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'If You Want to Win, You Have to Learn to Get Along:' Youth Talk About Their Participation in Extracurricular Activities

Volume 11 Number 2 , 2004- Pages: 14-16, Item# A112-DWORKIN
Authors: Jodi Dworkin, Ph.D., and Karin Lindstrom Bremer, M.A.

Adult-Driven Youth Programs: An Oxymoron?

Volume 13 Number 1 , 2006- Pages: 17-20
Authors: Kathrin Walker, Ph.D., & Reed Larson, Ph.D.

Community-Based Service-Learning: An Interview with Carla Roach of the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

Volume 18 Number 1 , 2011- Pages: 19-20, Item# A181-Roach
Authors: The Prevention Researcher

Connecting with Girls, Connects Them to You: Toward a "By Girls - For Girls" Approach

Volume 12 Number 2 , 2005- Pages: 18-20, Item# A122-SCHOENBERG
Authors: Judy Schoenberg, Ed.M.

Cyberbullying: Q&A with Nancy Willard

Volume 14 Number 5 , 2007- Pages: 13-15, Item# A145-Willard
Authors: The Prevention Researcher

Developing School Connectedness in Diverse Youth Through Extracurricular Programming

Volume 12 Number 2 , 2005- Pages: 14-17, Item# A122-BROWN
Authors: Randall Brown, Ph.D., and William P. Evans, Ph.D.

Deviant by Design: Risks Associated with Aggregating Deviant Peers into Group Prevention and Treatment Programs

Volume 15 Number 1 , 2008- Pages: 8-11, Item# A151-Dishion
Authors: Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D., Kenneth A. Dodge, Ph.D., & Jennifer E. Lansford, Ph.D.

Do Extracurricular Activities Protect Against Early School Dropout?

Volume 6 Number 3 , 1999- Pages: 10-12
Authors: Joseph L. Mahoney, Ph.D., & Robert B. Cairns, Ph.D.

Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Learning What Works

Volume 12 Number 2 , 2005- Pages: 7-10, Item# A122-LITTLE
Authors: by Priscilla Little, M.A., and Sherri Lauver, Ph.D.

Ensuring Quality Service-Learning Experiences for At-Risk Adolesents

Volume 18 Number 1 , 2011- Pages: 14-17, Item# A181-Nelson
Authors: Judith A. Nelson, Ph.D., and Susan Sneller, M.Ed., M.A.

Features of Positive Developmental Settings

Volume 11 Number 2 , 2004- Pages: 8-13, Item# A112-LARSON
Authors: Reed Larson, Ph.D., Jacquelynne Eccles, Ph.D., and Jennifer Appleton Gootman, M.P.P.

Improving Participation in After-School Programs

Volume 12 Number 2 , 2005- Pages: 11-13, Item# A122-WALKER
Authors: By Karen Walker, Ph.D., and Amy Arbreton, Ph.D.

Increasing Student Voice and Moving Toward Youth Leadership

Volume 13 Number 1 , 2006- Pages: 7-10, Item# A131-MITRA
Authors: Dana Mitra, Ph.D.

Making the Most of Your Time: Implementing the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice

Volume 18 Number 1 , 2011- Pages: 8-13, Item# A181-Billig
Authors: Shelley H. Billig, Ph.D.

Promising Practices in Positive Youth Development with Immigrants and Refugees

Volume 14 Number 4 , 2007- Pages: 18-20, Item# A144-Morland
Authors: Lyn Morland, MSW., MA

Reaching Youth Out of the Mainstream

Volume 6 Number 3 , 1999- Pages: 4-7
Authors: Sarah Ingersoll & Donni LeBoeuf

Recruitment and Retention in Youth Development Programming

Volume 12 Number 2 , 2005- Pages: 3-6, Item# A122-ANDERSON
Authors: By Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Ph.D.

Resilience of Girls with Incarcerated Mothers: The Impact of Girl Scouts

Volume 13 Number 2 , 2006- Pages: 11-14, Item# A132-GRANT
Authors: Darlene Grant, Ph.D.

Service-Learning: The Time is Now

Volume 18 Number 1 , 2011- Pages: 3-7, Item# A181-Kielsmeier
Authors: James Kielsmeier, Ph.D.

The Community Action Framework for Youth Development

Volume 11 Number 2 , 2004- Pages: 17-20, Item# A112-GAMBONE
Authors: Michelle Alberti Gambone, Ph.D., and James P. Connell, Ph.D.

The Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: A Review of the Research

Volume 4 Number 2 , 1997- Pages: 1-4
Authors: Edward P. Mulvey, Michael W. Arthur, & N. Dickon Reppucci

The Promise of Afterschool Programs for Promoting School Connectedness

Volume 17 Number 3 , 2010- Pages: 11-14, Item# A173-Anderson-Butche
Authors: Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD., LISW-S

Utilizing Business, University, and Community Resources to Target Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse

Volume 19 Number 1 , 2012- Pages: 17-20, Item# A191-Mdivanian
Authors: R. Wade-Mdivanian, D. Anderson-Butcher, K. Hale, N. Kwiek, J. Smock, D. Radigan, and J. Lineberger

Working with Athletes to Prevent Dating Violence: An Interview About the Family Violence Prevention Fund's "Coaching Boys into Men" Campaign

Volume 14 Number 5 , 2007- Pages: 6-7, Item# A145-CBIM
Authors: The Prevention Researcher

Youth Development Programs

Volume 11 Number 2 , 2004- Pages: 3-7, Item# A112-ROTH
Authors: Jodie L. Roth, Ph.D.

Youth Engaged for Action

Volume 12 Number 5 , 2005- Pages: 7-9, Item# A125-POST
Authors: Margaret Post, M.P.P., and Priscilla Little, M.A.

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