This report of the "Listen '94: Kids Can't Wait" conference presents the lives and concerns of Minnesota youth as described by the 150 youth who participated in it. The purpose of the conference was to collect ideas about concerns of youth and to seek solutions, encourage youth to take action on issues concerning them, give youth ideas…

THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THROUGH EXPANDING OPPORTUNITES. INSERVICE TRAINING COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TEACHING PROGRAMS. TRAINING IS OFFERED IN LABORATORY SCHOOLS TO TEST NEW MATERIALS AND…

The Real Experiences for Alternatives in Living Program (REAL) employs three components in an attempt to alter positively the lives of inner-city male youths and to provide indigenous role models within a day care setting to school-age children enrolled therein. These components are informal and formal on-the-job inservice training in child…

This student book for the nine week, junior high course "Youth and the Law" addresses juvenile delinquency. The content is organized by chapters dealing with growing up, juvenile crime, causes of delinquency laws, vandalism and shoplifting, and four case studies in delinquency. The students are asked to consider what adolescence is and how it…

Reports on a study of the effects of personal characteristics, family involvement, and ability grouping on school participation and commitment. Finds that decreasing levels of school commitment are associated with increasing rates of school crime, misconduct, and nonattendance. (CFR)

This paper summarizes investigations of school connectedness completed by the Social Development Research Group in two longitudinal studies, the Seattle Social Development Project and Raising Healthy Children. The theoretical importance of school connectedness, empirical support for the theoretical propositions of the impact of school…

Law-related education (LRE) has been shown to produce positive changes in student attitudes toward school, parents, the police, and deviant behavior. Project NEXUS, a rural Appalachian program designed to address dropout prevention and predelinquent factors, was implemented in Ellijay (Georgia) Middle School. A group of 25 students, chosen because…

This paper surveys the demographic, historical, and research issues related to alternative education; describes successful models for disruptive and at-risk youth; and suggests how local areas might achieve safety in their schools. Programs for disruptive youth are forecast to grow through the 1990s; approximately 35 percent of school districts…

A self actualization and career education project was conducted by Cedar Valley College, one of the colleges in the Dallas County Community College District (Texas), for residents of the Dallas County Boys' Home. An instructor from the college's counseling center conducted programs on both campuses, and in addition to this linkage, the project…

AFTER STATISTICALLY DEFINING THE NATIONAL PROBLEM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND REVIEWING THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE AMENDED TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, THE DOCUMENT DESCRIBES A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE ADAPTED UNDER THE NEW AMENDMENT TO SUIT AN OPEN INSTITUTION…

The three volume report documents the project to review and evaluate the educational component of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Camp System: the first volume summarizes the project; the second presents in detail the project design, findings and conclusions, recommendations, and guidelines for implementation; and the third volume contains…

Positive Adolescent Choices Training (PACT) is a health promotion program providing violence prevention programming targeted at black youth, at high risk for becoming either perpetrators or victims of violence. Conducted by the School of Professional Psychology of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, in cooperation with Dayton Public Schools,…

THIS 2D-YEAR REPORT OF AN EVALUATION STUDY OF A JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAM IS CONCERNED PRIMARILY WITH THE ADOLESCENT COHORT (A CORE GROUP OF 14- TO 20-YEAR-OLDS) IN A SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE MAJOR AIMS OF THE RESEARCH WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER INTERVENTIONS HAD REDUCED DELINQUENCY IN A SELECTED GROUP FROM THE DISTRICT, AND TO…

This summary contains abbreviated versions of 1977.1979 plans of services for children proposed by Illinois human services agencies. The booklet was prepared as a reference document for persons involved in planning sessions of a regional workshop. Contents include excerpts from the text of the Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning…

A summary and highlight of the significant developments, major accomplishments and important research findings of the three years of operation of the Honolulu Buddy System Project is contained in this document. In addition, the implications that the research data have generated, along with further directions to be explored are included. Most…