A Place to Call Home: After-School Programs for Urban Youth

By Barton J. Hirsch

Book Overview

In A Place to Call Home, Barton J. Hirsch identifies the strengths of after-school settings while challenging them to rise to new levels of excellence. After-school programs have attracted a strong... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807745464
• ISBN13: 9780807745465
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

The result of research conducted over a 40 year period

The result of an impressive and accessible scholarship, A Place To Call Home: After-School Program For Urban Youth by Barton J. Hirsch (Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University) is the result of research conducted by the author over a four-year period at six Boys & Girls Clubs located in low-income, predominately minority, urban neighborhoods. This study documents the crucial support that after-school programs provide urban youth with case illustrations, insightful analysis, and verbatim field notes. Enhanced with an extensive bibliography and an index, A Place To Call Home is strongly recommended reading for students of Urban Studies, Child Psychology, Education and School-Age Child Care issues.