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stuff like that': Relationships in After-School Programs\u003Cbr>Alan English\u003Cbr>Bethany College-Lindsborg, [englishae@bethanylb.edu](englishae@bethanylb.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations](https://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations)\u003Cbr> Part of the Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Educational Psychology Commons, Other Education Commons, and the Secondary Education Commons\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nEnglish, Alan (2020) \"'We’re like family and stuff like that': Relationships in After-School Programs,\"Educational Considerations: Vol. 46: No. 1. [https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.2200](https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.2200)  \n[This Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in](This Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in)[ ](This Article is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in)[Educational Considerations by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information](Educational Considerations by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information), please [contact](contact cads@k-state.edu)[ cads@k-state.edu](contact cads@k-state.edu).  \n'We’re like family and stuff like that': Relationships in After-School Programs  \nCover Page Footnote  \nI would like to briefly thank the staff and directors of the program studied, whose small size required their anonymity. They tirelessly and often thanklessly dedicate themselves to a program of which I have witnessed change lives. Like all of those that work with youth, however, they are often not present when the fruit of their efforts eventually reaches its full ripeness. Despite the demanding and often thankless job they take on, they went well above and beyond in assisting me in this project. I was continually blessed with an open door into their program, without which this project would have been impossible. They sacrificed their time and resources including but not limited to transporting participants. Additionally, they provided me with considerable history of the program, which added significant context to the study. At the risk of cliché, words cannot express the extent of my gratitude for the deeply meaningful work they do and their assistance they offered in helping me do mine.  \nThis article is available in Educational Considerations: [https://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations/vol46/iss1/5](https://newprairiepress.org/edconsiderations/vol46/iss1/5)  \n‘We’re like family and stuff like that’: Relationships in  \nAfter-School Programs  \nAlan English  \nIntroduction  \nWhile after-school programs have long-existed, they have seen a recent surge in popularity in the  \nlast few decades (DuBois et al. 2011, 57) . After-school programs have been demonstrated or  \ntheorized to be associated with a wide host of positive outcomes in youth including lower drug  \nusage (Rhodes, Reddy, and Grossman 2005), higher math and reading scores (Leos-Urbel 2015;  \nSheldon et al. 2010), improved interpersonal relationships (Rhodes, Reddy, and Grossman 2005),  \nhigher English grades (Shernoff 2010), increased physical activity (Gortmaker et al. 2011), and  \nlower rates of depression and social anxiety (DeWit et al. 2016) . Based on these demonstrated  \nbenefits, after-school programs need to be taken seriously as an imperative aspect of the greater  \neducational system. One of the most common mechanisms to be associated with the potential  \nbenefits of after-school programs is the development of positive relationships within the  \nprogram. Because these relationships can manifest themselves in a wide ran","cbCaimuFQBKsIvtT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimuFQBKsIvtT","pdf",387790,25,"English","# Introduction\n## Research purpose and scope\n## Relationship mechanisms and outcomes","[{\"question\":\"What positive outcomes are associated with after-school programs?\",\"answer\":\"After-school programs have been linked to lower drug usage, higher math and reading scores, improved interpersonal relationships, higher English grades, increased physical activity, and lower rates of depression and social anxiety.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper define after-school programs?\",\"answer\":\"It defines after-school programs broadly as programs primarily aimed at giving youth opportunities to build meaningful relationships with non-family adults or peers, provide safe and productive recreation, develop skills for productive adult life, or address specific issues facing youth today.\"},{\"question\":\"What gaps does the study highlight in existing research?\",\"answer\":\"The paper notes that research has often focused on characteristics of effective relationships, but has paid less attention to youth perceptions, the role of youth–youth relationships, and practical, research-based practices for program directors.\"}]","Educational Considerations - Vol. 46 - Article 5 | PDF",1792095280,63]