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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"school truancy"”.
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Combating School Truancy: Current Practices and Recommendations for Improvement
<p>School truancy poses a significant problem for the U.S. educational system and our society. Truant students suffer negative effects not only in their education, but also in their potential future financial earnings and even their life expectancy. Despite the recognition of the problem in the …
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Home and school factors associated with high school truancy in a southeastern Virginia urban school district
… additional factors that have been related to truancy are perceived by chronic truant students; additionally, the researcher wanted to know how demographic differences among chronic truant students (i.e., gender, socio-economic status, parental education, and their own education aspirations) …
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Reducing juvenile justice involvement through a childhood truancy intervention
… a mixed methods design to evaluate an elementary school truancy intervention in terms of reducing rates of juvenile delinquency over six years. Few (n = 11) participants became involved in the formal justice system, so the intervention’s effectiveness was measured by re-referrals for continued …
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social anxiety and social reasoning in peer-rejected children
… in later life including juvenile delinquency, school dropout, academic problems, school truancy, and mental health problems (Coie & Dodge, 1990; Hoza et al., 1995; Kuppersmidt, Parker, & Asher, 1987). Several researchers have identified two separate subgroups within the peer rejected group of …
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Assessment of Divorce on Child Development in Tanzania: A Case Study of Kinondoni Municipality.
… to children since are engaged in bad behavior, school truancy, and poor performance and traumatic psychologically hence affect their level of development. It recommended that, provision of education to divorced parents and community in general on marriage issues; religious leaders should play a …
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A Study of the Concomitant Problems Facing Most of the "At-Risk" African American Students in the Benton Harbor Elementary School System: A Case for an Alternative Model
… <p>It would appear that the problem of school truancy, retention, and subsequent academic failure is a major educational crisis which puts most of the African American students at risk in the Benton Harbor area schools.</p> <p>Purpose</p> <p>The purpose of this study has been to …
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Impact of Schools' Social Bonding on Chronic Truancy: Perceptions of Middle School Principals
… unit of care for children and their education; schools are now the primary unit of education and are responsible for at least 6-8 hours of student connectedness. Yet, one in every 100 US students is truant. Among students ages 14-17, the number of truants is one in 10. In one township in …
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Roll Call: A Scoping Review for School Attendance Problems Among Youth
Regular school attendance is central to the psychosocial development of youth. Youth who frequently miss school face adverse consequences, including lower academic achievement, impaired socio-emotional development, mental health difficulties, and increased health risk behaviors. The emergence of …