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Creator:: Nott, Brooke Dolenc
Abstract:: Positive youth development posits that all youth possess the capacity to change and grow as they interact with their contexts. That capacity is activated and nurtured by a beneficial ecological environment often unavailable for homeless youth. Only a limited number of studies focus on the positive development and strengths of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: beneficial ecological environment often unavailable for homeless youth. Only a limited number of studies

Creator:: Staton, Maryanne Kennedy
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Michael Schapiro, Executive Secretary of the Governor's Stato Comr;iittee on Children and Youth, for his

Creator:: Mazzotta, Margaret Ann
Abstract:: Many youth are able to be successful in the traditional school setting. Large numbers are not successful. Dropout rates are alarming. There is little research that examines the drop out problem from the perspective of the youth. Traditionally programs that are designed to help have been designed by adults. This...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: / Joanne B. Engel Many youth are able to be successful in the traditional school setting. Large

Creator:: Dolenc, Brooke J.
Abstract:: Individuals in their 20s today have more diverse experiences with school, work, and family transitions than previous cohorts. Contemporary young adults take longer to finish school, settle into marriages or partnerships, and begin parenting; they frequently change jobs or hold multiple part-time positions. Little is known about how young adults...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , such as foster care, disabled, juvenile offender, homeless, and rural youth (Settersten, 2007

Creator:: Shamah, Devora
Abstract:: In light of recent economic and social changes rural communities continue to worry about the future of their young people. Will they be prepared for the challenges that lay ahead as they move into adulthood? The aspirations youth hold set them on a pathway toward achieving goals, beginning post-secondary education,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sense of Purpose Among Rural Youth. Abstract approved

Creator:: Kopet, Julie G.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of incarcerated women who participated in a service-learning program to help the homeless. Service-learning is effective pedagogy for involving students in civic engagement, and their involvement has been shown to increase the self-esteem of participating college students....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: shift in attitude about the homeless 3. Gratitude for what they have 4. Pride in being able to give

Creator:: Morgan, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: The inclusion of students with disabilities in general physical education (GPE) classes has become a concept and practice that is expected if not always understood. A review of inclusion in physical education literature suggested that GPE teachers possess less than favorable feelings towards the inclusion of students with disabilities in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: knowledge and pedagogy, along with time spent teaching in schools and working with children and youth in

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