NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
DeLamar, Shawna; Brown, Casey Graham – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2016
This study examines the issues surrounding middle school students' transitions to high school and the degree to which freshman orientation models can help them. The attendance, discipline, report card grades, and end-of-course exams of 60 students who participated in a freshman orientation were compared to those of 150 students who were invited to…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Transitional Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Malloy, JoAnne M.; Sundar, Vidyalakshmi; Hagner, David; Pierias, Leigh; Viet, Tara – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2010
This article describes the results of a research project designed to assess the efficacy of a secondary transition model, RENEW (Rehabilitation, Empowerment, Natural supports, Education and Work), on the social and emotional functioning of 20 youth at risk of dropping out of high school using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Individualized Programs, Transitional Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Matthews, Andy; Swan, William W. – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 1999
Longitudinally examined the effects of two linked at-risk programs (a middle school dropout prevention program and a high school transition program), focusing on attendance, promotion/retention, courses passed, discipline referrals, suspensions, sequence of services, the effects of passage of time following the intervention, and dropping out.…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students, Middle Schools
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Repetto, Jeanne B.; Pankaskie, Sara C.; De Palma-Hankins, Anne; Schwartz, Stuart E.; Perry, Laura – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 1997
Using a Delphi approach, 10 experts identified 186 practices from the fields of transition and dropout prevention that would be effective with high-risk students, including those with mild disabilities. Rating these practices indicates that many prevention practices are important and feasible to implement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Educational Practices