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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"School Interventions"”.
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Case Study of Counseling Interventions with a Child with Asperger's Syndrome
… increased. Therefore, effective counseling interventions are needed to help children develop social skills that will assist them in daily activities. The paper reviews areas of deficits experienced by children with AS; social communication, social interaction, cognition, behavior, motor …
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Testing a model of school learning: what contributes to the academic success of at-risk high school students?
… the nature and extent of the influences on the school learning of at-risk high school students. Despite unprecedented compensatory education, minority and low SES high school students continue to achieve below their classmates. Secondary school interventions might be more effective, but because …
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Being LGBT in a Catholic School: Understanding Students' Lived Experience to Influence School Leadership Practice
… in practice study was to describe the in-school experiences of LGBT students at Catholic high schools. The aim of the study was to create a framework to develop in-school interventions for LGBTQ+ students in a small independent Catholic high school. Using a phenomenological approach, the …
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The Food Education Project: Teaching Nutrition through Environmental Awareness
… will be conducted to examine the relevance of in school interventions to combat obesity and type II diabetes. Next, a description of the Food Education Project’s staff will be provided as well as various programmatic ways in which FEP is trying to address the obesity epidemic. The importance of a …
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Missing voices: the educational experiences of girls with autism
… of adolescent girls with autism from mainstream schools in Northern Ireland. <br/><br/>The female presentation of autism has remained largely unexplored and in particular, the adolescent female perspective of autism has had limited voice. Photovoice, a participatory arts-based method, has been …
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Peer-group Predictors of Homophobic Harassment Among Middle School Students
Homophobic victimization in schools is prevalent and has been linked to numerous negative outcomes such as depression, suicidality, and feeling unsafe in schools (Cochran & Mays, 2000; D'Augelli & Hershberger, 1993; Hershberger & D’Augelli, 1995; Kosciw & Diaz, 2006; Rivers, 2000; Rivers, 2004). …
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Children's Physical Self-Efficacy and Free-Time Physical Activity
… and children’s physical activity; however, school interventions focused on this relationship show limited success. Grounded in Social Cognitive Theory, the purpose of this two-phase mixed method study was to better understand the relationship between Grade 5/6 students’ physical …
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Victimization, Perceived Social Support, and Psychological Outcomes Among African -American and Caucasian Adolescents
… functioning. Participants were 450 high school students enrolled in physical education courses at a medium-sized Midwestern school. To assess victimization history, respondents completed the American Association of University Women Sexual Harassment Survey (AAUW, 1993), the Victimization …
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Testing the influence of gendered harassment on mental health outcomes in adolescence using longitudinal structural equation modeling
… and homophobic name calling, is prevalent in schools and is linked to negative outcomes including depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance abuse, and personal distress (Chiodo, Wolfe, Crooks, Hughes, & Jaffe, 2009; Espelage, Aragon, Birkett, & Koenig, 2008; Espelage, Low, & De La Rue, 2012; …
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CRITICAL ISSUES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION: IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ADDRESSING ABSENTEEISM
… with disabilities (SWDs) who attended pre-K in school-based and center-based settings, as well as those who did not attend pre-K. I also look at associations between attending school-based pre-K (SBPK) and disability status from kindergarten to 5th grade. Results demonstrate that attending SBPK …
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Integrating The Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use and Dating Violence: Evidence from Systematic, Epidemiologic, and Intervention Studies
… by examining the evidence base for integrated school-based prevention, the normative mechanisms of a leading bystander intervention, and the etiological specificity of adversity–substance pathways. Guided by the Social-Ecological Model, Bystander Intervention Theory, and etiological specificity …
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Response to Intervention (RTI) in Middle School: A Comparative Study of Staff Perceptions at Two Middle Schools
As school divisions across the country toil with closing achievement gaps and work towards finding a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of all learners, many have turned to the implementation of multi-tiered response to intervention (RTI) models. While RTI initially surfaced as an …
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School Context, Peers and the Educational Achievement of Girls and Boys
Today, boys dominate among high school dropouts, special education students, and literally any failed or special needs category throughout adolescence pinpointing boys as the troublemaker in modern educational systems. The notorious under-performance of boys in school and their tendency to disrupt …
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The reduction of remediation in the Illinois college and career readiness pilot project act
… of literature on educational outcomes that high school students demonstrate upon completion of remedial interventions. The results have implications for remedial reform policy within the specific institutions involved in the CCR intervention and less decisive but still suggestive implications for …
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School day intervention opportunities for increasing 7-11 year old children?s moderate to vigorous physical activity
… age is a priority for public health in the UK. Schools provide a number of different opportunities (time inside and outside of the curriculum) and resources in the form of space, equipment and staff for children to learn and develop healthy behaviours, at a time when they are most receptive to …
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The Perception of the Freshman Transition: Taking a Closer Look at the Freshman Academy
… student, and parent perceptions of the high school transition program within a Freshman Academy at one Midwest high school using a mixed-methods approach with a convergent design. Interviews were done with teachers that teach primarily freshman students, and perception surveys were used with …