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Waldron, Jennifer J.; Alborn-Yilek, Susan; Gute, Gary; Schares, Denise; Huckstadt, Kim – Journal of School Leadership, 2019
This descriptive study explored the influence of a 6-month well-being intervention on the leadership-life balance of school administrators. After completing the program, 12 administrators participated in a semistructured interview focused on their administrative duties, experience in the program, and changes in health-related knowledge/skills and…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Superintendents
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Sarmiento, Kelly; Mitchko, Jane; Klein, Cynthia; Wong, Sharon – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: To reduce the number of sports-related concussions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the support of partners and experts in the field, has developed a tool kit for high school coaches with practical, easy-to-use concussion-related information. This study explores the success of the tool kit in changing…
Descriptors: High Schools, Disease Control, Prevention, Focus Groups
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Marks, Beth; Sisirak, Jasmina; Heller, Tamar; Wagner, Mark – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Health screenings conducted during Special Olympics competitions and games have consistently shown that a significant number of athletes with intellectual disabilities (IDs) were overweight or obese, and surveys have indicated that athletes need more fitness training than they receive from their sport practices. In 2002, Special Olympics initiated…
Descriptors: Program Design, Body Weight, Health Promotion, Pilot Projects
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Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2006
For the first time ever, Citizen Through Sports Alliance (CTSA) convened a panel of youth sports experts from across the country to evaluate youth sports in the United States and articulate its successes and failures. The panel evaluated only community-based youth sports programs, focusing on those that serve children ages 6 to 14. The panel is…
Descriptors: Athletics, Report Cards, Program Evaluation, Youth Programs