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Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1989
This manual was designed to help program planners and others to develop an effective systems approach to fighting the war against alcohol and other drug use among youth in their communities. It explains how individual, interpersonal, and environmental situations and conditions contribute to alcohol and other drug use and provides strategies for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Case Studies, Drug Abuse
Duckenfield, Marty; And Others – 1990
Students leave school for many reasons. Pregnancy, family circumstances, economic necessities, substance abuse, lack of academic success, or disciplinary actions can influence a young person's decision to quit school. There is no single solution to the dropout crisis. Just as there are a variety of causes behind a student's decision to drop out of…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Pires, Sheila A.; Silber, Judith Tolmach – 1991
This monograph discusses runaway and homeless youth and the programs that serve them in seven large and medium-sized cities throughout the United States. The monograph focuses on the characteristics and service needs of these youths and the demands they pose for service providers. It examines how the population and the service environment have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Financial Support, Health Education
Summerbridge National Project, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
This handbook provides potential teaching staff of the Summerbridge program with information explaining the type of program it is, its mission, the types of students that attend, and what types of faculty the program attracts and desires. It also answers commonly asked questions that are of interest to potential teachers such as how many courses…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Compensation (Remuneration), Guidelines, High Schools