PA444: Encouraging Youth Empowerment to Address Inequities: YPAR in Elementary Schools

Saturday, February 17, 2024
11:00 AM–11:50 AM CST

  • PMD: 4,6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. understand the steps and components of YPAR;
  2. identify the need for youth empowerment and agency in the school setting; and
  3. apply knowledge about facilitating YPAR and creating youth-led spaces to their own professional practice.

Description

This presentation focuses on youth participatory action research (YPAR) in upper elementary schools. YPAR is an equitable approach to social–emotional learning which can be utilized by practitioners and researchers.

Presenter(s)

Lillian Day, University of Massachusetts Boston
Reshma Sreekala, University of Massachusetts Boston
Amy L. Cook, University of Massachusetts Boston

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