building Family, School and Community Connections for Greater Program Intensity
Author: DeBord, Karen (59 more by this author); Madelyn Ridgeway, Iowa State University; Susan Jakes, North Carolina State University; Barbara Woods, Iowa State University
Description: This is the archived recording of the Building Family, School and Community Connections for Greater Program Intensity webinar conducted by the CYFERnet Parent/Family and CYFERnet Community Editorial Boards, November 16, 2010. The webinar focuses on using an ecological model to strengthen the interface between families, schools and communities and thus maximize program outcomes.
Building Strong Marriages: A Tale of Two Extension Programs
Author: Futris, Ted (2 more by this author); Wally Goddard; Barbara Petty
Description: Learn about two exciting Extension marriage education programs and the new National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Model through this archived recording of an online Breeze/Connect training, originally presented October 2007. In addition to NERMEN, learn about "Married and Loving It!" and "The Marriage Garden".
Building Strong Marriages: Resources for and Lessons Learned from Working with Stepfamilies
Author: Adler-Baeder, Francesca (1 more by this author); Brian Higginbotham, Ted Futris
Description: This webinar is on what it takes to establish relationship and marriage enrichment as well as parenting education programs that adequately meet the unique needs of stepfamilies. The research is clear that stepfamilies experience unique family developmental patterns and face unique issues that are related to healthy marital and family functioning. This 90 minute session presents the latest research-based program resources and teaching strategies.
Bullying Prevention In Out-of-School-Time Programs
Description: This webinar was sponsored by the CYFERnet SchoolAge Editorial Board n January 2013. Afterschool and out-of-school program staff and administrators, youth workers, trainers of afterschool staff, home school parents and others will learn about bullying and resources for bullying prevention use in out-of-school-time programs. The latest research and a resource guide will be presented. Prevention programs and other resources will be reviewed as well as information on current bullying statistics and strategies for prevent ion and intervention. Out-of-school-time programs can teach children and staff skills to support everyone in your program.
Click Activism: Youth Civic Engagement Through Online Participatory Cultures
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author)
Description: Youth create a social issue video and post it on YouTube. A tweet, then retweets and more tweets. The video goes viral. That issue that youth care about is suddenly all over the net, and receiving broad traditional media attention. With a simple click of the mouse, youth voices are being heard - loudly. What's going on? This webinar is a discussion of the research and practice of youth civic engagement and what participatory cultures and social media mean for youth programming, civic engagement, and leadership. Youth are engagement in participatory cultures brings a new approach to addressing long-standing civic and social issues. This non-traditional civic engagement format has youth using new media to organize, to create content, and then to circulate that content around the world - click activism.
Community Engagement: Not Taking the Easy Path
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author); Autumn Guin
Description: Communities are transformed when the whole community comes together to create something new. This grassroots effort grows from people recognizing their own collective capacity and aligning their vision for what their community can be. Extension, while often a catalyst of this coming together, can play a key role in helping the "usual suspects" reach deeper into the community and invite others to join. We believe that this work begins with bringing together stakeholders around issues of possibility, commitment, and accountability. But how do we find those stakeholders and create space for real engagement? Engagement that might include dissent... We have ideas and would love to hear your ideas as well. We invite you to join us as we learn together about how and who to bring to the stakeholder table to begin the work of community transformation.
Creating Spaces to Enhance Intergenerational Relationships
Author: Jarrott, Shannon (1 more by this author); Matt Kaplan, Karen DeBord
Description: This is an archived webinar (sponsored by the CYFERnet Parent/Family Editorial Board, April 2013). It focused on ways to design and conduct an effective intergenerational program to accommodate the developmental needs of both young and old in a shared intergenerational space.
Developing Healthy Eating Habits and Physical Activity Patterns in Early Childhood
Description: The preschool years are critical time for establishing healthy eating and activity behaviors as a foundation for a healthy lifestyle. Unfortunately, most children are not meeting dietary or physical activity recommendations. This lecture will navigate through young children's developmental stages as it relates to food, nutrition and gross motor development. Discussions on strategies to promote healthful eating and physical activity in child care and at home will be explored.
Emergence of the Professional Parenting Educator
Author: Goddard, H. (29 more by this author); Karen DeBord
Description: This site provides information from a previously held interactive telephone training about parenting education.
Engaging, Mobilizing, and Impacting Faith-based Communities
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author)
Description: Online training to learn the challenges and rewards of working with faith-based audiences and organizations and assist Extension professionals partner with the faith-based community in implementing educational programs. Your opportunity to: Increase knowledge of the importance of uniting faith-based audiences/organizations; learn strategies for approaching potential faith-based community partners; increase knowledge of effective practices for working with faith-based audiences/organizations; and hear lessons learned, challenges faced, and exciting results from working with faith-based audiences/organizations.
Evaluation and Intentionality: You Can't Have One Without the Other
Description: Intentional programming and program evaluation go hand in hand. Without intentionally identifying and programming towards targeted outcomes it becomes impossible to develop a pertinent evaluation. This session looks specifically at issues related to both topics including the development of logic models, program fidelity, the black box, and the design and implementation of effective evaluations. Participants will gain an understanding of the relationship between intentional programming and evaluation and have opportunities to apply this knowledge to their own programs.
Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure into Action
Author: Zaff, Jonathan (2 more by this author)
Description: Every Child, Every Promise (ECEP), a study by the America’s Promise Alliance, takes a comprehensive look at the state of America’s youth by: Providing benchmarks on the number of children receiving the Five Promises – the essential development resources that children need to succeed in life (Caring Adults, Safe Places and Constructive Use of Time, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, and Opportunities to Make a Difference); Highlighting gaps in the delivery of the Five Promises; Giving us the unique perspective of young people themselves; and Demonstrating the economic benefit of investing in children's needs. This webinar includes a discussion of the findings from ECEP and a brief overview of the National Action Strategies that seek to address the deficits found in the report. Additionally, participants discussed the implications of the findings from ECEP and ways that communities and states can use the ECEP data and survey instruments
Family Literacy and The Family Storyteller Program
Author: Weigel, Dan (15 more by this author); Sally martin, Patricia Behal
Description: The importance of family literacy, and how to build and support it using family story telling.
Food Insecurity and Children Living in Immigrant Families: Implications for Growth and Development
Author: Greder, Kimberly (7 more by this author)
Description: Many families today are experiencing a daily struggle to provide food for their children. This is particularly true for families living in poverty and families who have immigrated to the United States. Food security is especially important for children because their nutrition impacts not only their current health, but also their future health and well-being. This online Workshop explores the impact of food insecurity on children living in immigrant families. Kimberly Greder, Extension Family Life Specialist and Associate Professor at Iowa State University, talks about her experience working with families living in poverty, and her research on the health and well-being of Latino immigrant families, particularly in rural communities.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Youth
Author: Dunifon, Rachel (4 more by this author); Kimberly Kopko, Denyse Variano, Jackie Davis-Manigaulte
Description: In this archived webinar (conducted October 19, 2012), Cornell University and Extension faculty describe a unique study developed to better understand families in which grandparents are raising teenaged grandchildren. They discuss how adolescent development is impacted for teens being raised by grandparents, and describe Parenting A Second Time Around (PASTA), a successful program developed by Cornell Cooperative Extension for working with grandparents raising grandchildren.
Guiding Children's Physical Activity for Parents and Caregivers
Author: Lanigan, Jane (1 more by this author)
Description: Looking for ways to help young children be more healthy and active? This webinar examines strategies, programs, curricula and resources that promote healthy physical activity. Key questions addressed include: 1. How can families and caregivers ensure that children engage in adequate physical activity? 2. Why has healthy child physical activity become a public health issue? 3. How do family and child care contexts contribute to obesity prevention by promoting healthy child physical activity? 4. What resources do child care and family serving professionals need to support healthy child physical activity? 5. What lessons have been learned from ENHANCE --a community-based obesity prevention pilot program?
Helping Kids Be Healthy and Active
Description: The issue of childhood obesity is being address in many ways -- through improved school lunch programs, increased public awareness, community events like fun runs, etc. But, there is still a serious problem with the number of overweight and sedentary children. This training provides strategies to help youth development workers address childhood obesity with a focus on three new research-based curricula that teach children and youth about healthy eating, physical activity and understanding the connections to the world around them.
Holistic Community Coaching for Planning, Action, and Evaluation
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author)
Description: Learn to bring Community Coaching into all elements of community planning! This online workshop is part 4 of the series and helps with conceptualizing community coaching as an integral part of community programs, strategic planning, and community change. All of these processes are about planning, action, and evaluation. Community coaching can provide a framework to build a continuing feedback loop to keep communities moving forward.
Incorporating Youth-Adult Partnerships within Community Decision-Making
Author: Jones, Kenneth (1 more by this author)
Description: This webinar highlights findings from a national evaluation designed to discover ways states are promoting youth-adult partnerships and other levels of citizenship. The study's aim was to gain a better understanding of the challenges and successes encountered by 4-H youth development programs when launching statewide initiatives that engage youth and adults as partners. The presenters discuss how they conducted site visits in five states to assess the dynamics of state 4-H youth development offices and to investigate what strategies are being used to promote youth in governance. Learn about barriers that can impede the growth of a partnership, as well as gain insight into the practices that build the capacity of youth in governance roles.
Intercultural Relations: How to Effectively Address Cultural Diversity in Extension Programming
Author: Weaver, Gary
Description: This keynote address given by Dr. Gary Weaver, at CYFAR 2003, addresses ways to effectively address cultural diversity in Extension programming.
Intro to Community Coaching: Learning the Ropes
Author: Kahl, Daniel
Description: Join us for a CYFERnet Community Online Workshop to explore the basic concept of Community Coaching. This is the first event in a 5 part series that CYFERnet Community will offer on Community Coaching for Guiding Sustainable Community Change.
Let's Move Faith and Communities! America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
Author: Duswalt, Marissa; Lindsey Jewell, Colette Rihane, USDA
Description: Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to reversing the trend of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier. Everyone has a role to play in reducing childhood obesity, including parents and caregivers, elected officials from all levels of government, schools, health care professionals, faith-based and community-based organizations, and private sector companies. Your involvement is key to ensuring a healthy future for America’s children.
