The Refuge: An After-School Care Programme for African-American Children in Poverty

Autor/inn/en	Tuason, Ma. Teresa; Marcetic, Andjela; Roberts, Shavaun; Stuart, Karly; Rearick, Jessica
Titel	The Refuge: An After-School Care Programme for African-American Children in Poverty
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 179 (2009) 7, S.977-997 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Psychological Needs; Poverty; Family Relationship; Student Attitudes; After School Programs; Program Descriptions; African American Children; Program Evaluation; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Program Effectiveness; Violence; Safety; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Schülerverhalten; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Gewalt; Sicherheit; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	The Refuge is an after-school care programme in the southeastern USA that caters to the academic and psychological needs of impoverished African-American children. This study evaluated the Refuge through interviews with staff, small group discussions with children and persistent observation. By evaluating the after-school care services they receive, children expressed their need for safe and secure environments to grow, their vulnerability to family relationships, their need for fair treatment and nurturance in relationships and their want for opportunities to express their unique developmental strengths. Results reiterate child workers' significant and urgent purpose of reaching out to low-income African-American children to inspire them and urge them into vocations - despite the realities of death, poverty and violence in their lives. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10