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Weiler, Lindsey M.; Chesmore, Ashley A.; Pryce, Julia; Haddock, Shelley A.; Rhodes, Tara – Youth & Society, 2019
Mentoring-based interventions for adolescent offenders are promising strategies for reducing the likelihood of academic underachievement, truancy, and school dropout. Program effectiveness, however, varies widely. Investigation into factors that strengthen the impact of mentoring on academic-related outcomes is warranted. One factor might be…
Descriptors: Mentors, Intervention, Delinquency, Adolescents
Spiegel, Ellen J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
The BRIDGE Alternative Middle School in Lowell, Massachusetts, serves students ages 12-16 who have exhibited behavioral problems in traditional school settings, including problems such as truancy, multiple suspensions, mental health issues, peer conflicts, family dysfunction, academic problems, and gang involvement. Students referred to BRIDGE are…
Descriptors: Stress Management, At Risk Students, Adolescents, Middle School Students
Dembo, Richard; Briones-Robinson, Rhissa; Ungaro, Rocio; Barrett, Kimberly; Gulledge, Laura; Winters, Ken C.; Belenko, Steven; Karas, Lora M.; Wareham, Jennifer – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
Truant youths frequently experience family problems, emotional/psychological issues, substance misuse, and delinquency. They are likely engaging in alcohol use and sexual risk behavior at a higher rate than the general youth population. Early intervention services would benefit them, their families, and society. We present interim findings from an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Truancy, Sexuality, At Risk Persons
Barry, Adam E.; Chaney, Beth; Chaney, J. Don – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Truancy and alcohol use are quality indicators of academic achievement and success. However, there remains a paucity of substantive research articulating the impact these deviant behaviors have on an adolescent's educational aspirations. The purpose of this study is to assess whether recent alcohol use and truancy impact students'…
Descriptors: Truancy, Academic Achievement, Public Health, Drinking
Burrow-Sanchez, Jason – Ancora Publishing, 2013
ADAPT (Advancing Decision Making and Problem Solving for Teens) is a small-group intervention for middle and high school students who are at risk for substance use, aggression, truancy, poor school performance, and depressive moods. The ADAPT program's 12 sessions teach fundamental skills such as: (1) Effective problem solving; (2) Decision…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Adolescents, Middle School Students
Sinha, Jill Witmer – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Many minority adolescents in the United States today are at a high risk for truancy, dropout, and academic under-achievement. Truancy is related to a host of preceding and subsequent risks such as delinquency and limited vocational outcomes. Using participatory research methods, this federally funded, 10-month study assessed youths' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Truancy, Leisure Time, Attitude Measures
Van Hasselt, Vincent B.; Schlessinger, Kari M.; DiCicco, Tina M.; Anzalone, William F.; Leslie, Tricia L.; George, John A.; Werder, Edward J.; Massey, Larry L. – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2006
The present study provides preliminary data concerning the efficacy of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) Program, a collaborative effort involving mental health and law enforcement. ADAPT is a multi-component, cognitive-behavioral outpatient intervention serving children and youth referred directly from local police…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Law Enforcement, Adolescents, Drug Abuse

Miller, Dan – Journal of Experimental Education, 1986
In an in-school suspension setting, the effects of a therapeutic discipline program and a nontherapeutic discipline program on truants' attitudes and attendance were compared. It was found that therapeutic discipline students (a) held less positive attitudes towards attendance; (b) had better records of attendance; and (c) demonstrated greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Variance, Attendance, Discipline

Quinn, Lois – Journal of Children and Poverty, 1995
Examined the effectiveness of the Wisconsin Learnfare experiment that requires teens to attend school regularly as a condition of receiving family financial aid. Findings from state social services data reveal that, despite a $1.5 million "savings" attributed to the program between September 1988 and December 1989, tremendous family…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Child Abuse, Economically Disadvantaged