Living a More Balanced Life: CYFERnet Webinar (May 2011)
Author: Sant, Laura; Marnie Spencer, M.S., R.D., University of Idaho Extension, Bingham County
Description: This is an archived version of the webinar conducted May 10, 2011. The training is intended for parent and family life educators who want to learn about a new program that teaches individuals how to balance time, manage stress, eat mindfully, be physically active, and sleep well in order to live a more balanced life. "Balanced Living" was written by Laura Sant and Marnie Spencer, two University of Idaho educators with many years of experience teaching adult audiences. During this 90-minute webinar, the authors provide an overview of the "Balanced Living" curriculum and how it can be conducted.
Managing Stress: Turning Challenges into Blessings
Author: Goddard, H. (29 more by this author); James Marshall
Description: This is the archived recording of the "Managing Stress" webinar conducted May 18, 2010. The webinar introduced participants to a new program developed by Wally Goddard and James Marshall, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension that focused on helping participants better manage their own stress and help those they serve do the same, providing practical skills and useful materials.
Mastering the Mystery: Food, Facts and Fun
Author: Dansby, Montreka; Travella Free
Description: Join the team of detectives on the mission to explore "the journey of food" through innovative and integrative school and community gardening programs. The webinar will highlight the benefits of gardening, curriculum connections, activities, technology tools, food and nutrition and related initiatives. Program directors, front line staff and trainers of afterschool and Out-of-School-Time (OST) programs this is a session for you! 21st CCLC, Parks and Recreation programs, Cooperative Extension, 4-H Youth Development, Boys and Girls Clubs, Y programs, etc. - if you want youth to get excited about healthy living and learn about the connection of food and gardening to science, join us for this session. Curricula, activities and the connection of gardening and nutrition to science learning and education standards will be provided.
Maximizing Assets of Diverse Communities to Enhance Program
Author: Broadwater, Gae
Description: A popular tool that is used in program development is asset mapping. This teleconference will discuss key strategies for uncovering and accessing the assets within a community, particularly diverse groups, neighborhoods, and communities. Participants will consider how to apply these assets, resources, protective factors, and netowrks to maximize and enhance CYFAR / Extension programs and activities. Materials supporting this teleconference were developed for the CYFAR curriculum Strengthening Programs to Reach Diverse Audiences.
New Engagement Strategies for 21st Century Evaluation
Author: O'Neill, Cassandra
Description: With effective engagement strategies, qualitative data collection such as focus groups and interviews can yield deeper thinking, new insights, and more meaningful outcomes for evaluators. New research on the brain gives evaluators a deeper understanding of how to engage community members and program participants in all aspects of evaluation from designing questions to conducting and analyzing data collection. Traditional evaluation practices which are not aligned with how the brain works can often suppress the thinking of participants. Learn how to avoid this as well as the fundamental attribution error discussed in Switch: How to Make Change When Change is Hard by Dan and Chip Heath. Simple changes in evaluation practice can lead to very different outcomes in engagement and the depth of information provided by participants.
Outcomes: The Long and Short of It
Author: Marczak, Mary (7 more by this author); Dan McDonald
Description: Outcomes are short-term, intermediate, or long-term benefits participants receive from involvement in a program. While determining short-term outcomes may be relatively straightforward, identifying long-term outcomes can be more challenging. An outcome considered to be intermediate in one program may be seen as long-term by another. The design of the program determines how short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes are defined. Participants in this webinar will gain an understanding of how to define and measure long-term outcomes. The presenters share an overall framework for determining appropriate long-term outcomes and share examples of ways evaluation strategies can differ based on this framework.
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author); Delphine Sellars; Wally Goddard & Geraldine Peeples; Karen DeBord & Harriett Edwards
Description: Audio from Parent Involvement in Schools a CYFERnet telephone training. Getting parents involved in their children's educations is one of the first steps in insuring the educational success of those children. This CYFERnet telephone training conference will explore many dynamic interactions that directly and indirectly impact parent involvement in schools. This training will give you an opportunity to learn about the different ways parents can be involved in schools, barriers to parent involvement, and to dialogue about systemic changes that can be made to promote parent involvement.
Partnering Strategically With Your LEA: A Recipe for Success
Description: Archived Connect Session. This webinar was sponsored by the CYFERnet School Age Editorial Board and recorded May 2012. Learn how your colleagues have collaborated with their local education agency (LEA). This session highlights K-12 programming as it is seen in the classroom and out of the classroom. County level experiences are shared from both an urban, military, tribal and rural perspective. This is a great beginning workshop to start or expand your focus in K-12 programming, using the shared insights of the task and how to manage it.
Pathway to Latina/o Student Success: Programs and Practices that Make a Difference
Author: Cox, Ron (1 more by this author)
Description: Since Latina/os are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S., and Latina/o youth drop out at higher rates than do youth from other ethnic groups, there is a high probability that these depressing statistics will only get worse if nothing is done to curb this trend. Currently, Latina/os represent approximately 20% of the K-12 population. However, some estimates suggest that by the year 2050 Latina/o youth will represent 50% of the U.S. K-12 population. Dropout has enormous implications for the U.S. at every level. It reduces U.S. ability to be competitive in the Global market, increases the costs of social services, reduces tax revenues, extends the cycle of poverty to future generations, and increases human suffering.
