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Reclaiming the Village: An Examination of African American Learning Community Programs in California Community Colleges
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Taylor-Mendoza, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify instructional strategies and support services of five learning community programs that focus on the retention of African American students at California Community Colleges. Empirical research indicates that colleges and universities have historically structured their curricula, student services programs,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, African American Students, Mentors, Community Colleges
Mortality of Persons with Developmental Disabilities after Transfer into Community Care: A 1996 Update.
Shavelle, Robert; Strauss, David – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1999
A study investigated the mortality rates of 1,812 California clients with developmental disabilities transferred from institutions into community care in 1996. Results indicate there were 36 deaths, an 88% increase in risk-adjusted mortality over that expected in institutions. Mortality was greatest among the highest-functioning persons.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Community Programs, Death
Who Gets Care? Mental Health Service Use Following a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program
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Kataoka, Sheryl; Stein, Bradley D.; Nadeem, Erum; Wong, Marleen – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To examine symptomatology and mental health service use following students' contact with a large urban school district's suicide prevention program. Method: In 2001 school district staff conducted telephone interviews with 95 randomly selected parents approximately 5 months following their child's contact with the district's suicide…
Descriptors: Health Services, Urban Schools, Crisis Intervention, Prevention