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ERIC Number: EJ352315
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Character Education and Clinical Intervention: A Paradigm Shift for U.S. Schools.
London, Perry
Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n9 p667-73 May 1987
In response to changing social norms and "psychosocial epidemics" disrupting children's lives, schools must become more important agents of character development, providing education in civic virtue and personality adjustment. Schools'"damage control" function cannot succeed without involving families and reevaluating existing intervention training and research strategies. Includes 24 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems, Intervention, Mental Health, Psychological Needs, Social Problems, Social Values, Socialization, Student Needs, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Character Education; Psychosocial Crisis