Positive Guidance and Discipline for Afterschool Programs
Author: Manglallan, Sue
Description: When is behavior part of normal child development and when is it a problem? How do afterschool staff redirect the child who is misbehaving? What can afterschool staff do to make a positive and engaging environment for children? Both child and adult behaviors figure into the equation of a positive afterschool program. Positive Guidance and Discipline for Afterschool Programs will look at behaviors and feeling, developmental domains, reasons for misbehaving, setting up a constructive environment, and using positive guidance and discipline techniques.
Positive Youth Development and Academic Success
Author: Weiss, Heather (5 more by this author); Susan Philliber, Sam Piha
Description: 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).
Reading Makes Cents: Using Children's Literature to Teach Financial Concepts
Description: Reading Makes Cents is a national 4-H curriculum designed to guide youth in exploring ideas, activities, and strategies that help them earn and save money. Designed to appeal to children in grades 3-5, Reading Makes Cents uses literature to provide a rich diversity of settings, people, income levels, relationships, ethnic backgrounds, cultures, and religions all related to money messages and learning. With Reading Makes Cents, each activity highlights a specific financial concept, value, or practice. Because parental involvement is essential to boosting literacy, take-home activities, available in English and Spanish, are included. The design of the curriculum features hands-on, exploratory activities that can be completed in an afterschool setting; however, the curriculum could also be used in a traditional 4-H program, with home-schooled youth, or in a school enrichment program.
Science Inquiry and Engineering Design Process:
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author); Lisa Regalla, Anne Stevenson
Description: How-to training videos on the Science Inquiry and Engineering Design processes, plus videos on 4-H Science, SciGirls resources, and tips to effectively implement strategies research have indicated enhance engagement and learning. Brought to you by CYFERnet, SciGirls and Minnesota 4-H, our goal is to enable nonformal youth educators to be both comfortable and effective in facilitating the science inquiry and engineering design process with youth. These brief videos showcase the training process with hands-on activities and tips to enhance the implementation. Site includes links to related resources to support your professional development and use of these processes in your STEM programming.
See the World Through My Eyes: Understanding the Child's Journey of Development
Author: Goddard, H. (29 more by this author)
Description: This archived recording of a 90-minute webinar is based on "See the World Through My Eyes," an "ages-and-stages" program developed by the family life team at the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension aimed at improving parent-child relationships.
Stakeholder Involvement as a Means of Promoting Adolescent Health and Well-Being
Author: Borden, Lynne (4 more by this author); Andrea Taylor; Mary Oliver
Description: Stakeholder involvement is based upon the belief that expertise does not lie solely with program professionals. Stakeholders are persons or organizations that have investments in the content of a program, or in the dissemination and evaluation of a program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999). Over the last several years the interpretation of stakeholder involvement has changed as programs have focused not just on individuals and families, but the broader ecology including neighborhood, workplace, schools, places of worship, communities and the society.. Stakeholders offer important insight into each phase of program planning, implementation and evaluation.
STEM-rich learning in Out-of-School-Time
Description: This archived webinar was sponsored by the CYFERnet SchoolAge Editorial Board in March 2013. Do you offer STEM learning activities in your out-of-school-time program? Or are you nervous about providing these activities? Does your staff know how to provide STEM-rich learning? Do you want to provide STEM-rich learning opportunities in your program or train your staff to provide STEM-rich learning opportunities? This webinar will focus on how to train staff, key components of STEM-rich learning and STEM curricula to use in out-of-school-time programs.
Systems Change: Sounds great, but how do I do it?
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author)
Description: We have long been told to not band-aid problems but to seek to understand the “root cause” and seek lasting solutions through changing the “SYSTEM”. This lofty idea is very appealing in theory, but very difficult to put into practice. First and foremost, while we understand systems conceptually, we are often not clear on how they work and what they mean for us. We will define systems change and talk about how systems thinking applies to programs.We will then talk about how to become a systems thinker as we work in communities. Secondly, there is a new compilation of research on systems change in the literature.This workshop will interpret these findings and their applications for children, youth and families programs, focusing on how to identify the key levers of change. We will conclude with a discussion of participant’s experiences with systems change methodology in practice and how CYFERnet can support this difficult and important work.
Teen Pregnancy and Sex Education in the Bible Belt: Implications for Effective Programming
Author: Cox, Ron (1 more by this author); Manola Erby, Youth Specialist, Alcorn State University Extension Program, Jackson, Mississippi
Description: This webinar reviews the findings from a recent Oklahoma study of parent and youth attitudes on sex education and their implications for educational programming. Oklahoma is, politically speaking, one of the most conservative states in the nation with few schools providing any type of sex education. Unfortunately, Oklahoma's rate of births to teens ages 15-19 is also one of the highest in the nation. New efforts to introduce comprehensive sex education into schools is often challenged by advocacy groups that oppose programs that go beyond abstinence. Because no studies have looked at parental attitudes using rigorous scientific methods in the so called Bible Belt, school officials and policy makers are often swayed by the loudest voice rather than scientific data.
