2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Benefits I & Youth Development ResiliencyAssessmentBenefits IIRALLY

A monumental book on the children and nature movement.

Last Child in the Woods

…can include heightened awareness ethics toward the environment that stem from outdoor recreation and education programs.

Environmental Benefits

…can include provision of opportunities for quality family time and multicultural exchange.

Community Benefits

…can include not only the money received by agencies as a direct result of an event or program, but also the increased tax base created as people move into a community that has become more attractive because of its recreation opportunities.

Economic Benefits

…describes an approach in which recreation professionals engineer theory-based experiences that are directed at specific, targeted outcomes (Hurtes, Allen & Stevens, 2000).

Benefits-Based Programming

The movement seeks to shift the perception of recreation as a discretionary service to an essential preventive, developmental, and rehabilitative human service (Allen, Stevens, Hurtes, & Harwell, 1998).

The Benefits Movement

Outcome-oriented program goals should be identified that are meaningful to the agency, the participants, and other stakeholders.

Step 1 in BBP

Program components should be intentionally structured to address the stated goals.

Step 2 in BBP

The progress toward the desired goals must be assessed.

Step 3 in BBP

Publicize its accomplishments.

Step 4 in BBP

Collaborative partnership: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Public Schools, and Harvard

RALLY Model in Norfolk, VA

Prevention in- and after-school program focused on the socio- emotional part of the youth

RALLY: Responsive Advocacy for Life and Learning in Youth

PEAK: Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids

…the programming component used to target youth and nature.

Resiliency and Character Education

Two targeted areas from the RALLY Program

Standardized test scores steadily improved Marked declines in their students’ problems in the classroom

Academic improvement from RALLY programs

…an individual is who has the capacity to effectively cope, adjust and respond to problems, issues, and circumstances that face him or her in everyday life.

Resiliency

Increasing self-awareness and developing sense of identity

Insight

Generating alternatives to help cope

Creativity

…making decisions that include the desire to life a good life.

Values Orientation/Morality

… issues that may lead to undesirable, unhealthy behaviors, increased levels of stress and inconsistent parenting.

Risk Factors

Resiliency and Attitudes Skills Profile

RASP

Collective Responsibility for Excellence and Ethics

CREE

Internal Consistency Cronbach’s alpha =.91 Convergent Validity Significantly correlated with... MHI Psychological well-being =.47 Psychological distress = -.22

Resiliency Attitudes & Skills Profile: Reliability and Validity

The longest running student run conference in the country

Cortland Recreation Conference

70 participants

What is the largest number of RALLY participants in a single day?