Evidence-based practice (EBP) requires that school social workers base their interventions on established empirical links between desired results and the determinants of these results. Using survey results from 10,344 middle and high school students who were administered the School Success Profile (SSP), this study examined the relationship…

Compares at-risk students who reported receiving no or low social support with those who reported receiving an average amount with respect to perceptions of their neighborhood, school, peer group, family, and health and well-being. Discusses results and implications of the results so that school social workers can better prepare themselves to work…

Examines the relative role of selected risk and protective factors on students' achievement and affective investment in schooling with middle and high school students (N=582) involved in Communities in Schools. Teacher support was found to have a greater impact than home status and home academic culture risk on educational investment and the only…

This study investigated the association between community violent crime rates and middle school students' (N=857) perceptions of school danger. Findings indicate that community crime rates are associated with male middle school students' reports of school danger but not female students' reports. Discusses community- and school-based prevention…

Social support present in the lives of youths at risk of school failure is explored. Who provides each of eight types of support, and the effects on school performance, are examined. Adults are major sources of social support for these students. Results show that parents and adult caretakes are main sources of social support. Implications for…