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Canfield, James P.; Kokotek, Leslie; Kim, Suk Hee; Kinney, Wayne; Harley, Dana – Children & Schools, 2023
Social communication is closely related to overall and general adolescent mental health and predictive of problem behaviors in adulthood. However, adolescents with social communication deficits remain an underidentified and underserved population, especially in school-based settings. In part, this is due to the dearth of social communication…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Adolescents, Mental Health
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Wilkins, Brittany Taylor; Mullins, Mary H.; Mahan, Amber; Canfield, James P. – Children & Schools, 2016
The federal government enacted the McKinney--Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVA) to equip schools with services to help alleviate the many barriers students experiencing homelessness face in pursuit of educational opportunities. Educational agencies use federally mandated liaisons to uphold the provisions of the MVA. Despite the homeless liaisons'…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Barriers, Access to Education
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Canfield, James P. – Children & Schools, 2014
School social workers are at the forefront of serving homeless children and youths as they pursue education. Because of the negative impact homelessness can have on academic outcomes for children, understanding what factors are perceived to either hinder or facilitate practice and what factors might influence perceptions of practice with this…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Barriers, Homeless People