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. 2015 Nov;42(6):723-36.
doi: 10.1007/s10488-014-0608-7.

Building Resilience After School for Early Adolescents in Urban Poverty: Open Trial of Leaders @ Play

Stacy L Frazier  1 , Sonya Mathies Dinizulu  2 , Dana Rusch  2 , Maya M Boustani  3 , Tara G Mehta  2 , Kristin Reitz  2
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Building Resilience After School for Early Adolescents in Urban Poverty: Open Trial of Leaders @ Play

Stacy L Frazier et al. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Leaders @ Play is a park after-school program for urban middle school youth designed to leverage recreational activities for social emotional learning. Mental health and park staff co-facilitated sports and games to teach and practice problem solving, emotion regulation, and effective communication. Additional practice occurred during multi-family groups and summer internships as junior camp counselors. We examined feasibility and promise via an open trial (n = 3 parks, 46 youth, 100 % African American, 100 % low-income, 59 % female, M = 13.09 years old). Improvements in social skills and reductions in problem behaviors lend support to after school programs as a space for mental health promotion.

Keywords: After school; Early adolescence; Risk and resilience; Urban poverty.

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