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The school practitioner's concise companion to preventing dropout and attendance problems /

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This title gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counsellors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Here, readers will find an overview of the factors that put students at risk for missing school and dropping out with strategies to improv...

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Other Authors: Franklin, Cynthia, Harris, Mary Beth, Allen-Meares, Paula, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:School practitioner's concise companions.
Subjects:
Dropouts > United States > Prevention.
School attendance > United States.
Fréquentation scolaire > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Dropouts > Prevention
School attendance
United States
Prävention
Schulversäumnis
USA
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors ; 1. Increasing School Attendance: Effective Strategies and Interventions; 2. Enhancing Skills of Students Vulnerable to Underachievement and Academic Failure; 3. Guides for Designing and Establishing Alternative School Programs for Dropout Prevention; 4. Solution-Focused, Brief Therapy Interventions for Students at Risk to Drop Out; 5. Working With First Nations Students and Families; 6. Home Visiting: Essential Guidelines for Home Visits and Engaging With Families; 7. Helping Children in Foster Care and Other Residential Placements Succeed in School
  • 8. Primary Prevention of Pregnancy: Effective School-Based Programs9. Best School-Based Practices With Adolescent Parents; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z