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Groschwitz, Rebecca; Munz, Lara; Straub, Joana; Bohnacker, Isabelle; Plener, Paul L. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2017
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidality are common among adolescents. School staff are often the first adults to be confronted with those behaviors. However, previous studies have shown a lack of knowledge and confidence in dealing with self-harming behaviors. Objectives of this study were to evaluate a workshop on NSSI and suicidality in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Destructive Behavior, Intervention, Workshops
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Mishna, Faye; Muskat, Barbara; Cook, Charlene – Children & Schools, 2012
Intervention research is vital for social work, as it aims to develop practice/program approaches and provide evidence to understand which interventions are effective and for whom. Despite growing attention, little social work research exists that evaluates interventions. Among the reasons for the dearth of intervention research within social work…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Evidence, Intervention, Self Advocacy
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Rhodes, Judith L. F.; Thomas, Johanna M.; Lemieux, Catherine M.; Cain, Daphne S.; Guin, Cecile C. – School Social Work Journal, 2010
This article reviews literature describing truancy and its correlates, and it analyzes the current research on truancy prevention programs. Few truancy prevention programs exist in elementary school settings. This article describes Truancy Assessment and Service Centers, a theory-driven program providing case management services to children in 85…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Truancy, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
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Diehl, Daniel; Frey, Andy – School Social Work Journal, 2008
While research has shown that social workers can have positive impacts on students' school adjustment, evaluations of overall practice models continue to be limited. This article evaluates a model of community-school social work practice by examining its effect on problem behaviors and concerns identified by teachers and parents at referral. As…
Descriptors: Research Design, Intervention, Student Adjustment, School Social Workers
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Walsh-Bowers, Richard; Basso, Robert – Social Work in Education, 1999
Describes two creative drama programs designed to improve peer-relations skills of early adolescents in classrooms. Discusses the utility of creative drama programs in relation to improved peer relations, staff training, and practical program evaluation. School social workers might find that this approach can be an effective modality for…
Descriptors: Drama, Early Adolescents, Integrated Activities, Interpersonal Competence
Anderson, Richard J. – 1973
This speech describes the School-Community-Pupil Program of the Jane Addams Graduate School of Social Work designed to adjust not only the child to school, but also the school to the child. The program educates social work students to team up with other professionals to effect changes needed for groups of children. Through courses emphasizing the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Agents, Internship Programs, Intervention
Quimper, Barry E.; Claus, Richard N. – 1993
An evaluative study was done of the supplemental education delivery system in reading and mathematics in the School District of the City of Saginaw (Michigan) at 28 schools. At the elementary school level the system includes push-in and pull-out programs in reading and mathematics and in reading intervention that served 2,494 students in grades…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged