Bøger af Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. This book offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to meet young people's developmental needs.

Focuses specifically on middle childhood - a discrete, pivotal period of development. This work examines the physical health and cognitive development of 6- to 12-year-old children as well as their surroundings: school and home environment, ecocultural setting, and family and peer relationships.

The economic and social challenges confronting the nation demand that all citizens acquire and learn to use complex reasoning and thinking skills. This volume highlights successful learning strategies, and makes specific recommendations about problems and directions requiring further study.

The US government supports programs to combat global HIV/AIDS through an initiative that is known as the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This title makes recommendations for improving the US government's bilateral programs as part of the US response to global HIV/AIDS.