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Mishna, Faye – Children & Schools, 2004
This article describes a pilot study using qualitative methods to investigate bullying from the perspectives of the victimized children, their parents, and educators. Interviews were conducted with children in grades 4 and 5 who self-identified as victims, one parent, each child's teacher, and school administrators. Two major themes emerged:…
Descriptors: Bullying, Grade 5, Teaching Methods, Grade 4
Mishna, Faye; Muskat, Barbara – Children & Schools, 2004
The authors describe a collaborative project that brought together children's mental health and education professionals to provide an intervention in schools for at-risk students with learning disabilities. Recognizing that the school environment is a target of change, the project used a direct intervention consisting of school-based group…
Descriptors: Group Therapy, High Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Intervention
Agresta, Jacqueline – Children & Schools, 2004
School social workers, school psychologists, and school counselors were surveyed. They reported the actual proportion of their professional time that they devoted and would ideally dedicate to each of 21 professional roles. They rated the appropriateness of each role for members of the three professions and indicated how often they felt…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Social Work, School Psychologists, School Counselors
Mccroskey, Jacquelyn; Picus, Lawrence O.; Yoo, Jane; Marsenich, Lynne; Robillard, Ed – Children & Schools, 2004
Understanding how money is spent to educate children and support families in local communities can help improve community decision making about public resources. This article reports on a process used in Los Angeles to derive estimates of total public expenditures on services for children and families in the community around the University of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Expenditures, Resource Allocation, Public Support
Jonson-Reid, Melissa; Kontak, Dot; Citerman, Barbara; Essma, Angie; Fezzi, Nancy – Children & Schools, 2004
This article describes the results from the first year of a longitudinal study of a school social work caseload in a large midwestern school district. The purpose of the investigation was to examine the relationship among case characteristics, types of services provided, and case dispositions. Data were collected using a management information…
Descriptors: Social Work, Pupil Personnel Services, Caseworker Approach, Case Records
Eamon, Mary Keegan; Altshuler, Sandra J. – Children & Schools, 2004
This study examined whether child, parental, and socioenvironmental factors predict disruptive school behavior two years later. Data from a sample of 10-to 12-year-old youths, including 289 African American, 183 Hispanic/Latino, and 335 non-Hispanic white youths from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were analyzed. Findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Prediction, Preadolescents
Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Ashton, Deb – Children & Schools, 2004
Students are going to school with an increasing number of social, emotional, and physical needs. These stressors are barriers to teacher success and student learning. Schools must find ways to address these concerns to accomplish their educational missions effectively. Innovative strategies for developing wrap-around services and supports for…
Descriptors: Pupil Personnel Services, Social Work, Agency Cooperation, Institutional Cooperation
Raines, James C. – Children & Schools, 2004
The author discusses five stages of EBP using school-based examples. Drawing a parallel between research and practice, the author addresses how to evaluate effectiveness using a person-in-environment approach. The author puts EBP into perspective by placing it alongside other important determinants of systematic eclecticism and by examining larger…
Descriptors: Social Work, Pupil Personnel Services, Methods, Research and Development
Tomb, Meghan; Hunter, Lisa – Children & Schools, 2004
Although anxiety disorders represent the primary reason children and adolescents are referred for mental health services, children showing symptoms of these disorders are not easily recognized. School-based practitioners are in a unique position to help minimize the risk and prevent the development of anxiety disorders. This article examines the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Prevention, Health Services, Adolescents
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
Teasley, Martell L. – Children & Schools, 2004
The author discusses the context in which absenteeism and truancy occur through an analysis of risk and protective mechanisms and suggests best practice methods based on a review of literature and research on several successful absenteeism and truancy prevention and reduction programs. The author suggests ways that school social workers can…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance, Risk, Prevention