@article{ref1,
title="Building resilience after school for early adolescents in urban poverty: open trial of Leaders @ Play",
journal="Administration and policy in mental health",
year="2014",
author="Frazier, Stacy L. and Dinizulu, Sonya Mathies and Rusch, Dana and Boustani, Maya M. and Mehta, Tara G. and Reitz, Kristin",
volume="42",
number="6",
pages="723-736",
abstract="Leaders @ Play is a park after-school program for urban middle school youth designed to leverage recreational activities for social emotional learning. Mental health and park staff co-facilitated sports and games to teach and practice problem solving, emotion regulation, and effective communication. Additional practice occurred during multi-family groups and summer internships as junior camp counselors. We examined feasibility and promise via an open trial (n = 3 parks, 46 youth, 100 % African American, 100 % low-income, 59 % female, M = 13.09 years old). Improvements in social skills and reductions in problem behaviors lend support to after school programs as a space for mental health promotion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-587X",
doi="10.1007/s10488-014-0608-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-014-0608-7"
}