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Chanmugam, Amy – Children & Schools, 2009
This qualitative study explored school social workers' relationships during instances of abuse and neglect reporting, focusing on reports made for children and adolescents already receiving school social work services. Although school social workers frequently file abuse and neglect reports, little is known about how they manage clinical and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Focus Groups, Caregivers, Confidentiality
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Kelly, Michael; Stone, Susan – Children & Schools, 2009
This study is a secondary analysis of surveys collected from school social workers in Illinois. Workers were originally surveyed about the most important student problems they confront in their schools and their preferred targets of intervention (individual, small group, family) to address those problems. Drawing on related conceptual work, the…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Individual Counseling, Group Counseling, School Social Workers
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Allen, Susan F. – Children & Schools, 2009
Prevention programs in schools are one response to youth, community, and family violence. Many of these programs target older children and adolescents. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the preschool curriculum of the Peacemakers program, which was developed by a consortium of social service agencies for implementation in schools. This…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Experimental Groups, Prevention, Holistic Approach
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Bye, Lynn; Shepard, Melanie; Partridge, Jamie; Alvarez, Michelle – Children & Schools, 2009
In an era of fiscal constraint and increased accountability, consistent perceptions of the expectations, means of funding, and reporting of outcomes between administrators and school social workers is vital. School social workers and school administrators in four school districts in Minnesota were surveyed regarding outcomes expected as a result…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Attendance, School Social Workers, Social Work
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Harrison, Kimberly; Harrison, Richard – Children & Schools, 2009
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 mandates the use of positive behavior support (PBS) and functional assessment under certain conditions within the public school setting. In this article the authors review the historical and philosophical tenets of PBS and functional assessment and discuss how specific clinical expertise…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Role, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Public Schools
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Corbin, Joanne N. – Children & Schools, 2005
The limited participation of school social workers in leadership and policy-making activities in school-level systemic work has been well documented. This conceptual article explores the opportunities for school social workers' increased involvement in leadership and policy making in their schools resulting from comprehensive school reform…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Leadership, Policy Formation, Social Work
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Erickson, Christina L.; Mattaini, Mark A.; McGuire, Melissa S. – Children & Schools, 2004
Youth violence is widely recognized as a critical problem in the United States, and many approaches to prevention and intervention have been developed in recent years. Although children are safer in school than anywhere else, school violence remains a serious concern, and schools have proven to be among the most accessible nexuses for prevention…
Descriptors: Prevention, School Culture, Violence, Educational Environment