95. Identifying Sensitive Periods for the Impact of Insufficient Sleep on Reward-Related Brain Function and Future Depression Among At-Risk Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
pp. S39-S40
Author(s):  
Adriane Soehner ◽  
Michele Bertocci ◽  
Anna Manelis ◽  
Genna Bebko ◽  
Cecile Ladouceur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Insufficient Sleep ◽  
Sensitive Periods ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Developing Youth Competencies: The Impact of Program Quality

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tegan M. Smischney ◽  
Matthew A. Roberts ◽  
Kate Gliske ◽  
Lynne M. Borden ◽  
Daniel F. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Youth Programs ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Quality Ratings ◽  
The Impact

As youth programs have continued to evolve over the last 100 years, the field of program evaluation has advanced significantly in an effort to differentiate which youth program components are necessary to promote positive youth development (e.g., Eccles & Gootman, 2002; Lerner et al., 2013). The Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) initiative funds a variety of sustainable community projects (SCPs) that aim to support at-risk youth and families and help them become healthy, positive, and contributing members of society (U.S. Department of Agriculture, n.d.). To ensure these programs are meeting CYFAR’s goals, a required collection of common measures began in 2011 (University of Minnesota, 2017b). This study used CYFAR evaluation data to explore how specific program quality components (e.g. physical and psychological safety and relationship building) influence change in youth competencies. It was hypothesized that higher program quality ratings would be significantly associated with higher pretest to posttest change in youth competencies. Results indicated differential associations between the qualities of youth programs, particularly positive social norms and skill building, and changes in youth competencies. Implications for positive youth development programs are discussed.

scholarly journals Horses and At-Risk Youth: An Equine Facilitated Learning Program Focusing on Authentic Leadership Skill Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Brittany L. Adams-Pope ◽  
Nicole L.P. Stedman
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Leadership Skill ◽  
Youth Education ◽  
Equine Facilitated ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Facilitated Learning

Interesting and innovative youth development programs are important to further youth education. Programs focused on developing leadership skills in youth, specifically at-risk youth, are important when thinking of the future of our communities. The primary purpose of the study was to determine the impact of an equine facilitated, authentic leadership program on at-risk youth. Youth participated in a three-day equine facilitated learning program based on authentic leadership with focus groups conducted three days before and three days after the program. In this article, we describe the development and methodology of the program and specific implications for practice.

scholarly journals Can Designing Self-Representations through Creative Computing Promote an Incremental View of Intelligence and Enhance Creativity among At-Risk Youth?

10.28945/3577 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 267-278
Author(s):  
Ina Blau ◽  
Nurit Benolol
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Implicit Theories ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Creative Computing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Creative computing is one of the rapidly growing educational trends around the world. Previous studies have shown that creative computing can empower disadvantaged children and youth. At-risk youth tend to hold a negative view of self and perceive their abilities as inferior compared to “normative” pupils. The Implicit Theories of Intelligence approach (ITI; Dweck, 1999, 2008) suggests a way of changing beliefs regarding one’s abilities. This paper reports findings from an experiment that explores the impact of a short intervention among at-risk youth and “normative” high-school students on (1) changing ITI from being perceived as fixed (entity view of intelligence) to more flexible (incremental view of intelligence) and (2) the quality of digital self-representations programmed though a creative computing app. The participants were 117 Israeli youth aged 14-17, half of whom were at-risk youth. The participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control conditions. The experimental group watched a video of a lecture regarding brain plasticity that emphasized flexibility and the potential of human intelligence to be cultivated. The control group watched a neutral lecture about brain-functioning and creativity. Following the intervention, all of the participants watched screencasts of basic training for the Scratch programming app, designed artifacts that digitally represented themselves five years later and reported their ITI. The results showed more incremental ITI in the experimental group compared to the control group and among normative students compared to at-risk youth. In contrast to the research hypothesis, the Scratch projects of the at-risk youth, especially in the experimental condition, were rated by neutral judges as being more creative, more aesthetically designed, and more clearly conveying their message. The results suggest that creative computing combined with the ITI intervention is a way of developing creativity, especially among at-risk youth. Increasing the number of youths who hold incremental views of intelligence and developing computational thinking may contribute to their empowerment and well-being, improve learning and promote creativity.

The impact of childhood stressful life events on health and behavior in at-risk youth

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 117-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Humenay Roberts ◽  
Diana English ◽  
Richard Thompson ◽  
Catherine Roller White
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Training At-Risk Youth to Become Diabetes Self-management Coaches for Family Members

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 786-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liana Gefter ◽  
Lisa G. Rosas ◽  
Eunice Rodriguez ◽  
Nancy Morioka-Douglas
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Self Management ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Ethnic Minority Youth ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a school-based health program in which family medicine residents trained healthy at-risk adolescents to become diabetes self-management coaches for family members with diabetes. Methods A mixed methods study included 97 adolescents from 3 San Francisco Bay Area high schools serving primarily ethnic minority youth of low socioeconomic status. Physicians came to schools once a week for 8 weeks and trained 49 adolescents to become coaches. Student coaches and 48 nonparticipant students completed pre- and posttest intervention questionnaires, and 15 student coaches and 9 family members with diabetes gave in-depth interviews after participation. Linear regression was used to determine differences in knowledge and psychosocial assets on pre- and posttests between student coaches and nonparticipant students, and NVIVO was used to analyze interview transcripts. Results After controlling for initial score, sex, grade, and ethnicity, student coaches improved from pre- to posttest significantly compared to nonparticipants on knowledge, belonging, and worth scales. Student coaches reported high satisfaction with the program. Articulated program benefits included improvement in diet, increased physical activity, and improved relationship between student coach and family member. Conclusions Overall, this program can increase diabetes knowledge and psychosocial assets of at-risk youth, and it holds promise to promote positive health behaviors among at-risk youth and their families.

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