Adding to the problem is the complex nature of teen pregnancy and the multiple factors that contribute to behaviors leading to pregnancy. One review of over 250 studies identified 100 antecedents to teen sexual behaviors. The numerous factors associated with teen pregnancy often leave preventionists wondering which strategies will be most effective. Similarly, a recent meta-review of 69 studies that included both significant and nonsignificant results found 12 studies in which attitudes toward sex were strongly predictive of intentions to have sex, which in turn was the strongest predictor of actual sexual behavior among teens. Because average age of debut of intercourse has now fallen to under 15, it also is increasingly important to examine factors shaping attitudes toward sex among early adolescents to inform prevention efforts.
Texting While Driving: It Can Wait (Archived Webinar)
Description: This webinar was sponsored by the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS), AT&T, National Safety Transportation Board (NTSB), and the CYFERnet Teen Editorial Board in November 2012. This webinar addresses the topic of teens and distracted driving, exploring ways to engage and empower youth to be peer educators on this critically important issue. Approximately 24% of all crashes (1.2 million) are estimated to be caused by cell phone use while driving (National Safety Council, 2012). Distracted driving was responsible for 18% of injury crashes in 2010. Teens and young adults are at a particularly high risk for distracted driving. A 2010 Pew Internet & American Life Project study reports that 26% of 16-17 year old teens have texted while driving. Cell phone use while driving is even higher among teens. Presenters from the National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS), AT&T, National Safety Transportation Board (NTSB), and a survivor of distracted driving will explore ways to engage and empower youth to be peer educators on this very important issue.
The Missing Link - helping young people get smart about their love lives
Description: Do the young people you work with have love lives? And, do those love lives ever cause them (or you) problems or concerns? Learn about Relationship Smarts PLUS, an easily implemented, research based, evaluated program that helps young people get smart about their love lives. Young people today live and breathe in a culture that touts casual sex and casual connections. Relationship Smarts PLUS helps young people acquire practical skills for emotionally healthy and ethically sound relationships. The program helps teens craft a roadmap toward what they hope to achieve, not just what they must avoid. Relationship Smarts PLUS is based on the results of a 5-year federally funded evaluation by Jennifer Kerpelman, Ph.D. at Auburn University. It covers topics such as: Maturity, Identifying values, Peer pressure, Attractions and infatuation, Building blocks for positive relationships, Assessing relationship health, A low-risk relationship strategy, Principles of smart relationships, the nature of true intimacy, a realistic concept of love, and Breaking up. The program also includes dating violence prevention and assertiveness skills, communication/conflict skills, identity and future orientation, and a unique approach to pregnancy prevention that educates about the needs of children.
Together We Thrive: Intergenerational Programs and Possibilities (Archived Webinar)
Description: This is an archived version of "Together We Thrive: Intergenerational Programs and Possibilities" webinar conducted May 2012. The training introduced participants to the interdisciplinary field of intergenerational programming and covered the latest initiatives aimed at increasing interaction, cooperation, and mutual support between the generations. The presenters highlighted strategies for planning, implementing, and evaluating intergenerational programs. Presenters were Karen DeBord, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension, consultant with Possibility Parenting and member of the CYFERnet Parent-Family Editorial Board; Shannon E. Jarrott, Virginia Tech, Associate Professor and Director of Intergenerational Programs in the Department of Human Development and Director of Research at Virginia Tech Adult Day Services; and Matt Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor of Intergenerational Programs and Aging in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at Penn State University.
Using Logic Models in Program Evaluation
Author: Barkman, Susan (1 more by this author); Kutara, Pamela; Stuart, Marta Elva
Description: The Logic Model is an easy to understand and user-friendly tool that help professionals see the link between program design and evaluation. It provides a picture of how a program works - the theory and assumptions underlying the program. A logic model serves as a road-map for a program, outlining how it is expected to work, what activities need to come before others, and how desired outcomes are achieved. In simple terms, it gives a visual picture of what inputs and outputs are needed to achieve the desired outcomes.
Using Multiple Methods to Demonstrate Program Impacts
Author: Lee, Thomas; Cox, Janet
Description: Increasingly, Extension educators are being asked to demonstrate that they are making a difference - that their programs are having an impact. We need to go beyond asking people if they liked the refreshments to finding out if they are doing things differently as a result of participating in Extension programs. This is an audiorecording and powerpoint presentation from an interactive teleconference that provides an overview of multiple evaluation methods, and explains the benefits and drawbacks of each type, and the value of using more than one method to have more confidence in the results that are achieved. Utah's Youth and Families with Promise program evaluation, recognized as an exemplary evaluation model by CYFAR, is explained to illustrate the use of multiple methods in a particular project.
What's for Dinner? Creating Family Connections
Author: DeBord, Karen (59 more by this author)
Description: This archived webinar from the CYFERnet Parent and Family Editorial Board focuses on strategies for helping families connect, starting with mealtime. Learn about the importance of family meals and the relationship between families eating together and childhood obesity, how to work with parents and families to increase their opportunities to eat meals together with Meal Time in Less Time and the Family Table Topper.
