Feasibility of a Social-emotional Learning Curriculum in a STEM-based After-school Program

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The goal of this single arm study is to: 1. primary purpose: to determine the feasibility of a novel social-emotional learning curriculum when implemented in the STEM Academy program at the Visions of Science after school program; 2a. secondary purpose: to determine whether the novel social-emotional learning curriculum has positive effects youth social emotional learning skills; 2b. secondary purpose: to determine whether the novel social-emotional learning curriculum has positive effects on youth resilience and overall functioning. Participants: 1. Facilitators working with the STEM Academy program at the Visions of Science after school program 2. Youth aged 11-14 who participate in the STEM Academy program at the Visions of Science after school program 3. Parents of youth who participate in the STEM Academy Visions of Science after school program The main questions this study aims to answer are: Primary Objectives: 1. Is the novel social-emotional curriculum feasible within the STEM Academy program at the Visions of Science after school program? 2. Is the novel social-emotional curriculum acceptable within the STEM Academy program at the Visions of Science after school program? 3. Is the novel social-emotional curriculum appropriate within the STEM Academy program at the Visions of Science after school program? Secondary Objectives: Social-emotional learning skills 1\. Have youth social-emotional learning skills improved as a result of participating in the novel social-emotional learning curriculum? Secondary Objectives: Resilience and overall functioning 1\. Have youth resilience abilities and overall functioning improved as a result of participating in the novel social-emotional learning program? Comparator: None Measures: Primary Objective: Feasibility After school program staff participants will be asked to complete: * 3 feasibility measures (feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness of intervention) after each social-emotional module they complete teaching. * weekly fidelity checklists to assess feasibility. Youth participants will be asked to complete: \- the intervention appropriateness measure during the post-curriculum data collection time point. Secondary Objective: Social-emotional learning skills After school program staff participants will be asked to complete the following measure pre- and post-curriculum implementation: \- social-emotional learning skills measure for each youth aged 11-14 years in their class. Youth participants will be asked to complete the following measure pre- and post-curriculum implementation: \- social-emotional learning skills measure Parents participants whose youth are in the intervention arm will be asked to participate in an interview. Secondary objective: Resilience and overall functioning After school program staff participants will be asked to complete the follow measures pre- and post-curriculum implementation: \- overall functioning measure for each youth aged 11-14 years in their class. Youth participants will be asked to complete: \- resilience measure

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