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Williams, Jeanne – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Middle school is a time when adolescents struggle with social challenges, self-identity, and self-esteem. Social workers are critical stakeholders to support families in schools; these professionals serve in a unique capacity to assist with attendance, provide medical and behavioral support and connect families with resources to mitigate barriers…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Social Isolation, Caseworkers
Theresa Udziela – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Even though mental health has continued to move to the forefront of the public attention, there continues to be a resistance in recognition of a mental health concern, and treatment for certain mental health conditions or disorders by the majority of adolescents and youth that are not seeking treatment. The purpose of this qualitative multiple…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Academic Achievement
Balenzano, Caterina; Moro, Giuseppe; Cassibba, Rosalinda – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: The article describes an evaluation study to test the effectiveness of "Storie in gioco" project (Stories in Play, Storie in gioco [SIG]), a dropout prevention intervention aimed to prevent early school leaving (ESL) in at risk students. Method: The research used a mixed-method approach: in the quantitative phase, a two-group…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Intervention, Dropouts, At Risk Students
Baldridge, Biana J. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: The current educational market nestled in neoliberal and market-based reform efforts has shifted the nature of public education. Community-based educational spaces are also shaped within this context. As such, given the political and educational climate youth workers are situated in, their role as advocates, cultural workers,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Youth, Social Work, Caseworkers
Wade, Julie; Maina, Nyambura – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2016
Students who received mental health services at a Linkages to Learning (LTL) site showed improvement on some measures of well-being and school engagement, including self-ratings of self-concept and attendance. Families who received case management services showed improvement on multiple areas of self-sufficiency, and large percentages of…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Caseworker Approach, School Health Services, Access to Health Care
Robertson, Anne S.; McBride, Amanda Moore; Chung, Saras; Williams, Allison – Power and Education, 2017
This article examines the impact of a service-learning program based on positive youth development and social and emotional learning principles in two high-poverty urban middle schools. A longitudinal mixed-methods design was implemented, and qualitative data analysis yielded unexpected results associated with the professional development of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Development, Emotional Development, Urban Schools
Eklund, Katie; Meyer, Lauren; Bosworth, Kris – Journal of School Violence, 2018
School resource officers (SROs) are being increasingly employed in schools to respond to incidents of school violence and to help address safety concerns among students and staff. While previous research on school safety and crisis teams has examined the role of school mental health professionals' and administrators, fewer studies have evaluated…
Descriptors: School Safety, Crisis Management, Mental Health Workers, Police School Relationship
Andrews, P. Gayle; Leonard, Susan Y. – Education Sciences, 2018
Universities engage students in traditional service-learning projects that often yield "good feelings", even a savior mentality, but typically leave the root causes of social justice issues unexamined and untouched. In contrast to traditional service-learning, critical service-learning bridges this gap with an explicit focus on justice…
Descriptors: Reflection, Service Learning, Professional Development Schools, Learner Engagement
Leonard, Skyler S.; Gudiño, Omar G. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Youth placed in out-of-home care are at significant risk of low academic achievement and poor mental health. Few studies have considered the potential effects of school-related factors, such as school placement stability and school engagement, on youth outcomes. Objective: The current study examined the potential main effects of school…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Academic Achievement, Student Placement
Belknap, Bridget; Taymans, Juliana – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2015
Special education teachers leave the field at a rate that outpaces their general education teacher counterparts, with special education teaching positions unfilled at a rate 5.5 times greater than general education positions (Boe, 2006). This study identified perceptions of risk and resilience in nine first year special education teachers in order…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Risk, Resilience (Psychology)
Frazelle, Sarah; Nagel, Aisling – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2015
To stem the tide of students dropping out, many schools and districts are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school. While some research exists about establishing these systems, there is little information about the actual implementation strategies that are being used across…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Prevention
Jones, Michael O. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the evaluation was to evaluate two alternative programs in a North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC) public school district to determine if they are effective in delivering constructive interventions that modify student behavior once students have left the programs and have returned to their regular learning environments. This…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Nontraditional Education, School Districts, Public Schools
Smith, Tracy W.; Lambie, Glenn W. – Middle School Journal (J1), 2005
As institutions collectively serving young adolescents of every race, creed, ethnic, and socioeconomic group, middle level schools provide an ideal environment for combating adolescent abuse and neglect. Additionally, because of their frequent, recurring, and long-term contact with the young adolescents they teach, middle level teachers are in an…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Adolescents, Child Abuse, Middle School Teachers