| 339 | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
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| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM | Convention Center:151ABC |
| NASPE/Youth Sports Coalition |
endorsed by American Association for Health Education, Children, Youth and Families Council, School K-12, Sport Sociology Academy |
| Faces Around Us: A Multicultural After School Program for At-Risk Immigrant and Refugee Youth |
| An after school program that uses physical activity to teach responsibility to at-risk diverse immigrant and refugee youth in Greensboro, North Carolina. The participants of this session will be informed about: (1) the purpose and history of the program; (2) the components, challenges, and successes of the program; (3) the perceptions of the youth and parents on the program; and (4) insights of culturally appropriate interventions. |
Keyword(s): multiculturalism/cultural diversity, youth sports, youth-at-risk
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| Speaker: Jerono Phylis Rotich, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC |