Summer Learning
Enriching Summer Programs Mean Success for All Children: How to Close the Achievement Gap Did you know that children who don’t have an enriching summer environment can lose up…
Help Teachers Handle Student Discipline Problems
We all have student discipline programs and we all have great staff working for our programs…but do they know how to handle discipline issues? This resource is proven to help teachers bring out the nest in students of all ages. (more…)
CSDE Bidders’ Conference Information
For those of you who missed the first session of the CT State Department of Education's After School Grant Bidder's Conference, you can still register for the morning or afternoon sessions…
Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives
School activities alone are not always sufficient to ensure children’s academic progress or socio-emotional development and well-being.
We offer after school programs because we know the time right after school is also the time that they are at high risk to act as perpetrators or be the victims of antisocial behavior. (more…)
Youth Programs…Promoting Quality Services
I think we can all agree that providing high-quality, high impact services to youth is the focus of many of your programs.
In this resource, you will learn if your practices are tied to this goal. (more…)
Team Challenges
Take team building to another level!
Teach youth how to communicate within groups in a entertaining and delightful way. With over 170 group activities, you can build cooperation, communication and creativity. (more…)
Science and the Doubting Thomas
An article by Joel Achenbach for National Geographic asks, “Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?“. I wondered the same thing myself. I’ve found people who adamantly refuse to believe that something has happened or existed even if the proof was presented. The article is fairly long but absolutely answers this particular vexing question. (more…)
Taking on Turnover
Every time a caregiver leaves, children experience loss. Turnover rates in after school are rising each year and can only worsen year after year. Break the silence that has surrounded turnover in school age programs. (more…)
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen…
A National Bestseller, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk and video series, will give you the know-how you need to be effective with your program students. This resource is a full of practical and innovative ways to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships.
What Teens Need to Succeed
A great resource for any teenager in your after school program. What Teens Need to Succeed gives them the power to shape their own future and change their lives for the better, by making a difference in the lives of people around them. (more…)