Objective Although there has been a dramatic increase in the number of evidence-based
practices (EBPs) to improve child and adolescent mental health, the poor uptake of these …

Implementation refers to the process by which an intervention is put into practice. Research
studies across multiple disciplines, including education, have consistently demonstrated that …

Many programs for offenders with mental illness (OMIs) seem to assume that serious mental
illness directly causes criminal justice involvement. To help evaluate this assumption, we …

This book examines after-school programs in light of their explosive growth in recent years.
In the rush to mount programs, there is a danger of promoting weak ones of little value and …

Participating in after-school programs (ASPs) has become a common experience for
children. This special issue provides a perspective on the current status of research on …

Addressing the tremendous burden of early-life adversity requires constructive dialogues
between scientists and policy makers to improve population health. Whereas dialogues …

This article reports on the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of
after-school programs (ASPs) on delinquency. Mixed results from some well-known …

Objectives Educational attainment has been demonstrated as a protective factor for the
physical and mental health of children into adulthood, yet there has been limited research …

Numerous studies of organized activities have found that participation is associated with a
range of positive outcomes; however, findings from recent randomized trials have been …

This article examines the relationship between after-school program quality, program
attendance, and academic outcomes for a sample of low-income after-school program …