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Book # Title & Description Source/Author
#82 Helping Children and Youth with ADD succeed in After-School Programs: A Guide for Program Directors and Staff

This guide is designed to help program staff explore and understand the influencing factors and characteristics of children with ADD. It provides “hands-on” practical strategies for making adjustments that result in a more harmonious match between children’s capabilities and program expectations.
Newman, Roberta L
#77 Links to Learning: A Curriculum Planning Guide for After-School Programss

Based on a training developed by the National Institute on Out-Of-School Time (NIOST) to assist out-of-school time providers in responding to the call for after-school academics, while addressing the full range of children’s developmental needs
National Institute on Out-Of-School Time, Wellesley Centers for Women
#72 Guiding Growth: Training Staff for Working with Youth in After-School Programs

A Resource Guide to train afterschool program staff to enhance the quality of the care they provide. A great source of curricula, ideas, and information as well as how to work with the community at large.
4-H Afterschool
#68 Starting 4-H Clubs in After-School Programs

Provides information for those interested in getting 4-H clubs up and running in their area. This resource offers administrative materials, training templates, and other resources.
4-H Afterschool
#44 Challenges & Opportunities in After-School Programs: Lessons for Policymakers and Funders

ESS’s design intentionally embodies both model and city-level variations so the initiative and its accompanying evaluation can examine after-school programs in very different contexts.
Baldwin, Jean, et al. Public/Private Ventures
#1 School-Age Care Companion Guide: An Adult-Sized Guide to Child-Sized Environments

The Companion Guide addresses specific issues regarding programs exclusively serving school-age children, such as licensing, activities, and staffing.
Children’s Admn. Division of Licensed Resources Office of Child Care Policy
#45 Building for The Future: A Guide to Facilities Loan Funds for Community-Based Child and Family Services

A guide for policymakers, funders, program directors, and opinion leaders trying to expand and strengthen the system of supports and services for children and families.
Finance Project, The
#46 Creating Dedicated Local Revenue Sources for Out-of-School Time Initiatives: Strategy Brief

This brief first suggests general principles to guide the selection of strategies to create dedicated revenue sources for out-of-school time initiatives.
Finance Project, The
#47 Maximizing Federal Food & Nutrition Funds for Out-of-School Time & Community School Initiatives

This strategy brief first provides an overview of the major sources of federal food and nutrition funds that can support out-of-school time and community school programs.
Finance Project, The
#48 Using TANF to Finance Out-of-School Time Community School Initiatives

Explores three strategies for using TANF funding, discusses considerations for the use of each strategy, and provides examples of innovative state approaches.
Finance Project, The
#49 Making the MOST of Out-of-School Time: The Human Side of Quality (Video)

Portrays the importance of the relationships that children develop in out-of-school time programs. In the video, program directors, trainers and advocates share their thoughts on how to build these important relationships. (11 min.)
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
#3 The NSACA Standards for Quality School-Age Care

Describes the practices that lead to stimulating, safe, and supportive programs for young people ages 5 to 14 in their out-of-school time. 
National School-Age Child Care Alliance
#4 Beyond The Bell-A Toolkit for Creating Effective After-School Programs (2nd edition)

The Toolkit is designed around key decision points in six areas -- management, collaboration, programming, linkages with the traditional school day, evaluation, and communication.
NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
#5 Beyond The Bell-Linkages: Ideas for After-School Programs (video)

This video looks at 4 different after-school programs throughout the country, highlighting the ways that successful linkages between after-school programs and the regular school day enhance the total school experience.
NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
#50  Training New After-School Staff: Welcome to the World of School-Age Care!

A book for directors who want to provide new staff with important information and ideas for carrying out their responsibilities, but have limited resources or time to devote to staff training.
Newman, Roberta L.
#6 Skill Standards for School-Age Care Professionals

Contains a combination of background readings, models of skill standards, preferred development process, definition of terms, validation information and resource lists.
Peninsula College: Port Angeles, WA
#56 Summer Program Tips, Strategies, & Activities For School-Agers 5-14 Years-Old

An A-Z of how to do summer programs. It includes: marketing, scheduling, staffing, safety, model programs, older kids, checklists, skill outcomes, and discipline, Plus over 500 activity ideas.
Scofield, Rich
#8 School-Age Child Care-An Action Manual for the 90's and Beyond (2nd edition)

The manual guides the reader through the process of designing, implementing, and managing caring programs for children aged 5 to 12.
Seligson, Michelle & Michael Allenson
#28 What Happens When the School Year Is Over? The Use and Costs of Child Care for School-Age Children during the Summer Months

Assessing the New Federalism is a multi year Urban Institute project designed to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states.
Urban Institute, The

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