Project Overview

ACROSS is a research-practice partnership (RPP) between researchers at the Institute of Human Development and Social Change and a cross-unit team at Good Shepherd Services. Goals are to produce shared knowledge, strengthen best practices, and build evaluation capacity in diverse out-of-school settings.

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications

• Cappella, E., Hwang, S.H.J., Kieffer, M., & Yates, M. (2017). Classroom practices and academic outcomes in urban afterschool programs: Alleviating social-behavioral risk. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 26(1), 42-51. doi: 10.1177/1063426617739254
• Frazier, S. L., Cappella, E., & Atkins, M. S. (2007). Linking mental health and after-school systems for children in urban poverty: Preventing problems, promoting possibilities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34, 389-399. doi:10.1007/s10488-007-0118-y