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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Youth Services - Employment/Education Services

	Background Information Key Organizations Research/Reports/ Initiatives
	Policy/Program Development Working With Youth Policy Models Planning/Assessment Tools
	Comprehensive Programs Community-based Community and School
	Whole School Programs School Climate/Policies Staff/Volunteer Training Consulting Students Student Representatives
	Instructional Programs Active Learning Project-based Learning Online Learning Community Service Learning
	Social Support Peer Helper Programs Student Leadership Programs Student Clubs/Sports After School Programs Mentoring Programs
	Youth Services Empowering/Friendly Crisis/Help Lines Advisory Services Employment/Education Services Personal Counseling/ Support
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This section provides links to several web-based documents defining and describing after-school programs. These documents describe the many potential programs that can be organized in schools and in the community after school.

Also see pages on Peer Helper Programs, Student Leadership Programs and Student Clubs/Sports Programs for specific types of after-school programs.

Explanations (Summaries, Articles, Fact Sheets)

Counselors and Teachers as Student Advisors. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services)
Mental Health and High School (Canadian Mental Health Association)
Strengthening Ties between Schools and Communities: A Key Measure to Support the Educational Success of Our Youth (Gouvernment du Québec)
The Guidance-Oriented School: An Evolving Concept (Gouvernment du Québec)

Evidence

Planning/Best Practices Guides

The Project Development Process. A Handbook (Direction des services aux communautés culturelles and École montréalaise Ministère de l'Éducation)

Assessment /Evaluation Tools

A New Direction for Success. Evaluation of an Innovative Project to Foster Cooperation Between Schools and Communities (Gouvernment du Québec)
The Guidance-Oriented School: A Preliminary Assessment (Gouvernment du Québec)

Online Training/Training Programs

Programs/Materials

Youth Net (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning
Careers to Explore- (Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning)
Just for Youth Resources (Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning)

Examples

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

Key Resources

Administered by: Shannon & McCall Consulting Ltd.