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Publication Date: 1995
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New Paths to the Middle Class: Developing Social Skills Employing Positive Peer Culture.
Donlevy, James G.; Donlevy, Tia Rice
International Journal of Instructional Media, v22 n4 p267-76 1995
Describes Positive Peer Culture (PPC), a school-based program for teaching social skills to adolescents, especially those in foster care or juvenile justice residential settings. Outlines problem types, discusses formal and informal group meetings and benefits of PPC (critical thinking, participatory democracy, real-world literacy, business meetings), and suggests steps to adopting PPC in residential and public schools. (PEN)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Rehabilitation, Critical Thinking, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Democracy, Foster Care, Group Therapy, Interpersonal Competence, Juvenile Justice, Literacy, Middle Class, Peer Groups, Public Schools, Rehabilitation Programs, School Activities, Secondary Education, Social Problems, Student Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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