What's the Big Idea? Framing Science with Crosscutting Concepts
Author: Staker, Jay (13 more by this author); Bob Horton, Trudy Dunham
Description: How do you think about the world? What dimensions or concepts are most salient? Join Jay Staker and Bob Horton for an intriguing discussion of big ideas and crosscutting concepts, and the role they can play in what we observe, what we wonder about, and what we teach and learn. This webinar is a dialogue about the crosscutting concepts defined in the new "A Framework for K-12 Science" and their importance in informal science learning (and other disciplines as well!). Adding them to our teaching and facilitation can support content learning, as well as innovation, inquiry, and self-directed learning.
What, Why and How: Tweeting for CYFAR
Author: Wiebke, Jeanne ; Trudy Dunham
Description: CYFERnet Technology demonstrates in 30 minutes how you can set up your own Twitter account, use the CYFAR Twitter to connect with CYFAR events and issues, and implications for the use of microblogging in your own CYFAR program. If you are not already using Twitter, this is a good time to a peek and see what Twitter is all about. We know how daunting social media tools can be. That's why CYFERnet is pleased to offer a series of brief trainings on how you can use these tools for effective professional purposes. The trainings, online tools, and tips and tricks, are free and available to any CYFAR program. Learn how to use social media to enhance your professional development, collaborate with colleagues, promote your work, inform participants and their parents, conduct evaluations, and develop program resources.
Why Fathers Count, No Matter Where They Are!
Author: Green, Stephen (1 more by this author); Sean E. Brotherson, Ph.D.; Joseph J. Maiorano, M.S.
Description: This is an archived version of a "Connect" training (June 2008) that focused on fatherhood and provided the latest information on evidence-based practices intended to help educators support men in their role as fathers, no matter where they are--at home, living apart, serving in the military, or in jail. This 90-minute training was aimed at parent/family educators wanting to learn about what's happening in Extension related to fathering.
Working with Incarcerated Parents and Their Children: It's an Inside Job!
Author: DeBord, Karen (59 more by this author); Tammy Gillespie
Description: This 90-minute webinar focused on what it takes to establish parent education programs in prisons and the latest research-based program resources. It is aimed at educators interested in creating programs for incarcerated parents and providing support to nurture relationships between these parents and their children.
Author: Fogarty, Kate (1 more by this author); Alex Diaz (University of Florida)
Description: Yoga is a great form of physical and mental exercise for anyone. However, children can also greatly benefit from youth yoga programs. Yoga can help increase strength, flexibility, coordination, self-esteem, stamina, and confidence among children. Yoga is also an alternative that allows children to participate in a non-competitive, relaxing physical fitness program. The presenters discuss the process of implementing and evaluating a yoga fitness and nutrition 4-H youth program in afterschool setting in Miami-Dade, Florida.
Younger Youth and Positive Youth Development
Author: Huebner, Angela (4 more by this author); Bernice Humphrey; Debra Delgado
Description: Younger youth between the ages of nine and thirteen are a key age group to focus on when thinking about and developing positive youth development programs. Positive youth development approaches with younger youth are among those methods that are most effective at preventing negative health outcomes, such as sexual risk behavior and unintended pregnancy.
Youth Development and Abstinence: Understanding the Link
Author: Russell, Stephen (3 more by this author); Ingrid Lindberg; Kristie Fink
Description: Presenters Stephen Russell, Kristie Fink, and Ingrid Lindberg discuss contemporary issues from research and practice linking youth development and abstinence, ways to promote abstinence through youth development in your community, and the value of the Community of Caring program in helping to achieve this goal. A link to the audio recording of the conference call is available.
Youth Development's 100 Year Legacy: Lessons to shape future research and practice
Description: The current issue of the Journal of Youth Development commemorates the 100th anniversary of many national youth-serving organizations and the history of youth development. In ten articles, authors reflect on research trends and influential contributions over time as well as on issues of practice that continue to evolve and challenge the field. The volume concludes with two commentaries about future directions for field-building. This webinar on the special issue of the Journal of Youth Development was hosted by the CYFERnet Teen Editorial Board. Guest editors Michelle Gambone, Joyce Walker and Kate Walker engaged commentary authors Dale Blyth and Reed Larson in a discussion of the historical context and three themes for the 21st century: The impact of divergent perspectives on youth development; the value of translational scholarship; and, the importance of leveraging systems support.
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At Your Doorstep: Creating Family Connections Outdoors
Author: DeBord, Karen (59 more by this author); Lucy Bradley, Liz Driscoll
Description: Families who spend time outside together with their children in natural environments can increase their physical activity, connect family members with one another, and connect children with nature. This webinar focuses on a new toolkit, At Your Doorstep, developed by educators at North Carolina State University, aimed at increasing opportunities for parents and children to spend more time together outdoors.
