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Dealey, Rhonda Peterson – School Social Work Journal, 2017
Play is widely believed to be vital to healthy childhood development. Yet play in schools, in the early childhood classroom as well as on the playground, has decreased markedly and in some cases disappeared completely. This phenomenon can be explained in large part by the increasing demand for educational achievement and accountability. School…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Social Work, School Social Workers
Peugeot, Megan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Through a Whole Child lens a cross-sectional quantitative research design evaluated the impact of academic and nonacademic support structures on student reading achievement per the third grade Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA). Two demographically similar public school districts within geographical proximity in Ohio were involved utilizing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
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Mallett, Christopher A.; Stoddard-Dare, Patricia; Workman-Crewnshaw, Lisa – School Social Work Journal, 2011
In pursuit of their mission to augment the educational process, school social workers provide service to special education students and to youths at risk for juvenile delinquency. This paper builds on previous literature that has looked at the relationship between special education disabilities and youths offending behaviors and delinquency. In…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Disabilities, School Social Workers
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Raines, James C. – School Social Work Journal, 2008
In 2007, the Midwest School Social Work Council celebrated its fortieth anniversary in Cleveland, Ohio. This article reviews early efforts to build alliances of school social workers across state lines, the early collaborative relationship with the National Association of Social Workers, and the eventual need for a new organization. The Midwest…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Organizations (Groups), School Social Workers, Social Work
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Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Lawson, Hal A.; Bean, Jerry; Flaspohler, Paul; Boone, Barbara; Kwiatkowski, Amber – Children & Schools, 2008
Conventional school improvement models traditionally involve "walled-in" approaches. These models focus primarily on academic learning strategies in response to standards-based accountabilities. Although positive outcomes have been documented, expanded school improvement models such as the Ohio Community Collaboration Model for School…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Cooperation, Educational Change
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Newsome, W. Sean – Children & Schools, 2005
Recently, the use of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) has received considerable attention in school settings. However, limited empirical evidence supports the utility and effectiveness of SFBT with at risk students. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of SFBT with a group of at-risk students in a junior high…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Junior High School Students, Psychotherapy, Outcomes of Treatment