Nurturing young minds through nature: How Rutgers' NTN program positively impacts at-risk youth

<p>On this episode of EJBTalks <a href="https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/shapiro">Stuart&nbsp;Shapiro</a>&nbsp;welcomes Bloustein School colleague, Professor Radha Jagannathan and Professor <a href="http://dafre.rutgers.edu/faculty.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Michael Camasso</a> from Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) to discuss their shared interest in social welfare program evaluation and their program <a href="https://ntn.rutgers.edu/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Nurture through Nature</a> (NtN). They discuss the after-school and summer program NtN provides for students in the New Brunswick school district and how their rigorous program evaluation methods are in place to ensure NtN produces measurable positive progress in student development. They also touch on the positive impacts the program had on their first graduated cohort, the challenges the COVID19 pandemic has brought, and program expansion possibilities both locally and globally.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ejbtalks/message