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Keijzer, Rineke; Admiraal, Wilfried; Van der Rijst, Roeland; Van Schooten, Erik – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
Vocational identity is a prerequisite for enhancing societal inclusion of at-risk emerging adults. School curricula and rebound programs need insights into individual differences of these youths to effectively foster their vocational identity. Identifying three aspects of vocational identity, a questionnaire study among at-risk emerging adults in…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Foreign Countries, Young Adults, At Risk Persons
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, Denver, CO. – 1990
This technical report examines the literature on substance abuse prevention programs among American Indian and Alaska Native populations, particularly high-risk youth, and reports on aspects of demonstration projects. The literature was reviewed for specific mention of attempted intervention activities focusing on alcohol and drug abuse prevention…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, At Risk Persons, Community Programs
Shah, Ritesh; Maber, Elizabeth; Cardozo, Mieke Lopes; Paterson, Roseanne – UNICEF, 2016
Too many parts of the world are suffering from conflict and its repercussions. Millions of children and young people are at risk of not reaching their full potential. Before more decades of development efforts are undone and future progress is blocked, it is a moral obligation of society to collectively find ways to foster social cohesion among…
Descriptors: War, Peace, Children, Youth
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
This second interim report presents evaluation results from Project Youth Experiencing Success (YES) and documents a decrease in the Virginia statewide event-dropout rate in grades 7 through 12 from 4.8 percent during the 1988-89 school year to 3.3 percent during the 1991-92 year. Event-dropout rates measure the proportion of students who drop out…
Descriptors: Ability, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
Fanshel, David; And Others – 1992
This book reports on a study of the urban poor in New York City focusing on the effectiveness of a model of service for this population. The project studied 160 families who were clients of the Lower East Side Family Union, an agency that aims to prevent foster care placement and to help clients mobilize their own coping capacities and to make…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Client Characteristics (Human Services)