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The Choices Program: Multisystemic Interventions for Enhancing the Personal and Academic Effectiveness of Urban Adolescents of Color
Elizabeth M. Vera
Loyola University Chicago
Jennifer Caldwell
Loyola University Chicago
Mary Clarke
Loyola University Chicago
Rufus Gonzales
DePaul University
Melissa Morgan
University of California, Santa Barbara
Melissa West
Loyola University Chicago
Through a collaboration with a public school in a poor, urban, largely Latino neighborhood, a multisystemic program was designed to foster positive youth development and promote school success. Aspects of the program highlighted include (a) the rationale; (b) interventions developed with and for youth, their parents, and their teachers; (c) the process of incorporating cultural issues into the program; and (d) evaluation strategies. Recommendations for future program development are provided along with general ideas for program evaluation.
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The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 35, No. 6,
779-796 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0011000007304590
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