... young people to broader educational aspirations (Broadbent et al. 2008). Advance is a youth development program funded by the Victorian State Government that is currently operational in over 400 schools. The aim of the program is to connect community partners and projects with young people in schools. One of the most striking findings of the evaluation is the diversity of groups of ... volunteer activities. In turn such personal qualities in these emergent citizens enrich communities, including and especially those school communities to which these young people belong to. Stokes et al....

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... young people to broader educational aspirations (Broadbent et al. 2008). Advance is a youth development program funded by the Victorian State Government that is currently operational in over 400 schools. The aim of the program is to connect community partners and projects with young people in schools. One of the most striking findings of the evaluation is the diversity of groups of ... volunteer activities. In turn such personal qualities in these emergent citizens enrich communities, including and especially those school communities to which these young people belong to. Stokes et al....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... nature of the mass media system itself is geared toward people of higher socioeconomic status. What is being done to close the knowledge gap? Computer clubhouses in the inner city aim to help the youth gain that type of technological fluency. These clubhouses are based not just on new technology but, on new ideas about learning and community. They represent a new ... teach young people basic computer techniques (such as keyboard and mouse skills) and basic computer applications (such a word processing). At the clubhouse, the goal is for participants to learn to express themselves fluent...

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... Board along with Wood's Homes' Board of Directors agreed to support this walk-in therapy venture by re-allocating existing funds to the project. The fact that the AMHB could express solid confidence in Wood's Homes' capability to successfully launch such a unique service attests to the strength of the long-term partnership and to the collaborative relationship between the two organizations ... to an outline of the theoretical principles that form the foundation of single session walk-in clinical work. This first training module explained how all sessions in single session therapy aim at...

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