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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Mallett, Christopher A.; Stoddard-Dare, Patricia; Workman-Crewnshaw, Lisa – School Social Work Journal, 2011
In pursuit of their mission to augment the educational process, school social workers provide service to special education students and to youths at risk for juvenile delinquency. This paper builds on previous literature that has looked at the relationship between special education disabilities and youths offending behaviors and delinquency. In…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Disabilities, School Social Workers
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Hendricks, George E.; Barkley, William M. – School Social Work Journal, 2011
No published studies using statewide end-of-grade (EOG) scores have compared the academic achievement of homeless and normally housed students. This preliminary quasi-experimental study used archival records from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction of more than 57,000 grade six students in 2006 and more than 94,000 grade six…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Homeless People, Academic Achievement, School Social Workers
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Steele, William; Kuban, Caelan; Raider, Melvyn C. – School Social Work Journal, 2009
This qualitative study illustrates the resilience and posttraumatic growth characteristics (PTG) that were present and distinguished in those children who showed the greatest improvement and sustained gains after completion of the I Feel Better Now! program compared to children who showed statistically significant improvement after program…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Early Intervention, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
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Westhues, Anne; Hanbidge, Alice Schmidt; Gebotys, Robert; Hammond, Angela – School Social Work Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a school-based emotion regulation group program or a community-based emotion regulation group program for children in grades one through six identified as at risk for emotional and behavioral problems is most effective in improving student functioning. Outcome measures included emotional…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Self Control
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Newsome, W. Sean; Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Fink, Janet; Hall, Lisa; Huffer, Jim – School Social Work Journal, 2008
With the current emphasis on accountability in kindergarten through twelfth-grade education, greater demands have been placed on school social workers. In fact, many federal, state, and school officials are demanding the use of evaluative outcome research that demonstrates the potential impact of supportive services. The present study examined the…
Descriptors: Truancy, At Risk Students, School Social Workers, Social Work
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Weinman, Maxine L.; Buzi, Ruth S.; Smith, Peggy B.; Nevarez, Lucinda – School Social Work Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a fatherhood program on risk behaviors among three groups of young fathers: those still in school (21%), those who had dropped out (52%), and those who graduated from high school or completed a GED (27%). The sample consisted of 198 young fathers who participated in a school-linked…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Smoking, Dropouts, Sexually Transmitted Diseases