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Slough, Nancy M.; McMahon, Robert J.; Bierman, Karen L.; Coie, John D.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Foster, E. Michael; Greenberg, Mark T.; Lochman, John E.; McMahon, Robert J.; Pinderhughes, Ellen E. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2008
Children with early-starting conduct problems have a very poor prognosis and exact a high cost to society. The Fast Track project is a multisite, collaborative research project investigating the efficacy of a comprehensive, long-term, multicomponent intervention designed to "prevent" the development of serious conduct problems in high-risk…
Descriptors: Research Design, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Student Behavior
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Kamps, Debra; Abbott, Mary; Greenwood, Charles; Wills, Howard; Veerkamp, Mary; Kaufman, Jorun – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
This article describes the implementation of small-group reading instruction as secondary- and tertiary-level components of a three-tier model of prevention and intervention. The study consisted of 83 students who were targeted in the winter of kindergarten as being at high risk for reading failure. Intervention consisted of evidence-based…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Prevention, Reading Failure, Kindergarten
Henry, Mildred Dalton – 1994
This paper addresses educational reform as it affects dropouts, minorities, diverse cultures, training programs, and community-based education. Effective dropout-prevention models are presented that address the needs of at-risk populations. The author states that much dropout prevention and reclamation takes place off of school district campuses…
Descriptors: Community Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
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Hawken, Leanne S.; Johnston, Susan S. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2007
Best practice in preventing severe problem behavior in schools involves implementing a continuum of effective behavior support. This continuum includes primary prevention strategies implemented with all students, secondary prevention strategies for students at-risk, and tertiary interventions for students who engage in the most severe problem…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Behavior Problems, Program Effectiveness
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Larmar, Stephen; Gatfield, Terry – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2007
The Early Impact (EI) program is an early intervention and prevention program for reducing the incidence of conduct problems in pre-school aged children. The EI intervention framework is ecological in design and includes universal and indicated components. This paper delineates key principles and associated strategies that underpin the EI program.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Prevention, Program Effectiveness, High Risk Students
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Bersamin, Melina; Paschall, Mallie J.; Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie; Wyrick, David – Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: In the current study, the authors assessed whether a new online alcohol-misuse prevention course (College Alc) is more effective at reducing alcohol use and related consequences among drinkers and nondrinkers. Participants: The authors compared incoming college freshmen who reported any past 30-day alcohol use before the beginning of…
Descriptors: Drinking, College Freshmen, Web Based Instruction, Prevention
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Career Academies" were developed more than 30 years ago as a drop-out prevention strategy and targeted youth considered most at risk of dropping out of high school. More recently, "Career Academies" have broadened the kinds of students they serve, consistent with efforts to integrate rigorous academic curricula with career…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Dropout Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"High School Redirection" is an alternative high school program for youth considered at risk of dropping out. The program emphasizes basic skills development (with a particular focus on reading skills) and offers limited extra-curricular activities. The schools operate in economically disadvantaged areas and serve students who have…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, High Schools, High School Students, High Risk Students
Brown, Joel H.; Brown, Dave – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
There is a distinct difference between preventing a problem and promoting students' emotional and intellectual development. Today's schools, with their focus on standards and accountability, frequently use a risk-based problem-prevention approach in both policy and practice to address young people's drug use, delinquency, unsafe sex, violence, and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High Risk Students, Intellectual Development, Emotional Development
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Cranston-Gingras, Ann – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2003
This article summarizes the educational challenges facing students from migrant farmworker families. A university-based dropout recovery program has been successful at helping their students leave behind the label of "dropout." (Contains 10 references.) (Author)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Farm Labor, High Risk Students, Migrant Youth
Munoz, Marco A. – 2001
This is an investigation of the impact that a volunteer-based violence prevention program is having in a large urban school district located in the Midwest. The program addresses behavioral and violence prevention issues in the school setting with the hopes of reducing the factors that might put a student at-risk for school failure. The long-term…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Environment, High Risk Students, Prevention
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Evanciew, Cheryl E. P.; Jones, Karen H.; Womble, Myra – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2001
Examined secondary students' perceptions of a program that addressed the academic and occupational needs of students at risk of dropping out. Survey data indicated that students considered the program useful in relation to choosing and preparing for a career. However, they noted that information presented tended to be out of date and that required…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
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Rollin, Stephen A.; Kaiser-Ulrey, Cheryl; Potts, Isabelle; Creason, Alia Haque – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
Examines the effectiveness of a school and community-based violence prevention program for at-risk eighth-grade students. School officials matched intervention students with community-based mentors in an employment setting. Findings suggest that mentored students had significant reductions in total number and days of suspensions, days of sanction,…
Descriptors: Grade 8, High Risk Students, Junior High Schools, Mentors
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Gleason, Philip; Dynarski, Mark – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2002
Analyzes the effectiveness of widely used risk factors for identifying potential dropouts, using data from the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program. Findings indicate that most risk factors are not effective predictors of dropping out, and that dropout prevention programs often serve students who would not have dropped out and do not…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Dropouts, High Risk Students
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Ogden, Terje; Sorlie, Mari-Anne; Hagen, Kristine Amlund – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
In the present pilot study we examined how a school-wide intervention model, "Positive behavior, interactions and learning environment in school" (Norwegian acronym: PALS) contributed to risk reduction in immigrant students through the promotion of social competence. The aims of the PALS project were to promote social competence through…
Descriptors: Norwegian, Learning Theories, Intervention, Socialization
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