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Ramirez, Octavio – Children & Schools, 2013
This article explores the coping strategies of five junior-high school students with a history of peer victimization and how those strategies help them manage the effects of bullying. The data were collected using observations, interviews, and a review of school records. The data were analyzed using categorical aggregation, direct interpretation,…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Observation, Interviews, Bullying
Ziv, Naomi; Dolev, Einat – Children & Schools, 2013
School bullying is a source of growing concern. A number of intervention programs emphasize the importance of a positive school climate in preventing bullying behavior. The aim of the presented pilot study was to examine whether calming background music, through its effect on arousal and mood, could create a pleasant atmosphere and reduce bullying…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intervention, Aggression, Bullying
Cawood, Natalie Diane – Children & Schools, 2013
A cross-sectional, Web-based survey was completed by 250 members of the School Social Work Association of America. This article addresses the research-practice gap in the delivery of mental health services in the school setting by examining the extent to which evidence-supported school violence intervention programs (ESPs) are known and used by…
Descriptors: Violence, Intervention, School Social Workers, Mental Health Programs
Peckover, Christopher A.; Vasquez, Matthew L.; Van Housen, Stephanie L.; Saunders, Jeanne A.; Allen, Larry – Children & Schools, 2013
The authors begin this article by highlighting clinical social casework as a historic trend in school social work practice. They then identify two major shifts in current education policy related to school social work practice. One shift is an emphasis on a multilevel intervention approach, and the other is the differentiation between academic and…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Social Work, School Social Workers, Caseworkers
Phillippo, Kate L.; Blosser, Allison – Children & Schools, 2013
This article analyzes school social work's history to provide perspective on current dilemmas in social work practice and research. The authors use interstitial emergence theory, which holds that practices from overlapping fields (like social work and K-12 education) can develop into new fields, as an analytic framework. This perspective extends…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Journal Articles, Content Analysis, Social Work
Mallett, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2013
Privatized service delivery within Medicaid has greatly increased over the past two decades. This public program-private sector collaboration is quite common today, with a majority of Medicaid recipients receiving services in this fashion; yet controversy remains. This article focuses on just one program within Medicaid, school-based services for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Schools, Private Sector, Social Work
Bender, Kimberly – Children & Schools, 2012
Research consistently demonstrates that youths who experience maltreatment are at greater risk for committing delinquent behavior. Yet little is known about how to disrupt this maltreatment-delinquency relationship. Life course theory suggests that youths who bond with prosocial individuals and traditional institutions subscribe to prosocial norms…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Child Welfare, Mediation Theory, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Dente, Claire L.; Parkinson Coles, Kallie – Children & Schools, 2012
This article presents a compelling case for the increased role of social workers in work with individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome in secondary school settings, specifically in transition planning for postsecondary educational pursuits. Social work education prepares social workers to address micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Systems Approach, Social Environment
Mallett, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2012
Many victims of childhood maltreatment experience difficulties in school and with academic performance. This article reviews the evidence on the connection between childhood maltreatment and school performance and presents an evaluation of a unique program established by Children's Services in Lorain County, Ohio. Since 2001, the School Success…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Basic Writing, Child Abuse, Grade Point Average
Gustavsson, Nora; MacEachron, Ann E. – Children & Schools, 2012
Recent child welfare legislation requires agencies to address the educational well-being of foster youths. Schools face new accountability standards through No Child Left Behind and the Obama "Blueprint for Reform" as they move toward the goal of ensuring that all children receive a quality education. Both of these pieces of legislation…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality, Child Welfare
Jones, Loring P. – Children & Schools, 2012
This study examines factors that contributed to successful outcomes (graduated high school, remained in school, went to a lower level of care, or reunified with parents) for the first 246 residents of a residential education placement. Residential education placements' primary purpose is to provide an educational program rather than mental health…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Residential Programs, Outcomes of Education, Mental Health
Fram, Maryah Stella; Kim, Jinseok – Children & Schools, 2012
A majority of U.S. children attend some type of child care before entering kindergarten. The quality of child care environment and of teacher-child interactions appear to influence children's development, but little attention has been paid to the influence of child-care peers. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort,…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Child Care, Peer Groups, Expressive Language
Johnson, Sarah Lindstrom; Burke, Jessica Griffin; Gielen, Andrea Carlson – Children & Schools, 2012
This article provides information about aspects of the school environment students perceive to influence the occurrence of school violence. Concept mapping, a mixed-methods methodology, was used with two groups of urban, primarily African American high school students (N = 27) to create conceptual frameworks of their understanding of the school…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Concept Mapping
Hodge, David R. – Children & Schools, 2012
The population of students with limited English proficiency--a disproportionate number of whom are urban Latinos living in low-income neighborhoods--is increasing rapidly. School districts serving these populations must meet escalating academic benchmarks, as stipulated by No Child Left Behind, or incur sanctions. This pressure has led many…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Mishna, Faye; Muskat, Barbara; Cook, Charlene – Children & Schools, 2012
Intervention research is vital for social work, as it aims to develop practice/program approaches and provide evidence to understand which interventions are effective and for whom. Despite growing attention, little social work research exists that evaluates interventions. Among the reasons for the dearth of intervention research within social work…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Evidence, Intervention, Self Advocacy