Learning Supports Links

Articles & Websites:

Developing Our Youth: Fulfilling a Promise, Investing in Iowa’s Future: Enhancing Iowa’s Systems of Supports for Learning and Development
Full report, 58 pages:
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/iowasystemofsupport.pdf

Summary of Developing Our Youth: Fulfilling a Promise, Investing in Iowa’s Future:  Enhancing Iowa’s Systems of Supports for Learning and Development
6 pages:
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/iowabriefsummaryofdesign.pdf

New Directions for Student Support. . . Iowa’s Initiative
2 pages:
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/iaflyer.pdf

Assuring No Child is Left Behind:  Enhancing Learning Supports by Building a Comprehensive System to Close the Achievement Gap and Ensure All Students have an Equal Opportunity to Succeed at School
10 pages:
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/iaassuringpaper.pdf

Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development Website
http://www.icyd.org/LearningSupports.asp

National Initiative: New Directions for Student Support:  June 6, 2005 Progress Report, 3 pages
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/briefreport(6-6-05).pdf

National Initiative:  New Directions for Student Support:
Rethinking Student Support to Enable Students to Learn and Schools to Teach
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/ndannouncement.htm 

Iowa Behavioral Alliance for Positive Behavior Supports, Drop-Out Prevention, and Mental Health Initiatives:
http://www.educ.drake.edu/rc/alliance.html

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program:
http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/

Links to Data about Students, Families, and Communities

Iowa Youth Survey:
http://www.state.ia.us/dhr/cjjp/ythsurvey99.html (1999)
http://www.state.ia.us/dhr/cjjp/ythsurvey02.html (2002)

Family and Community Indicator Tracking System (FACITS), has data by county:
http://facits.idph.state.ia.us/

Community Health Needs Assessment Data.  This website also has data by county:
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/do/CHNA/chnadata.htm

Child & Family Policy Center:
http://www.cfpciowa.org

Kids Count 2005 Data Book and State Level Data Online:
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp

Local Level Data for Youth Development Result Areas:
http://www.icyd.org/projects_resultarea.asp