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The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills

Author(s):

Durlak, J.A. and Weissberg, R.P.

Organization:

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

Publisher:

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

Date Published:

January, 2007

This CASEL report examines the expected outcomes from after-school programs that attempt to foster young people's personal and social skills and program characteristics that are associated with better results. It discusses improvements in youth's social and emotional behavior after participating in after-school programs and evidence-based intervention programs.

Download The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills (PDF, 2.80MB) from the CASEL Web site.

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