This study investigated work motivation and work engagement, along with their associated
factors, among unemployed young people participating in vocational training schemes in …

Abstract The SCANS Report for America, 2000 (1992) identified the skills youth need to
compete in the workplace. The not-for-profit sector responded by implementing programs …

Understanding the developmental and contextual nature of social and emotional
competencies has always been a key concern of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and …

Using a population of 126 disadvantaged youth enrolled in Comprehensive Employment
and Training Act (CETA) programs, the goal of a study was to develop an instructional model …

In the past 20 years, there has been an increased focus on what is variously called
noncognitive skills, soft skills, social-emotional learning (SEL) skills, 21st-century skills, and …

An estimated one-third of students fail to graduate after four years of high school. Further,
there is a trend of students dropping out of school at earlier grades than in the past. Reasons …

This study of job readiness training programs in Wisconsin utilized a qualitative case study
methodology focusing on lessons learned from participants. The researcher conducted semi …

The purpose of this article is to review the content of existing social—emotional learning
programs in the American K-12 curriculum and the relationship between the school-based …

This chapter connects resilience to the development of social and emotional competencies
(ie, the abilities to integrate thinking, feeling, and behavior to support positive intra-and …