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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"school-based support"”.
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The Efficacy of a School-Based Support Group on Adolescent Self-Esteem and Social Support
… only a few of the many issues teens confront. School nurses are on the front lines, attempting to educate youth against an alarming rise in personal and social controversies that impede their ability to come to school ready to learn. As part of the educational team, school nurses are in a prime …
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School-based initiatives in support of the wellbeing of at-risk primary school learners
… has distressing consequences for communities, schools, families, as well as individuals. As a result, there is a mounting need for psycho-social support provision to vulnerable youth in the South African context. In this country, the focus has increasingly moved towards communities taking …
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An investigation of factors associated with the implementation of mandatory staff development training
… teachers from Portsmouth, Virginia Public Schools were interviewed. The interview guide sought answers to questions relating to 1) mandatory staff development participation, 2) school based support of staff development training, 3) relevancy of content presented, 4) factors that motivate …
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Holding Space: How Caregivers Narrate Support, Stress, and School Partnership
… disabilities experienced and interpreted school support within the context of daily family life. Grounded in the social model of disability, the study was designed to explore the nature of meaningful school-based support, the limitations caregivers encountered, and the ways school-family …
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Challenges faced by child-headed families at Mahlabathini in KwaZulu Natal
… them with basic needs and emotional care and support As a result older siblings become caregivers to the younger siblings, as extended family are no longer, due to straining social-economic circumstances, able to take these orphans under their care. In order for the silent voices of children …
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The Impact of a School-Based Intervention Program on the Divorce Adjustment of Latency -Aged Children: An Evaluation of the Rainbows Program
… of the effectiveness of Rainbows, a popular school-based support program for children coping with grief. The Rainbows program was designed to assist children in coping with the immediate and longer term stressors accompanying divorce; with the overarching aim of improving children's …
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“We have made it on the journey, but we have not yet arrived”: the right to education for learners with barriers to learning and disabilities through an inclusive lens
… learners with disabilities attending mainstream schools. Many of these learners slip through the cracks of the education system without the necessary support and even drop out of schools in the absence efficient methods of identifying, assessing, referring and proving learners with the …
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The impact of single-parenting on the performance of Foundation Phase Grade R learners in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… Grade R students' performance in a few chosen schools in the province of Limpopo's Sibasa Circuit and Vhembe East District. Two theories served as the foundation for the study: the sociocultural theory and the family system theory. According to family theory, as the family is an interactive, …
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Challenges of learners from Child-Headed families that affect their educational goals: A case study of three schools in Johannesburg East District, Gauteng Province, South Africa
… that included stakeholders like, community, school, government departments and officials as well as non-governmental organisations. This study was based in the Johannesburg East District of Education, in the Gauteng Province, South Africa. A purposive sampling method was used to select three …
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Implementation of the Policy Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support by Teachers in Selected Primary Schools in King Cetshwayo District
… the Screening, Identification, Assessment, and Support (SIAS) policy. This study is underpinned by the Bio-Ecological systems Theory (BEST). The bio-ecological systems theory outlines the importance of the surroundings and the interaction of the surrounding in the social and cognitive …
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A Study of the Effects of Parental Involvement on the Success of Students on a High-Stakes Examination
… through the No Child Left Behind Act, is holding schools accountable for students' proficiency on academic standards. However, standards-based curriculum and instruction, along with school-based support and remediation programs, are not enough to help 100 percent of students to reach proficiency. …
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Self-Efficacy of School Nurses in Providing Support for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers
… with increased risk of dropping out of high school, lower lifetime earnings, and adverse health, developmental, and behavioral problems for their children. Additionally, almost 40% of teenage mothers experience a repeat pregnancy within two years of the birth of their child. Research …
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Educators’ perceptions of learners with challenging behaviour in secondary schools in King Cetshwayo District
… of learners’ challenging behaviour in secondary schools in King Cetshwayo district, South Africa. This study was guided by objectives which are to explore educators’ perceptions of learners’ challenging behaviour; to establish which strategies educators use to manage learners’ challenging …
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Sustainability of psycho-social support by teachers to enhance resilience in a school
… study was to report on the sustainability of school-based psycho-social support projects that have been initiated in a school in the Eastern Cape. More specifically, the study explored how insights into sustainable psycho-social support by teachers might inform knowledge on resilience in …
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Lack of Educational Resources as a Barriers to Educational Resources in the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Primary Schools of Molototsi Circuit, Mopani East District in Limpopo Province
… abilities or disabilities. However, many primary schools in rural areas face significant barriers to implementing inclusive education effectively. This study investigates the challenges related to educational resources in the implementation of inclusive education in selected primary schools within …
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Support and retention of school-based distance learners. First year experience of the Licensed Teachers Programme in Tanzania
… teachers could be prepared and retained in schools, at the period of high teacher demand. This study addresses issues related to learning how to teach and retention in teacher education programmes organised using the distance learning mode. The study attempted to explain the relationship …