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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"School Social Workers"”.
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School Social Workers' Relationships with parents: A critical incident field study
School social workers engage parents in helping relationships which benefit children's learning. The extant literature has been focused on school social worker-parent interventions, not on the relationship. This qualitative study uses the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) to focus on the school …
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Predictors of practice approaches and activitives of Louisiana school social workers : toward a model of practice
… study was to examine the role of school social workers in Louisiana (N = 378) and the relationship of roles in different school settings and with different caseload sizes. The information gained was used to develop a conceptual model of practice and a job description for Louisiana …
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Spilling the TEA in Bilingual Latinx New York City Department of Education School Social Workers: Towards Entre Nos
<p>Social workers play an important role in schools. There are about one million children enrolled in the New York City Department of Education(NYCDOE) school system, across 1,843 schools (New York City Department of Education, 2020). Of those students, the largest demographic group is the Latinx …
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How do School Counselors and School Social Workers Support High School Bullying Victims: A Qualitative Exploratory Case Study
… student aggression are increasing in public high schools. Bullying and cyberbullying are a safety concern, and victims of bullying have shown a decline academically and emotionally. Additionally, high schools need increased support with bullying behaviors. The purpose of this exploratory case …
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Lessons Learned: A Qualitative Study of School Social Workers’ Experiences Providing Crisis Response and Recovery After Targeted Gun Violence
Objective: Targeted gun violence in schools, once uncommon tragedies, are now regular occurrences in the United States. Since 2018, there have been 533 incidents of gun violence in schools that resulted in death or injuries (Everytown for Gun Safety, 2022). Crisis response and recovery for these …
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The roles and experiences of Black school social workers: are they prepared to fill in the gaps for Black youth in K-12 school settings?
Illinois has the largest number of school social workers in the country; yet their roles and areas of expertise are still unclear to many. The disproportionate disciplinary action taken against Black students and the persistent academic achievement gap that remains between Black and white students …
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Awareness of, Degree of Knowledge About, and Attitudes Toward the Body Image Concerns and Eating Practices of Middle-school Aged Girls: A Survey of School Social Workers
… image concerns and eating practices of middle school aged girls. Additionally, a thorough review of the literature on school-based eating disorder prevention programming revealed that prevention programming overlooks the role of school social workers in these prevention efforts. The overall …
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Effects of social worker services in rural secondary schools on learner academic performance in Vhembe district
The social worker services are crucial to the success of a lifelong learning process, as they provide assistance, guidance, counselling, and advice to learners so that they can improve and make better-informed decisions and improved academic performance. The purpose of the study was to find out the …
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Chronic Absenteeism: Application of a Response to Intervention Tier 3 Intervention in a Midwest Rural High School
… to Intervention (RTI) intervention utilizing school social workers and school attendance hearings on school absenteeism rates and grade point average (GPA) for renewed progress toward graduation at a Midwestern high school. RTI is a systematic approach used by schools to apply an intervention …
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Public school counselors' attitudes to suicide/suicide intervention
… attitudes. Little research, especially in the school setting, has been done on counselor characteristics and attitudes as key variables in these situations. This study was done, at least partially, to help overcome the lack of research in this critical area. This study involved fifteen school …
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Dreamwork with Children: Perceptions and Practice of School-Based Mental Health Professionals
Forty nine public school mental health practitioners (i.e., school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers) completed a survey about working with dreams when counseling students. Most practitioners in this sample reported having at least one student bring up dreams during …
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Increasing School Social Worker Supports for Schools in Illinois: Policy Recommendations for Supporting Student Learning and Growth.
… State Board of Education recommended that schools with certain demographics hire one social worker for every 350 students. The policy has yet to be implemented despite high rates of student poverty, lagging test scores, school bullying, suspensions, and an increased number of school …
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Managing substance abuse in public schools: A case study of Mano'mbe Circuit in Mopani District of Limpopo Province, South Africa
… the management of substance abuse in public schools using schools of Man’ombe Circuit as a case study. The study intends to establish the extent to which educators in public schools are managing substance abuse by learners. Substance abuse among youth continues to be a major problem worldwide …
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The Influence Of Individual And Perceived Organizational Characterisitics On Teacher Interventions In Bullying Situations
… brought to light the importance of expanding school social work to include interventions focused on multiple levels of practice. Recognizing that teachers play an important role in influencing educational, social, and emotional outcomes for students, this study seeks to broaden our …
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Development of a Measure of Interprofessional Collaboration Among School Mental Health Professionals
… as one way to improve academic, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes for K-12 students. Yet to date, there is little evidence-based research supporting this claim (Mellin, 2009; Trach, 2012). In order to collect such research, collaboration must be a measurable variable. This study was a …
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The effectiveness of social work services on the behaviour modification of learners in eSikhaleni in KwaZulu-Natal
Schools in South Africa have many young learners in the education system whose problematic behaviour have been left unattended, and thus resulting in learners having emotional turmoil. According to the researchers observation Youth between the ages of 13-19 spend 75% of their time in the classroom …
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WHAT SOCIAL WORKERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CYBERBULLYING
… professionals that have been affected by CB are school social workers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify what social workers need to know about CB. This study used a qualitative study design because we wanted to obtain an in-depth examination of CB views and beliefs.Data was …
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Group counseling for anger control: the effects of an intervention program with middle school students
… change with adolescent boys identified by their school principals as having conduct problems. An eight-week cognitive-behavioral intervention was co-led by pairs of student services personnel made up of school psychologists, school social workers, and school counselors. The anger management …
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STUDENT SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP : THE EFFECT OF STUDENT SERVICES STAFFING RATIOS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND DROPOUT PREVENTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
While public school teachers and administrators are focused on the challenges of growing accountability for improvement in classroom performance, they depend on instructional support staff, titled student services, to help children minimize the impact of barriers to academic success that arise in …
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