Development of an Activity Book Supplementing the Life-Skills Education Provided by Safe-Hub Philadelphia

Authors

Kylie Buck, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

6-28-2024

Comments

Presentation: 6:24

Poster attached as supplemental file below

Abstract

Youth sports participation and sport-based positive youth development programs are beneficial to participants. These programs have even more of an impact on players who are from communities that are considered socially vulnerable and under-resourced. One such program, in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Harrowgate, is Safe-Hub Philadelphia. Though soccer, life-skills are taught to help develop the whole child. An activity book titled The Quest for the Golden Ball was developed to supplement the education in a read/write learning style for players ages 6 to 10. The activity book consists of educational content mixed with activities, journal prompts with bulleted responses, and coloring. Future consideration for this activity book could include a roll out in the next full season with a study to determine the impact of the educational intervention.

Lay Summary

Youth sports participation and sport-based positive youth development programs are beneficial to participants. Sport-based positive youth development program use sport as a means for developing psychological, physical, cognitive, and behavioral competencies to address daily challenges. These programs have even more of an impact on players who are considered socially vulnerable and under-resourced. One such program, in the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Harrowgate, is Safe-Hub Philadelphia. Though soccer, life-skills are taught to help develop the whole child. The life skills include respect, teamwork, self-control, and perseverance. An activity book titled The Quest for the Golden Ball was developed to supplement the education in a read/write learning style for players ages 6 to 10. During practice three other learning styles, auditory, visual, and kinesthetic are incorporated. The activity book consists of educational content mixed with activities, journal prompts with bulleted responses, and coloring. Future consideration could include a study to see it players learn new skills from use of the activity book.

Recommended Citation

Buck, Kylie, "Development of an Activity Book Supplementing the Life-Skills Education Provided by Safe-Hub Philadelphia" (2024). Master of Public Health Capstone Presentations. Presentation 545.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/mphcapstone_presentation/545

Language

English