Creating Spaces to Enhance Intergenerational Relationships
Author: Jarrott, Shannon (1 more by this author); Matt Kaplan, Karen DeBord
Description: This is an archived webinar (sponsored by the CYFERnet Parent/Family Editorial Board, April 2013). It focused on ways to design and conduct an effective intergenerational program to accommodate the developmental needs of both young and old in a shared intergenerational space.
Getting Beyond Skills: Getting Our Hearts Right (archived webinar)
Author: Goddard, H. (29 more by this author); James Marshall
Description: This archived webinar, "Getting Beyond Skills: Getting Our Hearts Right" (May 2012) was presented by Wally Goddard and James Marshall, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension. The training draws on a new new resource (publication anticipated Fall 2012) focusing on how individuals and family members too often become stuck in negative perceptions. Getting Our Hearts Right reviews several forms of human bias and provides steps to overcome these so that all relationships, especially family ones, can be healthier. The webinar focused on equipping parent and family life educators to work more effectively in parent and couples education programs.
Getting Our Hearts Right: Three Keys to Better Relationships
Author: Goddard, H. (29 more by this author); James Marshall, University of Arkansas
Description: This is an archived webinar (conducted February 14, 2013) that focused on three essential keys to nurture and maintain healthy relationships - especially family ones. "Getting Our Hearts Right" reviews several forms of human bias and provides steps to overcome these so that all relationships can be healthier.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Youth
Author: Dunifon, Rachel (4 more by this author); Kimberly Kopko, Denyse Variano, Jackie Davis-Manigaulte
Description: In this archived webinar (conducted October 19, 2012), Cornell University and Extension faculty describe a unique study developed to better understand families in which grandparents are raising teenaged grandchildren. They discuss how adolescent development is impacted for teens being raised by grandparents, and describe Parenting A Second Time Around (PASTA), a successful program developed by Cornell Cooperative Extension for working with grandparents raising grandchildren.
Grow Your Impact with Community Gardens
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author); Keith Baldwin, Lucy Bradley
Description: Using Extension's wide content expertise, community gardens create ideal educational opportunities for practically all of the content areas of Extension: Nutrition, physical activity, youth development, entrepreneurism, horticulture, family resource management, community development, agriculture education, senior friendly communities, etc. A garden can be a powerful community hub for Extension education activities. Since community garden's will be at various stages of development, presentation and materials will be applicable for many stages, from planning, to partnership formation, to land and funding acquisition, to full fledge gardens, to redevelopment after land or leadership loss. Participants will increase their knowledge of gardening's benefit to children, youth, families and communities; increase their knowledge of a community garden's ability to integrate expertise of Extension; and gain access to online community gardening technical assistance materials
Intercultural Relations: How to Effectively Address Cultural Diversity in Extension Programming
Author: Weaver, Gary
Description: This keynote address given by Dr. Gary Weaver, at CYFAR 2003, addresses ways to effectively address cultural diversity in Extension programming.
Living a More Balanced Life: CYFERnet Webinar (May 2011)
Author: Sant, Laura; Marnie Spencer, M.S., R.D., University of Idaho Extension, Bingham County
Description: This is an archived version of the webinar conducted May 10, 2011. The training is intended for parent and family life educators who want to learn about a new program that teaches individuals how to balance time, manage stress, eat mindfully, be physically active, and sleep well in order to live a more balanced life. "Balanced Living" was written by Laura Sant and Marnie Spencer, two University of Idaho educators with many years of experience teaching adult audiences. During this 90-minute webinar, the authors provide an overview of the "Balanced Living" curriculum and how it can be conducted.
Policy Education and Civic Engagement (PEACE) Curriculum
Author: Rebori, Marlene (5 more by this author)
Description: A unique civic engagement curriculum rooted in community development that teaches public deliberation skills. PEACE is intended to help make the process of teaching citizenship, public deliberation and civic engagement more enjoyable and youth driven. PEACE is comprised of six lessons and designed as scaffolds, where each lesson is used to build into the next lesson.
Survivor to Thriver: Doing Community-Based Service Learning
Author: Mark, Cynthia
Description: Survivor - Thriver five step model for community service learning. Presentation materials including transcript from a 2006 Webinar. 4-H has a history of community involvement through community service. Learn how to take food drives and river clean-ups to the next level! Engage young people in the decision making process and learn how to turn the activities into a civic engagement and social action project.
Together We Thrive: Intergenerational Programs and Possibilities (Archived Webinar)
Description: This is an archived version of "Together We Thrive: Intergenerational Programs and Possibilities" webinar conducted May 2012. The training introduced participants to the interdisciplinary field of intergenerational programming and covered the latest initiatives aimed at increasing interaction, cooperation, and mutual support between the generations. The presenters highlighted strategies for planning, implementing, and evaluating intergenerational programs. Presenters were Karen DeBord, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension, consultant with Possibility Parenting and member of the CYFERnet Parent-Family Editorial Board; Shannon E. Jarrott, Virginia Tech, Associate Professor and Director of Intergenerational Programs in the Department of Human Development and Director of Research at Virginia Tech Adult Day Services; and Matt Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor of Intergenerational Programs and Aging in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at Penn State University.
