Positive Impacts of After School Programs: Video and Powerpoint Presentations

The Research Speaker Workshop held at UCLA on January 24, 2008 featured Denise Huang Ph.D. (UCLA) spoke about her participation in the recently released Department of Justice longitudinal study regarding the positive impact of the L.A.'s BEST after school program on juvenile crime rates, and Professor Deborah Vandell (UCI) spoke about her recently released study on the academic and social benefits of eight nationwide after school programs. The event also featured a focused question and answer session.

View the entire video

View the presentation by Denise Huang PhD

View the presentation by Professor Deborah Vandell PhD

View the focused question and answer session

To view The Long-Term Effects of After-School Programming on Educational Adjustment and Juvenile Crime: A Study of the LA’s BEST After-School Program co-authored by Denise Huang click here.

To access a one page California Afterschool Network Research Brief of the study above click here

To view the study: Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs by Deborah Vandell click here.

To access a one page California Afterschool Network Research Brief on the study above click here

In her presentation Deborah Vandell spoke of program quality assessment instruments she used to measure program quality. Those can be found at the links below.

copies of measures from the Promising Programs Study
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/childcare/form3.html

copies of measures from the Study of Afterschool Programs
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/childcare/form4.html

copies of measures from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
http://secc.rti.org/

Powerpoint Presentations from each presenter attached.