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Montes, Adonay A.; Ramos, Erika – Professional School Counseling, 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of an 8-week academic navigational capital group with English language learner (ELL) students. Minimal research exists examining ELL students' acquisition of navigational capital skills (skills needed to navigate and succeed in academic settings) in school. We used a pre- and postintervention…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Minimum Competencies, Skills, Grade 10
Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
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Knight, David; Wadhwa, Anita – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
In this article, we tackle the disadvantaging conditions of zero tolerance policies in school settings and advocate using an alternative approach--critical restorative justice through peacemaking circles--to nurture resilience and open opportunity at the school level. In the process, this article builds on theory and qualitative research and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Rehabilitation Programs, Zero Tolerance Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Thakore-Dunlap, Ulash; Van Velsor, Patricia – Professional Counselor, 2014
The diversity of the U.S. school population speaks to a need to provide support for youth from various backgrounds. As a school-based mental health counselor, the first author observed that the South Asian immigrant students at her school did not utilize any of the counseling services provided. Because South Asians are typically collectivistic,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Group Counseling, Females, Immigrants
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Deschenes, Elizabeth Piper; Ireland, Connie; Kleinpeter, Christine B. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2009
This study evaluates the impact of enhanced drug court services in a large county in Southern California. These enhanced services, including specialty counseling groups, educational/employment resources, and increased Residential Treatment (RT) beds, were designed to increase program retention and successful completion (graduation) of drug court.…
Descriptors: Employment, Graduation, Management Information Systems, Counties
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Granados, Stephanie; Winslade, John; De Witt, Megan; Hedtke, Lorraine – Journal of School Counseling, 2009
Focusing on "re-membering" practices is new to grief counseling. Traditional approaches to grief counseling are guided by the concepts of stages or tasks, usually to move the person toward accepting the reality of loss and to "say goodbye" to their deceased loved one. This alternative approach to grief counseling, driven by…
Descriptors: Grief, Memory, Adolescents, Coping
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Lopez, Caroline; Bhat, Christine Suniti – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
Although it is clear that parental incarceration has adverse effects on children, there is limited information about effective services for helping this population. With an increase in the number of parents of minor children in jail, there is a need for schools to assist affected students in a structured and comprehensive manner. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Parent Influence
Girdner, Jerry H. – 1969
Based on fall semester 1968-69 records, the counselor-counselee ratio for each of the 85 California public community colleges is reported. Other information includes average ratios for the 75 semester-system and 10 quarter-system colleges, plans for semester-system schools to convert to the quarter system and the number of hours per week full-time…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Ratio, Group Counseling, Individual Counseling, Two Year Colleges
RECTOR, WILLIAM; SHAW, MERVILLE C. – 1966
THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OF BOTH COUNSELORS AND COUNSELEES TO A GROUP COUNSELING EXPERIENCE PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN THE FIRST, SEVENTH, AND NINTH GRADES. THESE DATA WERE COLLECTED IN FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM 41 COUNSELORS WHO HAD CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 120 PARENT COUNSELING GROUPS. AN…
Descriptors: Counselors, Group Counseling, Hostility, Interaction Process Analysis
Loring, Rosalind; Adams, Mary – 1972
The focus of the program described in this paper was to help junior college counselors and other staff be more effective in working with educationally disadvantaged women students. A second purpose was to train junior college staff in the use of group counseling as a technique which could reach more students than present methods. The program for…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Educationally Disadvantaged
FINNEY, BEN C.; VAN DALSEM, ELIZABETH L.
BECAUSE OF THE FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE UNDERACHIEVER, IT WAS SOUGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER GROUP COUNSELING ON A LONG-TERM BASIS WOULD HAVE ANY POSITIVE EFFECT. STUDENTS CHOSEN WERE IN THE TOP 25 PERCENT IN APTITUDE, WITH GRADE AVERAGES CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE MEAN. A CONTROL AND AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WERE CHOSEN. IT WAS…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Gifted, Group Counseling, High School Students
DESSENT, SHIRLEY C. – 1964
TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PROBATION WHO RECEIVED SUPPORT AND INSIGHT FROM A GROUP WOULD OBTAIN HIGHER GRADE POINT AVERAGES THAN THOSE WITHOUT SUCH AN EXPERIENCE, THE RECORDS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 30 PROBATIONARY STUDENTS WERE MATCHED ON THE BASIS OF AGE, SEX, AND NUMBER OF UNITS TAKEN, MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, College Students, Grade Point Average
SHAW, MERVILLE C.; TUEL, JOHN K. – 1965
THE NEED TO DEFINE THE ROLE OF THE GUIDANCE SERVICES IS THE BASIS FOR THE 3-YEAR STUDY. THE MAJOR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT GUIDANCE SPECIALISTS CAN ENHANCE LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH INTERVENTION IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF CHILDREN THAN THROUGH DIRECT REMEDIAL APPROACHES TO CHILDREN THEMSELVES. THE MODEL USES AN APPROACH TO GUIDANCE…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Counselors, Educational Attitudes, Group Counseling
CLARK, ROBERT M. – 1968
WHEN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION REQUIRED JUNIOR COLLEGES TO PROVIDE "SPECIAL COUNSELING" TO ENTERING FRESHMEN WITH HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES OF LESS THAN 2.0, AN EXPERIMENT IN THE FALL OF 1967 AT REEDLEY COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA, WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND SPECIAL COUNSELING ON A GROUP BASIS. RANDOMLY…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Counseling Theories
STRITE, LABAR – 1965
THE ODDS THAT THE PROJECT POPULATION WOULD STAY IN SCHOOL HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM 50-50 BEFORE THE PROJECT TO 3-1 AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. THE CHANCE OF EXPULSION FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS WAS REDUCED FROM 1 IN 3 TO 1 IN 15. LENNOX HIGH SCHOOL PERSONNEL FELT THAT MONEY INVESTED TO IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS BY ADAPTING MATERIAL AND…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
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