Tools of the Trade II: Creating Science-Rich Learning Opportunities
Description: This is an archived web-based training produced by the CYFERnet Teen Editorial Board in September 2009. Tools of the Trade II is a staff-development module that uses a "train-the-trainer" approach to deliver a comprehensive 21-hour training for afterschool program frontline staff and youth workers on incorporating science, engineering and technology (SET) into afterschool programming. Using a hands-on, interactive skill-building approach, it provides tools drawn from best practices to help afterschool staff enhance communication, management and educational delivery of afterschool programs.
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author)
Description: This resource provides a summary of an interactive telephone training designed to help participants learn more about the resources we have posted about helping your communities cope with the war in Iraq. Topics include: Talking with Children about War and Terrorism, Classroom Resources, Stress and Coping, Protecting children from Traumatic Media Exposure,Patriotism, Related Organizations and Links and Resources for Military Families.
Why Fathers Count, No Matter Where They Are!
Author: Green, Stephen (1 more by this author); Sean E. Brotherson, Ph.D.; Joseph J. Maiorano, M.S.
Description: This is an archived version of a "Connect" training (June 2008) that focused on fatherhood and provided the latest information on evidence-based practices intended to help educators support men in their role as fathers, no matter where they are--at home, living apart, serving in the military, or in jail. This 90-minute training was aimed at parent/family educators wanting to learn about what's happening in Extension related to fathering.
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Cyber Bullying Among Children and Youth: Best Practices for Prevention and Intervention
Author: Limber, Susan
Description: Cyber bullying among children and youth is a relatively recent phenomenon that has received considerable attention in the last couple of years by educators, policy makers, and the general public. Although research on the phenomenon is still in its infancy, recent studies have begun to reveal the nature, prevalence, and possible effects of cyber bullying. Susan Limber, PhD., MLS will provide a brief overview of this current literature and then will discuss best practices to prevent and address cyber bullying for adults who work with children and youth.
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Empowerment Theory and Adolescent Resilience: Applications for Prevention
Author: Zimmerman, Marc
Description: Marc Zimmerman presents empirical evidence to support linkages between empowerment and resiliency theories and their overlap to inform intervention, closing with the application of his ideas in a prevention project. Zimmerman is professor and chair of the department of health behavior and health education in the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He is also a professor in the department of psychology, and the combined program in education and psychology, and a research scientist in the Center for Human Growth and Development. He directs the Centers for Disease Control-funded Prevention Research Center of Michigan, and is the editor of Health Education & Behavior and a member of the editorial board for Health Education Research and Psyche.
Mindsets: Helping Children and Families Fulfill Their Potential
Author: Dweck, Carol
Description: What is a fixed mindset, or a growth mindset? In this video, Carol Dweck shows how the fixed mindset robs students of their interest in learning, their desire to put forth effort, and their ability to handle challenges and setbacks. She shows how schools and families can teach a growth mindset to create greater resilience, higher achievement, and better social adjustment. Her research shows that this can be done, first through praising the student’s efforts and strategies rather than their abilities or intelligence, and second, through a program that teaches students about the brain and how it grows with effort and learning.
Protecting Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment and Emotional Violence
Author: Garbarino, James
Description: Dr. Garbarino's presentation focused on how a school's social system plays a decisive role in the process of bullying, sexual harassment and emotional violence in the lives of teenagers. One core message is to avoid the temptation to see bullying as a personal problem and instead to always look for the workings of the school as a social system. This implies a need for strategies for responding that include character education, better feedback from students, and more explicit demonstration of adult caring in the school. The goal is policies and programs that seek to change the culture of the school, such as by changing "bystander" behavior through character education.
Author: Leong, Deborah
Description: Deborah Leong discusses self-regulation or the executive function of young children from a number of theoretical perspectives, the challenges preschool teachers face in its absence, and its importance for later academic achievement. Leong is professor emerita of psychology at Metropolitan State College of Denver, and director for the Center for Improving Early Learning. She is also a research fellow at the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Dr. Leong developed Tools of the Mind approach with Dr. Elena Bodrova, with whom she has written numerous books and articles on the Vygotskian approach. Research session at the 2009 CYFAR Conference
The Role of Incarceration on Parenting
Author: Arditti, Joyce
Description: Joyce Arditti's research presentation from the CYFAR Conference 2010 examines how demographic status, cumulative disadvantage, institutional practices, and a sociopolitical environment characterized by stigma affect the context and processes of parenting within the context of parental imprisonment. The implications of parental incarceration on families are considered, and challenges and recommendations for research, intervention and policy discussed.
Whatever: Turning on the Teen Brain
Author: Baird, Abigail (1 more by this author)
Description: This CYFAR research presentation explores adolescent brain research. "Perhaps the most important milestone of adolescence is the successful synthesis of thinking and feeling processes. This integration is of fundamental importance to decision-making, an area where adolescents are known to engage strategies that differ from adults. Data from our laboratory suggest that when confronted with a dangerous scenario, adult responses were driven by a rapid emotional response to those images; whereas adolescents were shown to be using slower, less effective areas of the brain that traditionally contribute to thinking. These findings are discussed in the context of peer interactions, emerging adult hood, and family systems."