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About PEAR
The Program in Education, Afterschool, and Resiliency

Dedicated to the "whole child--the whole day," PEAR continuously integrates research, theory, and practice for lasting connections between youth development, school reform, and mental health. PEAR creates and fosters evidence-based innovations so that increasingly "young people can learn, dream, and thrive."

PEAR is located at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Its programs and projects are a part of a number of Boston schools replicated in other parts of the country.

LATEST JOURNAL

Youth in Participatory Action Research No. 123 Edited by: Tara M. Brown, Louie F. Rodriguez Fall 2009 Purchase this issue.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

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February 17-20, 2010 - Beyond School Hours XIII - Expanding Foundations for Learning Conference (more info...)

•Upcoming Action Dialogues•
"Universities in Partnership: Strategies for Education, Youth Development and Community Renewal"
February 2, 2010
10:30am-12:00pm EST.

Panelists are Ira Harkavy, Matthew Hartley, Linda Greenough McGlynn Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. and Gil Noam
You can register by going to this link:
www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=818837

"Youth in Participatory Action Research"
February 25, 2010
10:30am-12:00pm EST.

With Tara Brown, Louie Rodriguez and Gil Noam
Registration will open soon for this event.

National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)

Our Mission is to ensure that all children, youth, and families have access to high quality programs, activities, and opportunities during non-school hours. We believe that these experiences are essential to the healthy development of children and youth, who then can become effective and capable members of society. Our work bridges the worlds of research and practice.

HIGHLIGHTED READINGS

Where Youth Development Meets Mental Health and Education: The RALLY Approach
New Directions for Youth Development
Edited by: Tina Malti, Gil G. Noam

A New Day for Youth: Creating Sustainable Quality in Out of School Time
Gil G. Noam

Toward a Systematic Evidence-Base for Science in Out-of-School Time: The Role of Assessment
Karen Hussar, Ed.D.
Sarah Schwartz, M.Ed.
Ellen Boiselle, Ph.D.
Gil G. Noam, Ed.D., PhD. (Habil)

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PEAR Impact

Team-building exercise from PEAR Impact Kickoff in October

After two years of preparation, planning and curriculum development, PEAR launched a significant initiative in October.   PEAR Impact is an innovative consultation, training and certification program.  School and afterschool leadership staff are participating in this two-year train-the-trainer course that simultaneously helps reorganize the system of student support in each setting.

The program integrates up-to-date research findings and theoretical frameworks from the fields of psychology, youth development and education to strengthen internal capacity and develop adult potential to more effectively address a broad range of socio-emotional needs among young people. 

This first training cohort represents a collaboration between PEAR, the Boston Public Schools' Department of Extended Learning Time, Afterschool, and Services (DELTAS) and the United Way of MA Bay and Merrimack Valley,

For more information about this new initiative from PEAR, please contact pearimpact@mclean.harvard.edu.

PEAR IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR INFORMAL SCIENCE PROGRAMMING!!!

The ATIS – Assessment Tools in Informal Science – Website is a new resource for evaluating science programming in museums, schools, afterschool and summer programs.  ATIS was developed based on recommendations from a PEAR report funded by the Noyce Foundation. In a yearlong study, PEAR conducted an extensive critical review of available assessment resources. ATIS is the product of this report; a resource designed to help practitioners, evaluators, researchers and policymakers understand and select appropriate tools to assess the quality of science learning and child outcomes in out-of-school time programs.

Find descriptions, ratings and reviews for informal science assessment tools! Explore ATIS (www.pearweb.org/atis) now!